William Dennis OWENS

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1940 Census
Name: Billie Owens
Age: 6
Estimated birth year: abt 1934
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son (Child)
Home in 1940: Moccasin, Russell, Virginia
Attended School or College: No
Household Members:
Hobart D Owens 41
Lockie R Owens 42
Gay Owens 20
Fay Owens 19
Billie Owens 6

OBITUARY

U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.

William Dennis Bill Owens, age 76, a resident of Abingdon, VA passed away on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at the UVA Hospital in Charlottesville, VA.

Bill was born in Russell County, VA to the late Hobart and Lockie Meade Owens. He was a 1952 graduate of Lebanon High School and attended Bluefield College where he received an associate degree in Pre- Agriculture. He was a 1957 graduate of Virginia Tech earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Husbandry.

He worked as a field representative for Pet Milk Company and Dairy Farmers of America for 38 years. After retirement, he enjoyed farming which was his true passion.
He attended Fellowship Chapel in Bristol, VA where he was a member of the Berean Sunday School Class.

In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by two sisters, Gaye Easterly and Faye VanDyke. Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Barbara Gose Owens; two daughters, Terry Garrison of Abingdon, VA and Karen Owens of Kernersville, NC; four grandsons, Matthew Durrett and wife Amanda of Kernersville, NC, Will Garrison of Abingdon, VA, Christopher Durrett of Belews Creek, NC and Travis Garrison of Abingdon, VA; one niece, Kittye Owens and husband Charles of Bristol, VA and one brother-in-law, Sam VanDyke of Abingdon, VA.

The family would like to express their sincere gratitude to the doctors and staff at UVA Hospital and Bristol Regional Medical Center, Dr. Perrie Ryan and staff at Blue Ridge Medical and a special thanks to Connie Limburg for her wonderful care.

A graveside funeral service will be conducted at 11 A.M. on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 in the Knollkreg Memorial Park. Pastor Scott Price will officiate. Family and friends wishing to attend the service are asked to assemble at the cemetery by 10:45 A.M. Active pallbearers will be his grandsons.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 P.M. on Tuesday evening at the Frost Funeral Home. Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the Berean Sunday School Class at Fellowship Chapel and special friends, Ralph Dean and Virgil Noonkestner. Friends may also visit the family at the home of his daughter, Terry Garrison, 21169 Vance Mill Rd, Abingdon, VA.

Flowers will be accepted or memorial donations may be made to Fellowship Chapel, 201 Crockett St. Bristol, VA 24201 or to Haven of Rest Rescue Mission, P.O. Box 372, Bristol, TN 37621 in memory of William Dennis Bill Owens.

Source: http://frostfh.frontrunnerpro.com/book-of-memories/465233/William-Dennis--Bill--Owens/obituary.php


Birth:
Virginia, Births, 1864-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: William Dennis Owens
Birth Date: 22 Oct 1933
Birth Place: Russell, Virginia

Social Security Death Index
Name: William D. Owens
Last Residence: 24210 Abingdon, Washington, Virginia
BORN: 22 Oct 1933
Died: 22 May 2010
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (1957)

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Owens&GSiman=1&GScid=50911&GRid=92049522&

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia
Name: William Dennis Owens
Death Date: 22 May 2010
Death Place: Charlottesville, Virginia

William married Barbara Gose 23 Nov 1955, Abindgon, Washington Co. VA. [Group Sheet]