Obit of Owens, Delmar - Cleveland County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Obits101 26 Dec 2010 Return to Cleveland County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cleveland/cleveland.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Memorial Park Cemetery--Tulsa OK Surnames: Owens, Bevill Originally posted at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oklahoma.counties.oklahoma/3263.1/mb.ashx The Daily Oklahoman 09-26-1974 p.16 Norman Clergyman Dies Delmar Owens, 58, minister of Westside Church of Christ, Norman, and a founder of Oklahoman Christian College, died Wednesday in Norman after an apparent heart attack. Owens was rushed to Norman Municipal Hospital where he was reported dead on arrival after his car jumped a curb at Camden Way and Garrison at 1:40 pm Wednesday. A native of Paris, Texas, Owens attended Parks College there and Harding College at Searcy, Ark. He was a college orator and belonged to a state championship debate team. Owens came to Norman in 1970 from Garden Oaks Church of Christ in Houston. He had been minister of Eastside Church of Christ, Tulsa, for 23 years. While in Tulsa Owens helped found Central Christian College in Bartlesville. He was instrumental in moving the college to Oklahoma City where it became known as Oklahoma Christian College. He served on the OCC board of trustees until 1966. The author of eight books, including "The One Hundredfold Life," Owens was also president of Owens Publications, Inc. He is survived by his wife, Aubyn; a son, David, public relations director for OCC; his parents, Mr and Mrs Bob Owens, of Paris, Tex.; a sister, Mrs J C Bevill, Ft Worth, Tex., and three grandchildren. ****************** The Daily Oklahoman 09-27-1974 p.39 Funerals OWENS, Delmar, 58, of 2702 S Berry Road, Norman; 11 am Saturday at Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa directed by Primrose Funeral Home, Norman. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Cleveland County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cleveland/cleveland.html