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Reuben Phillip Owen Sr.

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Reuben Phillip Owen Sr.

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2 Oct 1958 (aged 90)
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Chester County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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This is the family cemetery for Reuben Phillip Owen Sr. and his family. His house was just down the small road beside the cemetery. His descendants erected a memorial here that lists all of his children. Some but not all of those listed are buried here. His parents and some of his siblings are buried at the Old Pisgah Cemetery about 9 miles NE of here. His dad's older brother, Stewart Owen, was their neighbors on the north side. Stewart's son, Flavious, helped his dad run a mill on the creek that fills the lake in the state park. Stewart is buried in the Pleasant Springs cemetery on Bear Creek Rd. His son, Flavious, is buried in Haltom's Chapel cemetery. There was enough of the Owen family around that an Owen's School was started.

Reuben Phillip Owen was a school teacher, Chester County Tax Assessor, and Farmer until his retirement. He was also a Free Will Baptist preacher. My mother, Ruth Gober Thomas, told me that her Grandpa, Reuben Phillip Owen Sr, was a little man and a Freewill Baptist preacher. He was always meticulous in his grooming and I do remember that he loved people; loved very much visiting his friends and kinsfolk. I heard a few of his sermons. They were of the sweet, encouraging type and I remember that he prayed beautiful prayers full of sweet old-fashioned phrases. He died of pneumonia at age 90.
This is the family cemetery for Reuben Phillip Owen Sr. and his family. His house was just down the small road beside the cemetery. His descendants erected a memorial here that lists all of his children. Some but not all of those listed are buried here. His parents and some of his siblings are buried at the Old Pisgah Cemetery about 9 miles NE of here. His dad's older brother, Stewart Owen, was their neighbors on the north side. Stewart's son, Flavious, helped his dad run a mill on the creek that fills the lake in the state park. Stewart is buried in the Pleasant Springs cemetery on Bear Creek Rd. His son, Flavious, is buried in Haltom's Chapel cemetery. There was enough of the Owen family around that an Owen's School was started.

Reuben Phillip Owen was a school teacher, Chester County Tax Assessor, and Farmer until his retirement. He was also a Free Will Baptist preacher. My mother, Ruth Gober Thomas, told me that her Grandpa, Reuben Phillip Owen Sr, was a little man and a Freewill Baptist preacher. He was always meticulous in his grooming and I do remember that he loved people; loved very much visiting his friends and kinsfolk. I heard a few of his sermons. They were of the sweet, encouraging type and I remember that he prayed beautiful prayers full of sweet old-fashioned phrases. He died of pneumonia at age 90.

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