Nansemond-Isle of Wight-King George County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Owens, Rev. Reuben R., 1891 

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DEATH OF A DIVINE. 

Rev. R. R. Owens Passes Away After a Useful Life in the Baptist Ministry. 

  WINDSOR, VA., April 15.-[Special.]-Many hearts, no doubt, scattered all over 
Virginia and North Carolina will be sad to know that Rev. R.R. Owens is dead. 
He died yesterday morning at 11 o'clock.  For more than forty years he has 
labored earnestly and well, and now in his declining years he falls upon his 
post of duty, rich in labors for the Lord, and in triumphs of the Gospel he so 
much delighted to preach.  He was an earnest, fearless, able Baptist preacher, 
and in his death the denomination sustains a serious loss.  He was popular and 
his pastorates ran through long terms of years.  He was the pastor of two 
churches at the time of his death, at one of which, Western Branch, his 
funeral took place this evening. 

  Rev. J.F. Deans conducted the services.  Mr. Owens leaves a wife and a large 
and interesting family of children, all of whom were with him when he died, 
except Mrs. Parker, of Franklin and Carson, who arrived to-day from Glade 
Spring. 

  Miss Pokey Bain, of Wakefield, is visiting the Misses Briggs of this place. 

  Mrs. J.C. Crumpler is suffering with a severe attack of la grippe. 


Rev. Reuben Romulus OWENS, Baptist pastor, 
b. 20 Feb 1823, King George Co., d. 14 Apr 1891, 
interred in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery*, 15 Apr 1891, 
"The Times" (Richmond, VA), Vol. 5, No. 60, Thurs., Apr. 16, 1891, p. 2 

*Unmarked?  Added to the Western Branch list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.txt 

Birthdate &c. from Find a Grave Mem. #171120059, which includes a photo and 
   biographical notes.  It states that an obit appeared in the "Religious 
   Herald," June 4, 1891. 

He was pastor of Beaver Dam Baptist Church, near Carrsville, from 1878 to 
   1886.  His brother Rev. Putnam OWENS, was pastor there from 1854 until 
   his death, 10 May 1877.  A portrait of Putnam is posted with Find a Grave 
   Mem. #179758076, which states he was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk. 
   He does not appear on the Elmwood list, at the Norfolk City Virginia 
   USGenWeb Archives, however. 


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