Arthur Lee Pryor

Arthur Lee Pryor, 80, of New Kensington, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 23, 2026.  

He was born in New Kensington on February 6, 1946 to the late Ineller Rutledge Pryor Stone and Steve Pryor, and was a 1964 graduate of Ken-Hi.  

Mr. Pryor received an Associate Degree from Penn State and a Bachelors Degree from the University of Pittsburgh.  He was an US Army veteran and served during the Vietnam War.  

Arthur was Comptroller and Senior Vice President for Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, and Athens, Georgia, and served with them for 35 years.  

He was a member of the Independent Benevolent Protective Order Of The Elks of the World, I.B.P.O.E. of  W. in New Kensington.  

He loved following the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Pirates, golfing and watching Masters Tournaments, fishing with Ron Greene, and was a season ticket holder with college Pitt games. 

“He cherished his dear wife, believed in hard work, always striving to achieve success while maintaining focus on his family.” from his family.

Surviving are his wife Terrilyn “Terri” E. Cheatham Pryor; sisters, Inella Cowart, Liney (Amos) Glenn, Leysester “Dee Dee” (James) Powell and Ernestine (George) Harris; and brother Vernell Pryor; and a myriad of nephews, nieces, and cousins.  

Besides his parents he was preceded in death by brothers, John, Rufus, Richard and Jesse Pryor.

Viewing will be 9:30am until services at 11am on Friday, May 29, 2026, held in Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, 1150 Asa W. Roberts Way (formerly Fourth Avenue), New Kensington. Entombment and military honors conducted by the Vandergrift Veterans Honor Guard will be in Greenwood Memorial Park, Lower Burrell.  Professional Services entrusted to ROSS G. WALKER.

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