- H. M. OWEN SR.
Prominent Butler Citizen Passes
Funeral services for H. M. Owen Sr., well-known Butler businessman and farmer, were held Friday afternoon, Oct. 9th at 2 p.m. at Flour Creek Christian Church. Burial took place in Butler Cemetery.
The Rev. Herbert Tinsley of Warsaw, a former pastor, assisted by Rev. John Browning, pastor of the Butler Christian Church, conducted the funeral services paying Mr. Owen a high tribute.
The funeral services were largely attended by many relatives and friends which attested the high esteem in which Mr. Owen was held.
Beautiful music was furnished for the funeral by Mrs. John Browning at the Hammond organ.
Serving as pallbearers were C. O. Ducker, Aril Ducker, George Gedge, Judge Ralph Bowling, Homer Gosney, and Hillary Clayton.
Homer Milton Owen Sr. was the son of the late Alfred and Betty Carolyn Owen and was born July 20th, 1877, at Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Mr. Owen spent his early life in Cumminsville, Cincinnati, and at an early age came to Pendleton County where he spent the majority of his life.
Mr. Owen at the time of his passing, was a member of the Flour Creek Christian Church. He was a large landowner in Pendleton County and also an extensive dairyman. For many years he operated a creamery at Butler and Falmouth. Mr. Owen also took an interest in all worth-while civic affairs of Butler and always was a staunch leader in the Democratic Paarty. He was a constructive citizen who always worked for the best interests of Butler and Pendleton County and in his passing we have lost a valuable citizen.
He is survived by the following children: Mrs. Lottie Reeves, Covington, Mrs. Mabel Mulloy, Butler, Mrs. Lillie Quicksall, Louisville, Homer Owen, Jr., Grants Lick, Mrs. Marcel Henry, Cincinnati, Mrs. Malvina Uhl, Covington, and Gordon Owen, Butler. He also leaves 20 grandchildren, and 33 great grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Elsie Moreland, Butler, and Mrs. Allie Thomas, Los Angeles, California. Preceding him in death were two sons, Wilbur T.Owen, and Herbert P. Owen, and one daughter, Mrs. Betty Peddicord.
C. B. Peoples and Son carried out the funeral arrangements.
~Obituary from The Falmouth Outlook, 1959
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