B W Owens Funeral to be held Thursday
The funeral of B W Owens, 77, Fort Worth Lumberman, and resident of this city for 38 years will be held at 4 PM Thursday at Central Methodist Church by Rev. Marcus M Chung. The body will be taken to the church at 3 PM. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr Owens died at 5:30 PM Tuesday of a heart attack as he sat on the porch of his home at 3404 Park Ridge Boulevard. He was dead before a member of his family could reach him. Although, he had been in ill health for three years and inactive since 1933, Mr Owens death was unexpected. His family said he had felt particularly well Tuesday. He had visited the lumber yard of which he was the proprietor at 2721 Lipscomb Street during the afternoon after going for a drive Tuesday morning with a son, George H Owens. Returning home, he sat alone on the porch for a short time. Seeing him slump over, a cook at the Owens residence, Betty Chandler, summoned Mrs. Owens.
Mr Owens was a native of Pineapple, Alabama. His father lost his life in the Civil War, and his mother Mrs. Martha Jordan Owens came to Texas with the family in 1868, living for a time at Horn Hill, then at Grosbeck before moving to Lancaster, where Mr B W Owens received his schooling. He entered the lumber business there about 50 years ago. He was married first to Miss Cora Hammond of Lancaster, who died in 1909 in Fort Worth, seven years after Mr Owens had taken over property of a lumber company founded by his brother, the late George W. Owens of Dallas. He later accumulated other lumber yards and at one time operated eight, four here, and four in nearby cities.
An ardent prohibitionist, Mr Owens was active in political campaigns here in which prohibition was an issue particularly in the city elections of 1912 which saw R F Milam elected Mayor. He was a close friend of William Jennings Bryan and attended the Scopes Trial at Dayton, Tennessee at which Mr Bryan acted as special prosecutor opposed to the late Clarence Darrow. After Mr Bryan's death, Mr Owens served as Texas chairman of the memorial association formed for the "silver-tongued" orator and statesman. He was a Mason and Shiner. Mr. Owens' mother died here in 1930 at the age of 99.
Survivors include the widow, the former Manie Trigg of Amarillo, whom he married in 1911; five other sons, Shelby, Richard, William, and B W Owens Jr, all of Fort Worth, and Phil Owens, Rio Grande City, and two daughters, Mrs Mary Owens Campbell, and Mrs W. A. Smith, Dallas."
Fort Worth Star Telegram: 10 July 1940
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Name: Bryant W. Owens
Death Date: 09 Jul 1940
Death Place: Ft. Worth, Tarrant, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 77 years 3 months 28 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1863
Birthplace: Pine Apple, Ala.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Sam Owens
Father's Birthplace: Ala.
Mother's Name: Martha A. Jordan
Mother's Birthplace: Ala.
Occupation: Lumberman
Place of Residence: Ft. Worth, Tarrant, Texas
Cemetery: East Oakwood
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 11 Jul 1940
In 1873, when Bryant Wesley Owens was ten years of age, his mother brought the family to Texas, and he grew up on a farm in Limestone County. While there he had some advantages in the country schools. At the age of twenty-one, he left home and went to live with his brother, Rev. G. W. Owens, at Lancaster in Dallas County, and while there supplemented his school advantages. His first knowledge of the lumber business was gained at Lancaster under J. T. Elliott and G. W. Owens. He continued to sell lumber at Lancaster for fourteen years and then removed his headquarters to Fort Worth, where his business has continued to grow and expand. He is now proprietor of two yards, one at 2721 Lipscomb on the Santa Fe tracks and the other at 2000 Ellis Avenue. It is a business representing a large investment and requiring a large force of men in his employ.
Mr. Owens is one of the popular business men of Fort AVorth and is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner.
SOURCE: History of Texas. Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition. Edited by Capt. B.B. Paddock, Volume III. The Lewis Publishing Company. Chicago and New York. 1922.
The funeral of B W Owens, 77, Fort Worth Lumberman, and resident of this city for 38 years will be held at 4 PM Thursday at Central Methodist Church by Rev. Marcus M Chung. The body will be taken to the church at 3 PM. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr Owens died at 5:30 PM Tuesday of a heart attack as he sat on the porch of his home at 3404 Park Ridge Boulevard. He was dead before a member of his family could reach him. Although, he had been in ill health for three years and inactive since 1933, Mr Owens death was unexpected. His family said he had felt particularly well Tuesday. He had visited the lumber yard of which he was the proprietor at 2721 Lipscomb Street during the afternoon after going for a drive Tuesday morning with a son, George H Owens. Returning home, he sat alone on the porch for a short time. Seeing him slump over, a cook at the Owens residence, Betty Chandler, summoned Mrs. Owens.
Mr Owens was a native of Pineapple, Alabama. His father lost his life in the Civil War, and his mother Mrs. Martha Jordan Owens came to Texas with the family in 1868, living for a time at Horn Hill, then at Grosbeck before moving to Lancaster, where Mr B W Owens received his schooling. He entered the lumber business there about 50 years ago. He was married first to Miss Cora Hammond of Lancaster, who died in 1909 in Fort Worth, seven years after Mr Owens had taken over property of a lumber company founded by his brother, the late George W. Owens of Dallas. He later accumulated other lumber yards and at one time operated eight, four here, and four in nearby cities.
An ardent prohibitionist, Mr Owens was active in political campaigns here in which prohibition was an issue particularly in the city elections of 1912 which saw R F Milam elected Mayor. He was a close friend of William Jennings Bryan and attended the Scopes Trial at Dayton, Tennessee at which Mr Bryan acted as special prosecutor opposed to the late Clarence Darrow. After Mr Bryan's death, Mr Owens served as Texas chairman of the memorial association formed for the "silver-tongued" orator and statesman. He was a Mason and Shiner. Mr. Owens' mother died here in 1930 at the age of 99.
Survivors include the widow, the former Manie Trigg of Amarillo, whom he married in 1911; five other sons, Shelby, Richard, William, and B W Owens Jr, all of Fort Worth, and Phil Owens, Rio Grande City, and two daughters, Mrs Mary Owens Campbell, and Mrs W. A. Smith, Dallas."
Fort Worth Star Telegram: 10 July 1940
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Name: Bryant W. Owens
Death Date: 09 Jul 1940
Death Place: Ft. Worth, Tarrant, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 77 years 3 months 28 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1863
Birthplace: Pine Apple, Ala.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Sam Owens
Father's Birthplace: Ala.
Mother's Name: Martha A. Jordan
Mother's Birthplace: Ala.
Occupation: Lumberman
Place of Residence: Ft. Worth, Tarrant, Texas
Cemetery: East Oakwood
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 11 Jul 1940
In 1873, when Bryant Wesley Owens was ten years of age, his mother brought the family to Texas, and he grew up on a farm in Limestone County. While there he had some advantages in the country schools. At the age of twenty-one, he left home and went to live with his brother, Rev. G. W. Owens, at Lancaster in Dallas County, and while there supplemented his school advantages. His first knowledge of the lumber business was gained at Lancaster under J. T. Elliott and G. W. Owens. He continued to sell lumber at Lancaster for fourteen years and then removed his headquarters to Fort Worth, where his business has continued to grow and expand. He is now proprietor of two yards, one at 2721 Lipscomb on the Santa Fe tracks and the other at 2000 Ellis Avenue. It is a business representing a large investment and requiring a large force of men in his employ.
Mr. Owens is one of the popular business men of Fort AVorth and is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner.
SOURCE: History of Texas. Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition. Edited by Capt. B.B. Paddock, Volume III. The Lewis Publishing Company. Chicago and New York. 1922.
B W Owens Funeral to be held Thursday
The funeral of B W Owens, 77, Fort Worth Lumberman, and resident of this city for 38 years will be held at 4 PM Thursday at Central Methodist Church by Rev. Marcus M Chung. The body will be taken to the church at 3 PM. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr Owens died at 5:30 PM Tuesday of a heart attack as he sat on the porch of his home at 3404 Park Ridge Boulevard. He was dead before a member of his family could reach him. Although, he had been in ill health for three years and inactive since 1933, Mr Owens death was unexpected. His family said he had felt particularly well Tuesday. He had visited the lumber yard of which he was the proprietor at 2721 Lipscomb Street during the afternoon after going for a drive Tuesday morning with a son, George H Owens. Returning home, he sat alone on the porch for a short time. Seeing him slump over, a cook at the Owens residence, Betty Chandler, summoned Mrs. Owens.
Mr Owens was a native of Pineapple, Alabama. His father lost his life in the Civil War, and his mother Mrs. Martha Jordan Owens came to Texas with the family in 1868, living for a time at Horn Hill, then at Grosbeck before moving to Lancaster, where Mr B W Owens received his schooling. He entered the lumber business there about 50 years ago. He was married first to Miss Cora Hammond of Lancaster, who died in 1909 in Fort Worth, seven years after Mr Owens had taken over property of a lumber company founded by his brother, the late George W. Owens of Dallas. He later accumulated other lumber yards and at one time operated eight, four here, and four in nearby cities.
An ardent prohibitionist, Mr Owens was active in political campaigns here in which prohibition was an issue particularly in the city elections of 1912 which saw R F Milam elected Mayor. He was a close friend of William Jennings Bryan and attended the Scopes Trial at Dayton, Tennessee at which Mr Bryan acted as special prosecutor opposed to the late Clarence Darrow. After Mr Bryan's death, Mr Owens served as Texas chairman of the memorial association formed for the "silver-tongued" orator and statesman. He was a Mason and Shiner. Mr. Owens' mother died here in 1930 at the age of 99.
Survivors include the widow, the former Manie Trigg of Amarillo, whom he married in 1911; five other sons, Shelby, Richard, William, and B W Owens Jr, all of Fort Worth, and Phil Owens, Rio Grande City, and two daughters, Mrs Mary Owens Campbell, and Mrs W. A. Smith, Dallas."
Fort Worth Star Telegram: 10 July 1940
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Name: Bryant W. Owens
Death Date: 09 Jul 1940
Death Place: Ft. Worth, Tarrant, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 77 years 3 months 28 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1863
Birthplace: Pine Apple, Ala.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Sam Owens
Father's Birthplace: Ala.
Mother's Name: Martha A. Jordan
Mother's Birthplace: Ala.
Occupation: Lumberman
Place of Residence: Ft. Worth, Tarrant, Texas
Cemetery: East Oakwood
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 11 Jul 1940
In 1873, when Bryant Wesley Owens was ten years of age, his mother brought the family to Texas, and he grew up on a farm in Limestone County. While there he had some advantages in the country schools. At the age of twenty-one, he left home and went to live with his brother, Rev. G. W. Owens, at Lancaster in Dallas County, and while there supplemented his school advantages. His first knowledge of the lumber business was gained at Lancaster under J. T. Elliott and G. W. Owens. He continued to sell lumber at Lancaster for fourteen years and then removed his headquarters to Fort Worth, where his business has continued to grow and expand. He is now proprietor of two yards, one at 2721 Lipscomb on the Santa Fe tracks and the other at 2000 Ellis Avenue. It is a business representing a large investment and requiring a large force of men in his employ.
Mr. Owens is one of the popular business men of Fort AVorth and is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner.
SOURCE: History of Texas. Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition. Edited by Capt. B.B. Paddock, Volume III. The Lewis Publishing Company. Chicago and New York. 1922.
The funeral of B W Owens, 77, Fort Worth Lumberman, and resident of this city for 38 years will be held at 4 PM Thursday at Central Methodist Church by Rev. Marcus M Chung. The body will be taken to the church at 3 PM. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr Owens died at 5:30 PM Tuesday of a heart attack as he sat on the porch of his home at 3404 Park Ridge Boulevard. He was dead before a member of his family could reach him. Although, he had been in ill health for three years and inactive since 1933, Mr Owens death was unexpected. His family said he had felt particularly well Tuesday. He had visited the lumber yard of which he was the proprietor at 2721 Lipscomb Street during the afternoon after going for a drive Tuesday morning with a son, George H Owens. Returning home, he sat alone on the porch for a short time. Seeing him slump over, a cook at the Owens residence, Betty Chandler, summoned Mrs. Owens.
Mr Owens was a native of Pineapple, Alabama. His father lost his life in the Civil War, and his mother Mrs. Martha Jordan Owens came to Texas with the family in 1868, living for a time at Horn Hill, then at Grosbeck before moving to Lancaster, where Mr B W Owens received his schooling. He entered the lumber business there about 50 years ago. He was married first to Miss Cora Hammond of Lancaster, who died in 1909 in Fort Worth, seven years after Mr Owens had taken over property of a lumber company founded by his brother, the late George W. Owens of Dallas. He later accumulated other lumber yards and at one time operated eight, four here, and four in nearby cities.
An ardent prohibitionist, Mr Owens was active in political campaigns here in which prohibition was an issue particularly in the city elections of 1912 which saw R F Milam elected Mayor. He was a close friend of William Jennings Bryan and attended the Scopes Trial at Dayton, Tennessee at which Mr Bryan acted as special prosecutor opposed to the late Clarence Darrow. After Mr Bryan's death, Mr Owens served as Texas chairman of the memorial association formed for the "silver-tongued" orator and statesman. He was a Mason and Shiner. Mr. Owens' mother died here in 1930 at the age of 99.
Survivors include the widow, the former Manie Trigg of Amarillo, whom he married in 1911; five other sons, Shelby, Richard, William, and B W Owens Jr, all of Fort Worth, and Phil Owens, Rio Grande City, and two daughters, Mrs Mary Owens Campbell, and Mrs W. A. Smith, Dallas."
Fort Worth Star Telegram: 10 July 1940
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Name: Bryant W. Owens
Death Date: 09 Jul 1940
Death Place: Ft. Worth, Tarrant, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 77 years 3 months 28 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1863
Birthplace: Pine Apple, Ala.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Sam Owens
Father's Birthplace: Ala.
Mother's Name: Martha A. Jordan
Mother's Birthplace: Ala.
Occupation: Lumberman
Place of Residence: Ft. Worth, Tarrant, Texas
Cemetery: East Oakwood
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 11 Jul 1940
In 1873, when Bryant Wesley Owens was ten years of age, his mother brought the family to Texas, and he grew up on a farm in Limestone County. While there he had some advantages in the country schools. At the age of twenty-one, he left home and went to live with his brother, Rev. G. W. Owens, at Lancaster in Dallas County, and while there supplemented his school advantages. His first knowledge of the lumber business was gained at Lancaster under J. T. Elliott and G. W. Owens. He continued to sell lumber at Lancaster for fourteen years and then removed his headquarters to Fort Worth, where his business has continued to grow and expand. He is now proprietor of two yards, one at 2721 Lipscomb on the Santa Fe tracks and the other at 2000 Ellis Avenue. It is a business representing a large investment and requiring a large force of men in his employ.
Mr. Owens is one of the popular business men of Fort AVorth and is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner.
SOURCE: History of Texas. Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition. Edited by Capt. B.B. Paddock, Volume III. The Lewis Publishing Company. Chicago and New York. 1922.
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