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Name: SYLVIA OWENS
MILES FUNERAL HOME IN HAZLEHURST ANNOUNCES THE SERVICE FOR MRS. SYLVIA MURRAY OWENS, AGE 76, OF HAZLEHURST, WHO PASSED AWAY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 03 2009. SERVICES WILL BE HELD SUNDAY AT 3:00 PM AT ELBETHEL CHURCH.
REV. KEVIN DRURY & REV. JERRY McKINNON WILL OFFICIATE WITH BURIAL IN THE HAZLEHURST MEMORIAL CEMETERY.
MRS. OWENS WAS BORN IN LONG COUNTY BUT, HAD LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE REV. MARION ARCHIE MURRAY & INA LEDFORD MURRAY. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A GRANDSON: STEPHEN BARRY OWENS & A BROTHER: JOSEPH M. MURRAY. MRS. OWENS WAS A GRADUATE OF BREWTON PARKER COLLEGE, FURMAN UNIVERSITY, GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE. SHE WAS A RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER HAVING TAUGHT IN TENNILLE, RINCON & HAZLEHURST. MRS. OWENS WAS THE FORMER ORGANIST AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN RINCON, HAZLEHURST AND FISHING CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH. MRS. OWENS WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST ALLIANCE CHURCH IN HAZLEHURST.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE: HER HUSBAND OF 54 YEARS: REV. J. BARRY OWENS OF HAZLEHURST; DAUGHTER: LEE ILA OWENS OF WOODBINE; SONS & DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: JOHN MURRAY OWENS (DEBBIE) OF HAZLEHURST, CHRISTOPHER BARRY OWENS (BONNIE) OF LILBURN, JAMES MERCER OWENS OF MARIETTA & JEROME PATRICK OWENS OF BRUNSWICK; GRANDCHILDREN: SPENCER OWENS, KATIE OWENS, LUKE OWENS, PAUL OWENS & NATHAN OWENS; SISTER-IN-LAW: MIRIAM MURRAY OF JESUP; NIECE: LEANNE VANDERVEEN OF JESUP; NEPHEW: JOE MURRAY OF DOUGLASVILLE.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE STEPHEN MISSION FUND OF LOGANVILLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 2575 HWY 81 LOGANVILLE, GEORGIA 30052.
VISITATION WILL BE SATURDAY FROM 6-9 PM AT MILES FUNERAL HOME IN HAZLEHURST.
MRS. OWENS WILL BE PLACED IN THE CHURCH ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE.
THE FAMILY WILL BE AT THE RESIDENCE, 33 SHADY LANE.
MILES FUNERAL HOME IN HAZLEHURST IS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS.
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