Obituary for Jane Phillips Harrison Owen, Montgomery, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/montgomery/obits/jphowen.txt ================================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is include These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Rae V. Calvert ==================================================================== October 2002 On Thursday, 20 April 1893, the Montgomery Daily Advertiser carried the following notice of the death of Jane Phillips Harrison Owen (1814-1893): "Death of Mrs. Lewis Owen" The news of the death of this estimable lady will be heard with deep regret by her immense circle of friends. She was stricken with paralysis about six months ago. Prior to that time she had been unusually active for one of her age, but since then she has never left her house though able to walk about from room to room. Last Sunday she was taken violently ill with something like congestion of the stomach, and never rallied. The end came about 9:30 o'clock last night. Mrs. Owen was born in Greensboro, Ga., in April 1814, but moved with her parents when she was quite young to Lowndes County, about twenty-five miles from Montgomery. She would have reached her 79th birthday next Sunday. She celebrated her golden wedding eight years ago. Nearly all these years Montgomery was her home, so that she was one of our oldest residents. There was never a lovelier character. She was devoted to her husband, children, and friends. All her life she has been a member of the Methodist church and a consistent God fearing Christian. In this community she was universally beloved and the deep sympathy of the entire city is sincerely extended to her husband, sons and surviving relatives. The funeral will be at the Court Street Methodist Church at 4 o'clock this afternoon.