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1927 - 2013 (85 years)
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Ernest Jay OWENS |
Born |
10 Jun 1927 |
Merit, Hunt Co. TX |
- Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1932. iArchives, Orem, Utah.
Name: Earnest Jay Owens
Birth Date: 11 Jun 1927
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Mail, Hunt, Texas
Father: Robert Cleaveland Owens
Father Birth Place: Russell, Virginia
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Tankersley
Mother Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother Residence: Mail, Texas
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Gender |
Male |
Died |
10 Feb 2013 |
Rockwall Co. TX |
Buried |
Merit Cemetery, Merit, Hunt Co. TX |
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Notes |
- CENSUS RECORDS
1930 Census
Name: Earnest J Owens
Birth Year: abt 1928
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1930: Precinct 2, Hunt, Texas
Dwelling Number: 289
Family Number: 289
Attended School: No
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Owens 38
Mary Owens 27
Jew* Owens 9
James L Owens 5
Earnest J Owens 2 years 3 months
OBITUARY
Ernest Jay Owens, 85, of Rockwall passed away Feb. 10, 2013, at Presbyterian Hospital of Rockwall. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Coker-Mathews Funeral Home chapel in Greenville with Rev. Eugene Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Merit Cemetery.
Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Born June 10, 1927, in Merit, Ernest was the son of Robert Cleveland and Mary E. (Tankersley) Owens. On Dec. 17, 1948, in Greenville, he married Bennie Delean Pickens. He was a veteran of the United States Army and worked as a construction worker. He was a member of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include his daughters, Brenda Smith and husband Danny of Terrell, Nancy Enos and husband Ricky of Oklahoma City, Okla., Deborah Gutierrez and husband Carlos of Sadler, and Cindy Platt and husband Bobby of Sadler; sister Mary L. Watkins of Temple; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, sons Glenn and Bengie Owens, sister Betty Russell, brothers James L. and Edgar Leon Owens, granddaughter Heidi Couch, grandson Andrew Latimer, and great-granddaughter Gabriella Couch.
Pallbearers will be Matthew Dennis, Dalton Moore, Colton Kinsey, Pooh Dennis, Cody Scott, and Ben Dooley. Honorary pallbearer will be Tommy Owens.
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Person ID |
I32621 |
Master File |
Last Modified |
11 Jan 2016 |
Father |
Robert Cleveland OWENS, b. 07 Apr 1892, Russell Co. VA , d. 24 Mar 1956, Collin Co. TX (Age 63 years) |
Mother |
Mary Tankersley, b. 07 Jul 1902, Tennessee , d. 31 Jan 1993, Rockwall Co. TX (Age 90 years) |
Married |
1919 |
Collin Co. TX |
- Collin County, Texas. Marriage Index. McKinney, Texas: Collin County Vital Records Department.
Name: Robt C Owens
Gender: Male
Spouse: Mary Tankersley
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 1919
Marriage Place: Collin Co. TX
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Family ID |
F13671 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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