Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Owens, John Bunyan, 1912 

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JOHN BUNYAN OWENS

DEATH OF MR. J.B. OWENS

   Mr. John Bunyan Owens died Sunday December 22nd and was buried in Poplar 
Spring cemetery the following Tuesday at 12 o’clock noon, funeral services 
being conducted at the residence of the deceased in First Avenue by Rev. 
J.L. McCutcheon of the Franklin Baptist Church.  Mr. Owens was a native of 
Nansemond County but had been a resident of the town for a number of years 
and was a consecrated and devout member of the Baptist church.  He had been 
in a state of ill health for several years.  He leaves a widow Mrs. Helen 
Owens; five children, Miss Ruth Owens, Mr. J.R. Owens of Lawrenceville, Mrs. 
W.O. Bogart and Misses Mayab and Helen Owens; three brothers, Messrs. Carson 
Owens of Alabama and R.W. Owens of Churchland and Rev. Oscar L. Owens of 
Baltimore; two sisters, Mrs. R.B. Hayes of Whaleyville and C.G. Parker of 
Franklin. 

   The pallbearers were: Active, W.O. Bogart, W.O. Bristow, J.J. Bristow, E. 
Frank Story, Dr. A.P. Cutchin, Ryland Camp; Honorary, J.C. Parker, Henry Cobb, 
P.D. Camp, Col. L.R. Edwards, J.P. Gay, Dr. W.H.L. Goodman.  The bereaved 
family have the sympathy of our townspeople in their sorrow. 


John Bunyan OWENS, of Franklin, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 22 Dec 1912, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 3, 1913 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His sister Marietta/Mariette (OWENS; Mrs. "Claude" G.) PARKER is buried in 
   Poplar Spring, Section 1, Plot 94: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Marietta's obits ("Tidewater News," May 14, 1948, p. 1 & May 21, 1948, p. 4) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/o520h1ob.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 4, 1931, p. 5), with their marriage 
   record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/o520h1ob.txt 


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