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Submitted: 8/7/21 • Approved: 8/7/21 • Last Updated: 8/10/21 • R445277-G0-S3
1906-1935
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Willis [sic] C. Owens, 28, died at a local hospital early this morning from pneumonia. He had lived in Borger for several years and was connected with the Holt-Miller grocery. He was born in Oliver Springs, Texas, November 2, 1906.
Survivors are his wife and two children, Joan 3, and Billie Gene 2; father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Brice F. Owens of Gorman; three brothers, Walter, J.L. and Dayle, all of Gorman; four sisters, Mrs. Irene Steward of Gorman, Miss May Owens of Borger, Mrs. Mozelle Steward of Toledo, and Mrs. Winnie Pearl Isabell of Gorman.
Funeral services will be tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock in the First Baptist Church with Rev. J.N. Hunt officiating. Burial will be in Highland cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Bob Lindsey, E. Miller, Marlon Rodgers, J.D. Williams, Jimmy Yows, and Charley White.
Carver Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, June 3, 1935)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Wm. C. Owens
Death Date: 3 Jun 1935
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 29145
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: William C Owens
Birth Date: 2 Nov 1906
Birth Place: Commanche, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Spouse: Lucille Owens
Father: Brice F Owens
Mother: Beulah Owens
Age at Death: 28
Death Date: 3 Jun 1935
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Contributed on 8/7/21
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Record #: 445277