Dr. Fred Lowry
District 5 Representative

Fax: 386-822-5707

Mailing Address

County of Volusia
Thomas C. Kelly
Administration Center
123 W. Indiana Ave.
DeLand, FL 32720-4612

Dr. Fred Lowry is the District 5 representative on the Volusia County Council. His district includes the south half of DeBary, all of Deltona and Enterprise, and most of Osteen. He began a four-year term in January 2015 and was re-elected to a four-year term in August 2018.

Government experience

Deltona City Commissioner, 2010-2014

Community service

· Served on several boards of the Southwest Volusia YMCA

· Coached youth soccer for over a decade in the YMCA program

· Founder and leader, Deltona Pastor’s Fellowship

· Founder, Annual Deltona God and Country Rally

· Dr. Lowry and his church have ministered to the citizens of SW Volusia since 1993 providing counseling, food for the needy and many other resources.

Education

Dr. Lowry received a bachelor's degree in Math/Science Education from Tennessee Temple University. He also has a master’s degree in Religious Education and an earned Ph.D. in New Testament Theology from Trinity Theological Seminary.

Employment

Just out of college, Dr. Lowry served as a Regional Supervisor for Arby's in southeast Tennessee and northwest Georgia. Later, he taught school in the Louisville and Chattanooga areas, and served as a high school principal in West Virginia for six years. He also pastored in Georgia and Tennessee before coming to Deltona Lakes Baptist Church as the senior pastor in 1993 where he currently serves.

Personal

Dr. Lowry has been married to his high school sweetheart, Victoria, since 1973. They have two daughters, Vanessa and Veronica. The family is rounded out with four pups: pit poodles Sadie and Sasha; German shepherds Anna and Elsa; and two mini donkeys, P-Nut and Bindy.