Sussex County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Owen, John & Shirley, 1903 

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Virginian-Pilot, Volume 20, Number 46, Tues., 23 February 1904, p. 6 

LATE NEWS FROM ALL VIRGINIA 

   PETERSBURG NEWS 

[...] 

  Peterburg, Va., Feb. 22. - (Special) - [...] 

  The bodies of John and Shirley Owens [sic; Owen], who were drowned Saturday while 
skating near Wakefield, were taken to Richmond and laid to rest in the family 
section at Hollywood.  They were sons of John D. Owens of Wakefield. 

[...] 

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  Suffolk, Va., Feb. 23. - (Special) - [...] 

  THE WAKEFIELD DROWNING. 

  A gentleman who was not far from the scene of the double drowning near 
Wakefield, Va., says it was among the saddest occurrences he ever knew of. 
The boys who lost their lives while skating were the 12 and 16-year-old sons 
of John D. Owens, Owens [sic; Owen], former county clerk of Sussex county. 
The elder lost his life while seeking to rescue the younger, who broke through 
the ice but did not sink at first, keeping his head above water by resting 
against fractured edges of ice.  When the larger youth approached the 
aperture, a large section of ice caved in.  Both boys sank and came up under 
solid ice.  A third person sought to save the drowning boys, but he, too, 
broke through and came near freezing to death before help came. 

  Three boys and thre girls were on a pond skating.  No harm came to any of 
the girls.  When the drowned boys were taken home, their mother went into 
hysterics.  The father finally was located by wire at Birmingham, Ala. 


John David OWEN, Jr., 
b. 8 Feb 1888, 

Shirley OWEN, 
b. Aug 1891, 

children of John David & "Lottie" Charlotte Carter (STEBBINS) OWEN, 
drowned while skating 20 Feb 1904, near Wakefield, 
interred 22 Feb 1904, Hollywood Cemetery*, Richmond, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 20, No. 46, Tues., Feb. 23, 1904, p. 6; 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 20, No. 47, Wed., Feb. 24, 1904, p. 6 

Additional information: 

The 1900 Census - Wakefield, Sussex Co. - gives Shirley B. 

Find a Grave Memorial #93379038 gives Shirley M. OWENS (no dates). 

Find a Grave Memorial #93379006 gives John David OWEN, Jr.; a photo of his 
   gravestone - added by Shock - also shows OWEN. 
   . 
Their parents are buried in Wakefield Cemetery. 
   Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 


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