Extracted from The Longview News-Journal (Longview, TX)
December 1995

James C. Owens

White Oak -- Graveside services for James C. Owens, 74, of White Oak will be 2 p.m. Saturday at White Oak Cemetery with the Rev. Rusty Brady officiating. Burial is under the direction of Welch Funeral Home.

Mr. Owens was born Nov. 30, 1921, in Gladewater and died Friday at a local hospital. He was a Baptist, a driller and roughneck in oil production and was a World War II army veteran serving in Germany.

Mr. Owens was preceded in death by his wife, Renate; and son, Randy. Survivors include son, Jimmy Owens of White Oak; two sisters, Modine Stewart of Kilgore and Margaret Frazier of White Oak; brother Roy Owens of White Oak; one grandson and special friend, Brian Scott Kennedy of White Oak.