Bob Lowrey, son of the late Grady Lowrey and Helen Denton Lowrey, was born on August 25, 1937 in Catron, Missouri and departed this life on January 20, 2016 at his residence in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 78.

Mr. Lowrey was a member of the Miner Baptist Church in Miner, Missouri, a Sunday School teacher and a former deacon of the First Baptist Church of Parma, Missouri.  He was a partner in the Sandy Ridge Cotton Company in Malden and co-owner of Bob Lowrey Farms of Parma.

On October 12, 1957, he was united in marriage to Betty Miller in Parma, Missouri.  Mrs. Lowrey survives of the home.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by one son, Bobby David Lowrey and wife Kerri of Dexter, Missouri; by two daughters, Debbie Lewis and husband Steve of Dexter, Missouri and Lisa Dockins of Sikeston, Missouri; by six grandchildren, Heather Lewis, Matthew Lewis, Hunter Dockins, Hannah Dockins, Bobby Lee Lowrey and his wife Kelsey and Tori Lowrey; by four great-grandchildren, Nate Lewis, Carli Lewis, Madison Lowrey and Emma Johnson; and by two sisters, Sally Mollineaux of Benton, Missouri and Joyce Stewart of Parma, Missouri and many other family members and friends.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one grandson and by one sister, Rita Cook.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, January 22, 2016 from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. with Rev. Mitch Jackson officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery.

The family requests that memorials be made to the Stoddard County Children's Home, Memorial Tribute Fund, P. O. Box 164, Dexter, Missouri 63841 or The Christian Academy,103 East Kathleen, Sikeston, Missouri 63801.