Obituaries:  Rev. Loyed Ely Owens, Sabine Parish       O-520
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 7, 1988
Submitted by: Ruth Estess
              r.estess@worldnet.att.net




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The Sabine Index

  Rev. Loyed Ely Owens - January 7, 1988

  Rev. Loyed 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 13 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 schoolteacher, 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.