Sussex-Southampton-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Owney, James M., 1962 

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JAMES MAYO OWNEY 

  James Mayo Owney, 80, of Ivor, widower of Emma Johnson Owney, died Sunday, 
March 18, in a Newport News hospital.  He was a native of Southampton County 
and had lived in Ivor for the past 10 years.  A son of the late John T. and 
Mattie Bristow Owney, he was a member of Rocky Hock Methodist Church.

  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. P.P. Rolley and Mrs. Jesse O. Gay, both 
of Waverly; three sons, James C. Owney of Waverly, Waverly H. Owney of 
Smithfield, and J. Wilson Owney of Ivor; one brother, Menalcus B. Owney of 
Norfolk, and sixteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

  Services were held Tuesday, March 20, at 2:30 p.m. in the Purviance Funeral 
Chapel with the Rev. L.P. Bland and Rev. B.W. Holloman officiating.  Burial 
followed in Rocky Hock Cemetery.

  Pallbearers were Crawley Laine, Russell West, Marvis Felts, Warren Cobb, 
Marsden Pulley, Earnest Turner and A.W. Saunders. 

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J. M. Owney, 80, Of Ivor, Va. Buried March 20 

  James Mayo Owney, 80, of Ivor died Sunday, March 18. 

  He was a retired carpenter and a member of Rocky Hock Methodist Church. 

  He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. P.P. Rolley and Mrs. Jesse O. Gay, 
both of Waverly; three sons, Waverly H. Owney of Smithfield; Joseph Wilson 
Owney of Ivor, and James C. Owney of Waverly; a brother, Manalcus [sic; 
Menalcus] B. Owney of Norfolk; 16 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral service was held at 2:30 P.M. March 20 at the Purviance Funeral 
Home, Wakefield, with burial in the Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery, 
Surry County. 


James Mayo OWNEY, of Ivor, retired carpenter, 
b. 2 Nov 1881, Southampton Co., d. 18 Mar 1962, Newport News, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery, 20 Mar 1962, 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 43, No. 13, Mar. 29, 1962, p. 7, col. 4 

His wife's obits ("Smithfield Times," May 1, 1952, & donated) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/o500e2ob.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 6538 (N.News #211). 

His father (1846-1929) was buried in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near 
   Windsor, but does not appear on Isle of Wight County Historical Society 
   {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His mother (b. 1849) was buried 25 Apr 1930 in Southampton Co.
   Added to a BRISTOW family cemetery, Unity, with her brother James Clark 
   BRISTOW (1861-1932.  Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} 
   Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-55):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

Their parents were "Jim" James W. & "Sallie" Sarah W. (WORRELL) BRISTOW. 
   Mattie's D.Cert. 9609 (Portsmouth #196) gives her mother as Mattie Bristow. 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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