Obituaries: Lee Owens, 1953, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 18, 1953 Winn Parish Enterprise

Lee Owens, A Former Resident Is Buried Here

Lee Owens, former resident of Winnfield, and brother of John Owens of here,
died at his home in Shreveport, June 13.  Funeral services were held Tuesday
at 11 a.m. in Laurel Heights Baptist Church in Winnfield, with Rev. H. J.
Mott, former pastor, and Rev. R. D. Sjolander, pastor, of South Winnfield
Baptist Church, officiating.

Burial was in Pine Ridge Cemetery in Ward 10 under direction of Hixson
Brothers Funeral Home.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Owens, two sons, Alton, of
Shreveport, and Bobby, with the Air Force in Germany, one daughter, Miss Mary
Owens, of Shreveport; four brothers, Calvin of Shreveport, John of Winnfield,
Jeff and Clarence of Jena; two sisters, Mrs. Walter Stone of Jena, and Mrs.
Paul Phillips of Bryceland; his father, W. A. Owens of Jena, and three
grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Ed Pooole, Herman Gorham, Walter Goins, Paul Goins, Dennis
Curry, and Charley Ray.

Mr. Owens, a retired mechanic, had lived at 262 W. 74th Street in Shreveport
for the past two and one half years.