Published in The Cynthiana Democrat on July 18, 1991
Sterling Price Owen, III, a resident of Millersburg Pike, in Cynthiana, Kentucky, died Thursday, July 11, 1991, at St. Joseph Hospital, in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born on April 19, 1916, at Horse Cave, Kentucky, a son of the late Sterling Price Owen, Jr., and Lillian Altsheler Owen. He was a 1934 graduate of the Kentucky Military Institute and attended Washington and Lee University and the University of Kentucky.
He was a member of Cynthiana Baptist Church and Cynthiana Lodge No. 438, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks. He was a former mayor of Cynthiana (1954-1957) and a former chairman of the Harrison County Board of Education. He presented the petition to merge the city and county school systems. He was instrumental in opening the city to industrial development and presided over the $435,000 Sewage Plant Bond Issue for the city in 1956.
He was a former chairman of S.P. Owen Tobacco Company and a former president of the Kentucky Library Trustees. Owen was a delegate to the White House Conference of the National Library Association and was vice-president of the Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library Board of Trustees. He was president of the Harrison County Historical Society and a member of the Civil War Roundtable.
Survivors include: two sons, Sterling P. Owen, IV, of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Jeffrey B. Owen, of Mt. Clemens, Michigan; a daughter, Julie O. Jones, of Summerville, South Carolina; two brothers, Robert A. Owen, Sr., of Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Jack H. Owen, of Cynthiana; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 13, by Rev. Mike Currans at Whaley-McCarty Funeral Home. Burial was in Battle Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were W. Wiglesworth, Frank Lebus, Robert Dahn, Mitchell Wiley, Dr. Joe Amos Nichols and Andy Fryman. Members of the family suggest that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library.
Sterling Price Owen, III, a resident of Millersburg Pike, in Cynthiana, Kentucky, died Thursday, July 11, 1991, at St. Joseph Hospital, in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born on April 19, 1916, at Horse Cave, Kentucky, a son of the late Sterling Price Owen, Jr., and Lillian Altsheler Owen. He was a 1934 graduate of the Kentucky Military Institute and attended Washington and Lee University and the University of Kentucky.
He was a member of Cynthiana Baptist Church and Cynthiana Lodge No. 438, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks. He was a former mayor of Cynthiana (1954-1957) and a former chairman of the Harrison County Board of Education. He presented the petition to merge the city and county school systems. He was instrumental in opening the city to industrial development and presided over the $435,000 Sewage Plant Bond Issue for the city in 1956.
He was a former chairman of S.P. Owen Tobacco Company and a former president of the Kentucky Library Trustees. Owen was a delegate to the White House Conference of the National Library Association and was vice-president of the Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library Board of Trustees. He was president of the Harrison County Historical Society and a member of the Civil War Roundtable.
Survivors include: two sons, Sterling P. Owen, IV, of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Jeffrey B. Owen, of Mt. Clemens, Michigan; a daughter, Julie O. Jones, of Summerville, South Carolina; two brothers, Robert A. Owen, Sr., of Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Jack H. Owen, of Cynthiana; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 13, by Rev. Mike Currans at Whaley-McCarty Funeral Home. Burial was in Battle Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were W. Wiglesworth, Frank Lebus, Robert Dahn, Mitchell Wiley, Dr. Joe Amos Nichols and Andy Fryman. Members of the family suggest that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library.
Published in The Cynthiana Democrat on July 18, 1991
Sterling Price Owen, III, a resident of Millersburg Pike, in Cynthiana, Kentucky, died Thursday, July 11, 1991, at St. Joseph Hospital, in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born on April 19, 1916, at Horse Cave, Kentucky, a son of the late Sterling Price Owen, Jr., and Lillian Altsheler Owen. He was a 1934 graduate of the Kentucky Military Institute and attended Washington and Lee University and the University of Kentucky.
He was a member of Cynthiana Baptist Church and Cynthiana Lodge No. 438, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks. He was a former mayor of Cynthiana (1954-1957) and a former chairman of the Harrison County Board of Education. He presented the petition to merge the city and county school systems. He was instrumental in opening the city to industrial development and presided over the $435,000 Sewage Plant Bond Issue for the city in 1956.
He was a former chairman of S.P. Owen Tobacco Company and a former president of the Kentucky Library Trustees. Owen was a delegate to the White House Conference of the National Library Association and was vice-president of the Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library Board of Trustees. He was president of the Harrison County Historical Society and a member of the Civil War Roundtable.
Survivors include: two sons, Sterling P. Owen, IV, of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Jeffrey B. Owen, of Mt. Clemens, Michigan; a daughter, Julie O. Jones, of Summerville, South Carolina; two brothers, Robert A. Owen, Sr., of Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Jack H. Owen, of Cynthiana; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 13, by Rev. Mike Currans at Whaley-McCarty Funeral Home. Burial was in Battle Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were W. Wiglesworth, Frank Lebus, Robert Dahn, Mitchell Wiley, Dr. Joe Amos Nichols and Andy Fryman. Members of the family suggest that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library.
Sterling Price Owen, III, a resident of Millersburg Pike, in Cynthiana, Kentucky, died Thursday, July 11, 1991, at St. Joseph Hospital, in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born on April 19, 1916, at Horse Cave, Kentucky, a son of the late Sterling Price Owen, Jr., and Lillian Altsheler Owen. He was a 1934 graduate of the Kentucky Military Institute and attended Washington and Lee University and the University of Kentucky.
He was a member of Cynthiana Baptist Church and Cynthiana Lodge No. 438, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks. He was a former mayor of Cynthiana (1954-1957) and a former chairman of the Harrison County Board of Education. He presented the petition to merge the city and county school systems. He was instrumental in opening the city to industrial development and presided over the $435,000 Sewage Plant Bond Issue for the city in 1956.
He was a former chairman of S.P. Owen Tobacco Company and a former president of the Kentucky Library Trustees. Owen was a delegate to the White House Conference of the National Library Association and was vice-president of the Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library Board of Trustees. He was president of the Harrison County Historical Society and a member of the Civil War Roundtable.
Survivors include: two sons, Sterling P. Owen, IV, of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Jeffrey B. Owen, of Mt. Clemens, Michigan; a daughter, Julie O. Jones, of Summerville, South Carolina; two brothers, Robert A. Owen, Sr., of Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Jack H. Owen, of Cynthiana; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 13, by Rev. Mike Currans at Whaley-McCarty Funeral Home. Burial was in Battle Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were W. Wiglesworth, Frank Lebus, Robert Dahn, Mitchell Wiley, Dr. Joe Amos Nichols and Andy Fryman. Members of the family suggest that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library.
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