Obituaries:  Rev. Loyd Ely Owens, Sabine Parish       O-520
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 31, 1987
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Rev. Loyd Ely Owens (Photo)

  Rev. Loyd Ely Owens, 78, of Many, died at Sabine Medical Center,
on Thursday, Dec. 24, 1987, at 11:30 a.m.

  Services were held at Calvary Baptist Church, at 2 p.m., on Dec.
26, with the Rev. Bobby Dye officiating. Burial was at Antioch
Cemetery, under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Rev. Owens was ordained as a Baptist Minister in 1938. Until his
retirement in 1974, he served as pastor in churches in the
parishes of Sabine, DeSoto, Vernon, Natchitoches, and Concordia.
He was associated with the Boy Scouts of America for 65 years,
and was the recipient of his 50 year pin, the Silver Beaver
Award, and the prestigious Good Shepherd Award. Only thirteen
other individuals, world wide, have ever been awarded the Good
Shepherd Award.

  Rev. Owens was a member of the Kisatchie Masonic Lodge, Royal
Arch Mason, and a Shriner. He was a retired school teacher,
having taught and served as a principal for many years in the
parishes of Concordia, and Sabine in Louisiana, and in Newton
County, Texas.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lola H. Owens of Many; one
brother, Leonard Owens of Hornbeck; one sister, Mrs. Rosa Lee
Jett of Many; and a host of nieces and nephews.