Ernest Jay OWENS

1927 - 2013  (85 years)

• Name	Ernest Jay OWENS
  Born	10 Jun 1927	Merit, Hunt Co. TX
  	Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1932. iArchives, Orem, Utah. Name: Earnest Jay Owens Birth Date: 11 Jun 1927 Gender: Male Birth Place: Mail, Hunt, Texas Father: Robert Cleaveland Owens Father Birth Place: Russell, Virginia Mother: Mary Elizabeth Tankersley Mother Birth Place: Tennessee Mother Residence: Mail, Texas
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Feb 2013	Rockwall Co. TX
  Buried	Merit Cemetery, Merit, Hunt Co. TX
  	Grave location and obituary: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=105196673
  Notes	CENSUS RECORDS 1930 Census Name: Earnest J Owens Birth Year: abt 1928 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Texas Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Son Home in 1930: Precinct 2, Hunt, Texas Dwelling Number: 289 Family Number: 289 Attended School: No Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Household Members: Name Age Robert Owens 38 Mary Owens 27 Jew* Owens 9 James L Owens 5 Earnest J Owens 2 years 3 months OBITUARY Ernest Jay Owens, 85, of Rockwall passed away Feb. 10, 2013, at Presbyterian Hospital of Rockwall. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Coker-Mathews Funeral Home chapel in Greenville with Rev. Eugene Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Merit Cemetery. Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Born June 10, 1927, in Merit, Ernest was the son of Robert Cleveland and Mary E. (Tankersley) Owens. On Dec. 17, 1948, in Greenville, he married Bennie Delean Pickens. He was a veteran of the United States Army and worked as a construction worker. He was a member of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his daughters, Brenda Smith and husband Danny of Terrell, Nancy Enos and husband Ricky of Oklahoma City, Okla., Deborah Gutierrez and husband Carlos of Sadler, and Cindy Platt and husband Bobby of Sadler; sister Mary L. Watkins of Temple; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, sons Glenn and Bengie Owens, sister Betty Russell, brothers James L. and Edgar Leon Owens, granddaughter Heidi Couch, grandson Andrew Latimer, and great-granddaughter Gabriella Couch. Pallbearers will be Matthew Dennis, Dalton Moore, Colton Kinsey, Pooh Dennis, Cody Scott, and Ben Dooley. Honorary pallbearer will be Tommy Owens.
  Person ID	I32621	Master File
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Robert Cleveland OWENS,   b. 07 Apr 1892, Russell Co. VA ,   d. 24 Mar 1956, Collin Co. TX  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Mary Tankersley,   b. 07 Jul 1902, Tennessee ,   d. 31 Jan 1993, Rockwall Co. TX  (Age 90 years)
  Married	1919	Collin Co. TX
  	Collin County, Texas. Marriage Index. McKinney, Texas: Collin County Vital Records Department. Name: Robt C Owens Gender: Male Spouse: Mary Tankersley Spouse Gender: Female Marriage Date: 1919 Marriage Place: Collin Co. TX
  Family ID	F13671	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bennie Delean Pickens
  Children	1. Brenda OWENS   2. Nancy OWENS   3. Deborah OWENS   4. Cindy OWENS   5. Glenn OWENS   6. Bennie OWENS
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2016
  Family ID	F13674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart