Morgan County AlArchives Obituaries.....Flack Owens, Dorothy "Dimple" July 2, 2005
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Decatur Daily
Dorothy Dimple FLACK Owens (w/picture)

Dorothy Dimple FLACK Owens, 88, of Somerville (Morgan County) died Saturday, 
July 2nd, at her residence after a lengthy battle with congestive heart failure.

Mrs. Owens was born on April 3rd, 1917, in Morgan County as an only child to 
Theodore Robert "Mr. Thee" Flack and Fannie May THOMAS Flack. She was married 
to Lester Bert Owens, who preceded her in death.

She worked at Redstone Arsenal in the 1940s, and then spent the remainder of 
her life as a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, 
great-great-grandmother and good neighbor in her
community.

Before her illness she attended West Point Church. She lived her entire life in 
the West Point Community. She was a homemaker, a gardener of vegetables, 
plants, trees and flowers, a preserver of canned and put up fruits, relishes 
and vegetables, a seamstress of clothing sewn without patterns but with 
homemade newspaper cut patterns, a wonderful cook and a loving caregiver of her 
family and community. She and her husband Lester loved to dance and were 
excellent dancers. They had been described many times as "poetry in motion".

She is survived by her daughter: Patsy Gayle OWENS Bruce Hughey of West Point; 
10 grandchildren: Phyllis J. K. OWENS of Enterprise; Vonnie V. OWENS of Gulf 
Shores; and David W. Bruce, Darlene HUGHEY, Dennis W. Hughey, Debbie HUGHEY 
Thomas, Diane HUGHEY Burgett Jackson, Shannon Johnson, Timothy W.Owens and 
Tracey J. Owens all of Morgan County, Alabama; 18 great-grandchildren; five 
great-great-grandchildren; and a cousin Allen "Bud" Thomas of Valhermosa 
Springs.

She was preceded in death by two sons, Bobbie Delano Owens and Lonnie Verne 
Owens; and one grandchild Tabatha Gail OWENS; and two great-grandchildren, 
Kristi Kwanja DAVIS and Dustin Wayne Burgett.

She lay at rest in her home at 1560 West Point Road on July 5th until being 
taken to the church for viewing on July 6th from 1 to 2pm. Funeral services 
were at 2pm Wednesday, July 6th, 2005, at West Point Baptist Church, with Harry 
Saint and Eldridge Criscoe officiating.

Burial was in the adjoining cemetery, with Arab Memorial Chapel directing.

Pallbearers were David Bruce, Donnie Hughey, Mark West, Tracey Owens, Tim Owens 
and Brad Lawrence. Honorary pallbearers were Dennis Hughey (enroute home from 
Iraq), Shannon Johnson, Blake Bruce, Christopher "Kris" Meriwether-McCutcheon 
and Judge David "Judd" Meriwether.

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