Mable Davis Owens died Saturday in Lawrenceburg. A former Oliver Springs resident, she and her late husband, Raymond L. Owens, owned and operated the Owens Store in downtown Oliver Springs for several years until they retired. They purchased the sotre formt the Sienknecht family. Mr. Owens died in September jof 1970.

Mrs. Owens was the daughter of the late Samuel J. and Sarah Emily Sinclair Davis of Lawrenceburg. After her parents died, she and a sister, Lura, moved to the Fork Mountain community to live with their brother-in-law and sister, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Reynolds. It was there that she met her future husband. Lura lived with the Owenses after the death of her husband, Elmer Hardin.

There were two other sisters, the late Margaret and Clarice Davis, and brothers, the late Omar, Marshall, Haggard, James and Bryon Daivs.

Mrs. Owens was a member of Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Oliver Springs.

Survivors include a sister, Elisbia Bryant of Lawrenceburg, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Monday at North Funeral Home in Lawrenceburg. Graveside services were Monday afternoon at Anderson Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Garvin Walls officiating. Sharp Funeral Home was in charge of local arrangements .

Source:
Clinton Courier News
17 Oct. 1990