Arthur Lee Lowden

Arthur Lee Lowden born in Wilmot, Arkansas on November 23, 1929 to the proud parents of Frank and Mary Lowden and resided in McGhee, Arkansas where his older brother Frank Lowden his sister Mae Fowler and younger brother Floyd Lowden (all deceased). Arthur worked around the farm and attended High School and was soon off to serve in the United States Army and received The Army’s OCC Medal for his services in Germany. After receiving his Honorable Discharge in 1956 from Camp Breckinridge in Kentucky, he met and married Arnell Lowden in Indianapolis and had one daughter Carolyn Lowden.

After moving to Los Angeles he fathered three other children Loretta, Cynthia and Arthur Jr. In 1959 he married Shirley Wilder and along with her three children, Louis Jr, Rickey, and Julian Ray, worked as a driver at West Coast Paper Company for 9 years and was then employed at Blue Diamond/Sully Miller in which he was honored into the company’s Million Mile Club for driving over a million miles without one single traffic accident in Los Angeles, which was quite a feat. He retired in 1994.

Art (aka) Rocko loved his family and worked tirelessly as he repaired anything on a house. He could replace the brakes on your car, tuned up your car and even replaced motors and transmissions on the weekend for all who needed it. Rocko would get it done. He was the “Man” for the job. He enjoyed going to Las Vegas, fishing and life in general, but the thing he enjoyed the most was the “Race Track”! After replacing the brakes on your car and quick bath he was “On the Rail” carefully strategizing his picks for each race. If you needed a good pick he was the man to be with for sure. If you asked him how he did at the track he would say “I hit them a little” that meant he hit the pretty good. If you wanted to find him in Vegas, look in the Sports Book at the Union Plaza. He said he was just “shootin at em.” From Hollywood to Santa Anita to Del Mar, even to The Great One the Kentucky Derby, he has been there and bet there.

Late Monday afternoon on November 25, 2013 Arthur had his last race, his journey ended. He leaves to cherish his memory, sons Louis Jr., Ricky and Julian Wilder, Daughter in-law Cynthia Wilder; Daughters, Carolyn, Loretta, Cynthia and son Arthur Lowden Jr. Brother; Brother In-law, Ronnie Hendrix (Ernie); Sister In-law Jackie Hill (Leo Sr.); grandchildren Ricky Jr., Ashley, Shaunte, Ryan, Nakita, Tiffany, Cameron, Jason, Amber, Krystal and Joshua; one Aunt Dorothy Stroud (Kansas City, Kansas); Nieces & Nephews, Robin Hendrix (Jeffery); Leo Hill Jr. (Valerie), Paige Hendrix, Stacy Hill-Williams (Clarence), Kellee Drake (Alex ) and Cory Hendrix: Step Sons Michael and David Wilder; Sister In-Law Pat Hendrix; Daughters –In –Law Melva Wilder and Charlotte “Neecy” Young; numerous great and great great grandchildren, grand nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of other relatives and friends.