Gordon Lowe

Gordon L. Lowe, age 89, Redkey (and formerly of Dunkirk), died Thursday, June 26, 2025, at home following an illness. 

Born in Smokey Junction, Tennessee, on Dec. 24, 1935, he grew up in Tennessee where he graduated from Norma High School with the class of 1953. After graduating he moved to Indiana for work at Kerr Glass, Dunkirk; he was a general foreman in the warehouse and shipping department and worked there for 38 years before retiring in 1991. 

After retiring, he moved back to Tennessee for a period of several years and served as deacon at Cedar Hill Baptist Church while living there. Upon returning to Indiana, he lived in Albany before moving to Redkey. 

He was a member and deacon of the former Dunkirk Baptist Church and more recently attended Redkey Nazarene Church. He enjoyed motorcycle riding (including trips out west) and traveling with his wife. Gordon farmed as a youngster in Tennessee by horse and plow and was a member of the Glass Bottle Blowers Association through the factory.

Survivors include his wife, Ginger (Hicks) Shrack Lowe; sons Alan Lowe (wife: Charlene), Louisville, Kentucky, and James Lowe (wife: Vicky), Jacksboro, Tennessee; daughters Darlene Clevenger (husband: Randy), Dunkirk, and Carolyn Melton (husband: Larry), Hartford City; brothers Alton Lowe (wife: Reba), Dunkirk, and Warren Lowe (wife: Jan), Portland; sister Jennie Henry (husband: Dick), Redkey; sister-in-law Marty Lowe, Centre, Alabama; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; stepson Monte E. Shrack (wife: Cindy), Portland; and stepdaughters Michelle R. Ross (husband: Scott), Hartford City, and Rose E. Onstott (husband: Don), Milton, Indiana.

He was preceded in death by his first wife of nearly 65 years, Florene “Flo” Lowe, who died in 2018; parents Raymond and Inez (Anderson) Lowe; brother Clarence Lowe; sisters Sharon Price and Debra Whitesell (and her husband, Chris).

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at Redkey Nazarene Church with burial following at Strong Cemetery.

Visiting hours are Wednesday from 10 until 11 a.m. at the church in Redkey.

Memorials may be sent to Redkey Nazarene Church.

The funeral will be streamed online from MeachamFuneralServicecomwhere condolences and other expressions of sympathy can also be given.