Schley County GaArchives Obituaries.....Owen, Billy July 1, 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 March 4, 2006, 11:38 am The Ellaville Sun Friday, July 8, 1938 No. 2 BILLY OWEN, 19, IS CRUSHED TO DEATH IN TRUCK ACCIDENT Former Schley Resident Dies When Truck Is Wrecked After Lights Fail. Final Tribute was paid Billy Owen, 19, of near Columbus, former Schley County resident, who was instantly killed in a truck accident, at funeral services conducted from Ebenezer Baptist Church last Friday afternoon. The youth was crushed to death last Thursday night when the loaded lumber truck he was driving ploughed into a ditch after the headlights went out on a long downgrade near Columbus. His companion was only slightly injured. The Rev. H.G. Fowler and the Rev. Charles D. Carter officiated at the funeral. Burial was in Ebenezer cemetery. Survivors include his father, Will Owen, two brothers and two sisters. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/obits/o/owen653nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb