After having been raised on a farm as had my ancestors, I reported for work June 1, 1936, as a section hand for the St. Louis Southwestern R.R. (Cotton Belt) at Purdon, Navarro County Texas. We were responsible for up keep of trackage from one mile East to five miles West of Purdon. Normally we six men could be seen in daytime going about our usual tasks with the aid of our open air hand cars. What wasn't seen on occasions was the very scared section hand on a cold dark night walking in front of a steam locomotive in icy water, which at times was up to his armpits in flooded Richland Creek bottom gongerly testing blindly with his feet to make sure the road bed, ties, and rails were still in place. In later years the crew were cut with more distances covered by each. In 1957 I was transferred to the Corsicana yard where after 38 years I retired on January 2, 1975.
MEMORIAL RECORD FOR THE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
OF
THOMAS ELLIS OWENS
Date of Death: June 2, 2001
Service: Corley Funeral Chapel
Date: June 5, 2001 2:00 PM Tuesday
Officiating: Rev. Wayne Mahoney
Interment: Younger Cemetery
Place: Silver City, Texas
Pallbearers: Robert Chapman
Earnest Owens
Glenn Wilcox
Herbert Wilcox
Matthew Davis
Leo Summers
Ellis T. Owens, 90, of Corsicana, passed away Saturday, June 2, 2001, in Dallas.
Visitation will be from 4 to 5 p.m. today at Corley Funeral Home.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Corley Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Wayne Mahoney officiating. Interment will be at Younger Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Robert Chapman, Earnest Owens, Glenn Wilcox, Herbert Wilcox, Matthew Davis and Leo Summers.
Mr. Owens was born Nov. 1, 1910, in Blooming Grove. He was retired from the Southern Pacific Railroad with 40 years of service and a member of the Brotherhood of Retired Rail Road Workers.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Wanda Owens Moore.
He is survived by his wife, Gladys C. Owens of Corsicana; brother, Chester Owens of Purdon; sister, Vergie Summer of Mart; granddaughter, Carrie Moore and Matthew Davis of Garland; great granddaughters, Collen Olivia Davis of Garland and Miranda Loraine Davis of Garland and numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements by Corley Funeral Home
MEMORIAL RECORD FOR THE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
OF
THOMAS ELLIS OWENS
Date of Death: June 2, 2001
Service: Corley Funeral Chapel
Date: June 5, 2001 2:00 PM Tuesday
Officiating: Rev. Wayne Mahoney
Interment: Younger Cemetery
Place: Silver City, Texas
Pallbearers: Robert Chapman
Earnest Owens
Glenn Wilcox
Herbert Wilcox
Matthew Davis
Leo Summers
Ellis T. Owens, 90, of Corsicana, passed away Saturday, June 2, 2001, in Dallas.
Visitation will be from 4 to 5 p.m. today at Corley Funeral Home.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Corley Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Wayne Mahoney officiating. Interment will be at Younger Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Robert Chapman, Earnest Owens, Glenn Wilcox, Herbert Wilcox, Matthew Davis and Leo Summers.
Mr. Owens was born Nov. 1, 1910, in Blooming Grove. He was retired from the Southern Pacific Railroad with 40 years of service and a member of the Brotherhood of Retired Rail Road Workers.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Wanda Owens Moore.
He is survived by his wife, Gladys C. Owens of Corsicana; brother, Chester Owens of Purdon; sister, Vergie Summer of Mart; granddaughter, Carrie Moore and Matthew Davis of Garland; great granddaughters, Collen Olivia Davis of Garland and Miranda Loraine Davis of Garland and numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements by Corley Funeral Home
After having been raised on a farm as had my ancestors, I reported for work June 1, 1936, as a section hand for the St. Louis Southwestern R.R. (Cotton Belt) at Purdon, Navarro County Texas. We were responsible for up keep of trackage from one mile East to five miles West of Purdon. Normally we six men could be seen in daytime going about our usual tasks with the aid of our open air hand cars. What wasn't seen on occasions was the very scared section hand on a cold dark night walking in front of a steam locomotive in icy water, which at times was up to his armpits in flooded Richland Creek bottom gongerly testing blindly with his feet to make sure the road bed, ties, and rails were still in place. In later years the crew were cut with more distances covered by each. In 1957 I was transferred to the Corsicana yard where after 38 years I retired on January 2, 1975.
MEMORIAL RECORD FOR THE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
OF
THOMAS ELLIS OWENS
Date of Death: June 2, 2001
Service: Corley Funeral Chapel
Date: June 5, 2001 2:00 PM Tuesday
Officiating: Rev. Wayne Mahoney
Interment: Younger Cemetery
Place: Silver City, Texas
Pallbearers: Robert Chapman
Earnest Owens
Glenn Wilcox
Herbert Wilcox
Matthew Davis
Leo Summers
Ellis T. Owens, 90, of Corsicana, passed away Saturday, June 2, 2001, in Dallas.
Visitation will be from 4 to 5 p.m. today at Corley Funeral Home.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Corley Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Wayne Mahoney officiating. Interment will be at Younger Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Robert Chapman, Earnest Owens, Glenn Wilcox, Herbert Wilcox, Matthew Davis and Leo Summers.
Mr. Owens was born Nov. 1, 1910, in Blooming Grove. He was retired from the Southern Pacific Railroad with 40 years of service and a member of the Brotherhood of Retired Rail Road Workers.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Wanda Owens Moore.
He is survived by his wife, Gladys C. Owens of Corsicana; brother, Chester Owens of Purdon; sister, Vergie Summer of Mart; granddaughter, Carrie Moore and Matthew Davis of Garland; great granddaughters, Collen Olivia Davis of Garland and Miranda Loraine Davis of Garland and numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements by Corley Funeral Home
MEMORIAL RECORD FOR THE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
OF
THOMAS ELLIS OWENS
Date of Death: June 2, 2001
Service: Corley Funeral Chapel
Date: June 5, 2001 2:00 PM Tuesday
Officiating: Rev. Wayne Mahoney
Interment: Younger Cemetery
Place: Silver City, Texas
Pallbearers: Robert Chapman
Earnest Owens
Glenn Wilcox
Herbert Wilcox
Matthew Davis
Leo Summers
Ellis T. Owens, 90, of Corsicana, passed away Saturday, June 2, 2001, in Dallas.
Visitation will be from 4 to 5 p.m. today at Corley Funeral Home.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Corley Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Wayne Mahoney officiating. Interment will be at Younger Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Robert Chapman, Earnest Owens, Glenn Wilcox, Herbert Wilcox, Matthew Davis and Leo Summers.
Mr. Owens was born Nov. 1, 1910, in Blooming Grove. He was retired from the Southern Pacific Railroad with 40 years of service and a member of the Brotherhood of Retired Rail Road Workers.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Wanda Owens Moore.
He is survived by his wife, Gladys C. Owens of Corsicana; brother, Chester Owens of Purdon; sister, Vergie Summer of Mart; granddaughter, Carrie Moore and Matthew Davis of Garland; great granddaughters, Collen Olivia Davis of Garland and Miranda Loraine Davis of Garland and numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements by Corley Funeral Home
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