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Willie J. Owens - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Tallulah Madison Journal February 26, 1970

Drowning Victim Buried Here On Wednesday

Funeral services for Willie J. Owens, 47, of Vicksburg, Miss. were held Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at 
Crothers Funeral Chapel here with the Rev. Cletes Harris officiating. Burial was in Silver Cross Cemetery.

Mr. Owens, a deck hand for a towing company in Lake Charles was reported missing February 3. His body 
was found Sunday in Calcasieu Canal at Lake Charles, an apparent victim of drowning.

Survivors include his widow. Mrs. Vivian Ruth Owens of Vicksburg, two daughters, Misses Linda Owens 
and Susie Owens; three sons, Billy Owens, Bobby Owens and Michael Owens, all of Haywood, Calif., his 
father, Luther Owens of Vicksburg; two sisters, Mrs. Rose Mary Blair of Russellville, Arkansas, and 
Mrs. Bobbie Jean Brock of Vicksburg; and one brother, H. A. Owens of Haywood.

Pallbearers were James Jobe, Tommy Jobe, Ray Jobe.