of Fairfield Bay, AR

October 6, 1945 - June 10, 2023

Arthur ''Art'' Owsley, 78, passed away Saturday, June 10th, 2023. Art was born the youngest of three children in October of 1945 to Arthur and Lorene ''AKA - Gran'' Owsley. He joined his half-brother Gary Weaver in Heaven but is survived by his older sister, Sharon Postlewait who lives in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born in Sedalia, MO where he lived with his family till he was around ten years old and then moved to Kansas City, Missouri and lived in the Swope Park area. After high school, Art served in the US Army and spent a lot of that time overseas in Germany. After the Army he found the career path of being a meat cutter. Around that time, Art married Linda Jeanette Shawgo and was married for over 50 years. The pair had two daughters, Pamela Cullum of Clinton, AR and Emily Sappingfield of Olathe, KS. He spent many hours playing basketball in the driveway with his youngest daughter and he loved to shop for his daughter's clothes! A new outfit for Christmas was often a staple as the girls went through school. Art spent 40 plus years as a meat cutter at a local shop in Independence, Missouri. Once that career was complete, he found a home at the Independence Academy as the lead custodian. He met many wonderful people he called friends and later retired from the Independence School District.

No matter if you called him Art, Arthur, if you were irritated with him - like when he put his mother in the closet while she was vacuuming so he could sneak out of the house! Others may have called him brother, husband, dad, Papa, Uncle Doc, Uncle Art, Fletcher or a few others he wouldn't have wanted to share! No matter how you knew him, you knew he fought a hard battle with Prostate Cancer. Before getting sick you could have found him working in his yard, making bird houses, listening to music loudly on his stereo system, refinishing lamps and furniture, talking with his neighbors, getting Big Gulps, spending time with family or you could definitely find him on the golf course. He enjoyed spending time with his grandkids, Tyler Cullum and Megan Cullum of Shirley, AR and Drew Sappingfield and Blake Sappingfield of Olathe, KS. He also loved to tell stories about his many nieces, nephews and cousins. Art was a great storyteller and that later developed into joke telling! Outsiders wouldn't have guessed through his mostly serious demeanor that he liked jokes and pulling pranks. His grandsons never knew what joke would be thrown at them while hitting a golf ball. His love for pranks was short lived because his oldest grandson put a quick stop to them! There was a frequent prank in our house where someone would say, ''gotcha'' and try to pull the other person's pants down. Papa kept doing it to a young Tyler and one day while getting a Big Gulp at 7-11, Tyler walked up behind him while his hands were full getting a Big Gulp. Right there in front of everyone in the store, Tyler, pulled a ''gotcha''!! Papa pulled his sweatpants up, put his Big Gulp down, grabbed Tyler's hand and quickly walked out of the store. There was never a ''gotcha'' in our household again!!!

Art frequented lots of golf courses in Kansas City and the surrounding area. He started to play in a Senior League and one of the years not too long ago, he won his Senior League. He enjoyed being out in nature and playing the sport he loved with grandsons and his friends, Max and John. He loved to tell stories of tee times, losing golf balls in water hazards, and walking 18 holes after a 12-hour day at work. No matter how you knew Art or what name you may have called him; you knew that his work ethic was unmatched. He was always the hardest worker in the room and loved his family very much. Rest in peace, dad.

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