Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Owens, Richard E., 1971 

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RICHARD ERNEST OWENS

   A funeral service for Richard Ernest Owens, 55, of 507 Clay St., Franklin, 
was held Tuesday at 12 p.m. by the Rev. Ben Duffy.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, with W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral 
Home in charge.

   A native of Elizabeth City, N.C., and a former resident of Norfolk, he was 
the husband of Mrs. Shirley Foiles Owens and a son of Richard E. and Mrs. 
Louise Sebly Owens.

   He was the assistant to the president and vice chairman of the board of the 
Franklin Equipment Company.

   He was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, a former vestryman, a member 
of the Franklin Ruritan Club and the Franklin Rotary Club.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Miss Cherylee Owens of 
Franklin, Mrs. Donald L. Whittington of Charles Town, W.Va. and three sons, 
Richard Ernest Owens Jr., Stephenson Lee Owens, and Timothy Foiles Owens, all 
of Franklin; three sisters, Mrs. Vance B. Carhart of Virginia Beach, Mrs. 
Linwood Guess of Norfolk and Mrs. Charles Graves of Newport News; one brother, 
Francis Selby Owens of Norfolk and one grandchild.


Richard Ernest OWENS, of Franklin, vice-chairman of Franklin Equipment Co., 
Elizabeth City, NC native, formerly of Norfolk, d. 28 Nov 1971, age 55, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section C, Plot 48*), Franklin, 
   30 Nov 1971, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 2, 1971, p. 7 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 


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