Extracted from The Ellis County Press (Ellis Co., TX)
Arlis Garner Owens
WAXAHACHIE -- Funeral services for Arlis Garner Owens, 77 of Waxahachie, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, 2001 in the Park Meadows Baptist Church with Pastors Joe Langley and James Beam officiating.
Born on March 17, 1924 in Hope, Ark., the son of Ben Walker and Susie
Pearl Goodman Owens, he passed away March 17, 2001 at Renfro Healthcare Center.
Preceded in death by his parents, granddaughter Amy Owens, three brothers
Calvin, Luther and Jesse Foy Owens; he is survived by his wife of 55 years
Dorothy Louise Byars Owens; children Joyce and Rudy Armstrong, Regina and
Ronnie Thedford all of Waxahachie, Richard and Stacy Owens of Midlothian,
Scott Owens of Addison, and Lee Ann Owens of Waxahachie; grandchildren
Lance and Kim Armstrong, Travis and Kathy Armstrong, Hal and Rhonda
Stafford, Melissa Thedford, Corey and Heidi Thedford, Kyle and Lyndsie
Owens, Brad and Stacey Owens, Heather Owens and Billy and Philip Galt;
10 great-grandchildren Taylor and Trent Armstrong, Victoria Armstrong,
Marshall and Holli Stanford, Erika, Courtney and Mitchel Clark and Ty and
Hannah Thedford; brother and sister-in-law B.W. and Barbara Owens of
Waxahachie; brother Jim Owens of Memphis, Tenn.; sisters Viola Rogers
of Waxahachie, Martha Kelly of Waxahachie and Rose and Jim Sanford of
Lobeville, Tenn.; and special cousins Robert and Bobby Howard.
Pallbearers were Lance Armstrong, Travis Armstrong, Hal Stanford,
Brad Owens, Kyle Owens and Corey Thedford. Honorary pallbearers were
Tom Sanford, Mike Kelly, Jesse Owens, Randy Byers, G.T. Morton,
James Ledbetter, Darrell Stauffer and Melvin Glannon.
Interment followed in the Oak Branch Cemetery under the direction of
Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home in Waxahachie.
Thursday, March 22, 2001
March 17, 1924 -- March 17, 2001