Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Owen, Oscar R., 2013 

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OSCAR RUSSELL OWEN
11-25-1931 - 03-10-2013 
Resided in Wakefield, VA

  Oscar Russell "Bum" Owen, 81, passed away March 10, 2013.  Born and raised 
in Wakefield, he was a son of the late Charles Stebbins Owen, Sr. and Edith 
Edwards Owen.  Oscar loved his community and was very involved in it.  He was 
one of the founding members of the Virginia Tractor Pullers Association, a 
lifetime member and former deacon of Wakefield Congregational Christian 
Church, a member of the Wakefield Ruritan for 58 years and a member of the 
Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department for 50 years.  Oscar was also predeceased 
by a sister, Elizabeth Owen Morris and a brother, Charles Stebbins Owen, Jr.

  Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 60 years, Elizabeth "Precious" 
Bailey Owen, daughters, Dorenda "Rendy" Owen Powers and husband Bill and 
Melinda Morris Owen; grandchildren, Dr. Will Powers and wife, Brandy, Rusty 
Davis and wife, Amy, Jason S. Holt and Kate E. Truitt; great granddaughter, 
Ella Katherine Powers; brother Bobby Owen and wife, Ethel and numerous nieces 
and nephews.

  The family will receive friends Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Wakefield 
Volunteer Fire Department, 155 Fleetwood Ave., Wakefield VA 23888 from 6 to 8 
p.m.  The funeral service with honors will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, 
March 13, 2013 at the Fire Department with Rev. Steven R. Gibson officiating. 
Burial will follow at Wakefield Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, memorial 
contributions may be made to Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department, 155 
Fleetwood Ave. Wakefield, VA 23888.  R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home and 
Crematory, Wakefield Chapel is serving the family.


Oscar Russell "Bum" OWEN, farmer, 
b. 25 Nov 1931, Wakefield, d. 10 May 2013, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 13 May 2013, 
R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home obit 

*His parents & step-father George N. BRANCH, Sr. are also buried there. 
   Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His father's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Aug. 31, 1948, p. 28) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/o500c1ob.txt 


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