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Submitted: 11/30/21 • Approved: 11/30/21 • Last Updated: 12/3/21 • R471247-G471246-S3
October 21, 1880-March 9, 1935
At Rest
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Mrs. T.S. Owen, pioneer Wheeler woman, died early Saturday morning, March 9, at the family home in the southwest part of town. where she had lived with her family for more than 25 years.
Mrs. Owen suffered a stroke of paralysis Friday, from which she failed to rally. She had been in ill health since the autumn of 1931, and had been confined to her home since last August. She was a kind and faithful wife and loving mother, admired by all who knew her for the exemplary life she lived. She was a member of the Church of Christ here, having been converted and placing her membership with that denomination while quite young.
Arrie Wynn was born Oct. 2, 1879, at Rising Star in Eastland county, and departed this life March 9, 1935, in Wheeler, Texas, at the age of 55 years, four months and 16 days. She was married to T.S. Owen on Oct. 7, 1906, at Hollis, Okla. To them were born five children, two girls and three boys, all of whom survive the mother. They are: Mrs. C.E. Laws, Wichita Falls; Mrs. T.M. Pence, Amarillo; Bill, Albert and Luther Lee, at home.
Besides the husband and children, Mrs. Owen leaves to mourn four sisters and four brothers: Mrs. J.W. Peeples, Wellington; Mrs. J.C. Long, Hollis, Okla.; Mrs. L. Bartlett, and W.T. Wynn, Shallowater; Miss Tommie Edith Wynn, W.H. and Noble Wynn, Southland, and R.W. Wynn, Hollis, Okla.; also an uncle, Eddie Wynn, Dodsonville, and a nephew, Johnnie Peeples, Allison, survive, besides many more distant relatives and a host of friends who mourn her passing.
Funeral rites were conducted Monday afternoon at the Church of Christ by the pastor, Rev. H.V. Hendry, assisted by Rev. A.C. Wood, Baptist minister, and Rev. J. Edmund Kirby, pastor of the local Methodist church.
Pall bearers were M.C. Jaco, Weldon Sandifer, Austin Jaco, Edgar Wood, Milton Hubbard and Amasa Flynt. The flower girls were Doris Hooker, Hattie Hubbard, Doraeen Wood, Evelyn Balch, Emalee Myers and Ineta Hubbard.
Interment was made in the Wheeler cemetery, under direction of the Wheeler Funeral Home.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Wheeler County, Texas, Volume II-Number 13, Thursday, March 14, 1935, Page 1)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Arrie Z. [sic] Owen
Death Date: 9 Mar 1935
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 16395
Contributed on 11/30/21
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Record #: 471247