Charles Arthur “Russ” Lowry, age 65,resident of Ft. Scott, KS, died Thursday,July1, 2021, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, KS. He was born October 2, 1955, in Ft. Scott, the son of Charles and Shirley Ledbetter Lowry. Russ drove a truck for Arrow Trucking for many years. He was an avid photographer in his younger days. 

Survivors include his brothers, Steven Lowry, Ft. Scott, and Louis Christopher Lowry, CA; 5 sisters, Jamie Hemphill, Ft. Scott, Artricia Lowry, Ft. Scott, Judy Whitchurch and husband Dick, Bartlesville, OK, Rita Lynch, Bartlesville, OK, and Yvonne Fiegener, Bartlesville, OK; and numerous nieces and 

nephews. He was preceded in death by2 sisters, Gladys Barnes, and infant Cindy Lou Lowry; a brother, Donald Ray Lowry; and both of his parents. 

There was cremation. Graveside services will be held at a later date in the Evergreen Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Russ Lowry Memorial fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, POBox347, 201 S. Main St., Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook atcheneywitt.com.