Burial followed in the McCreary Memorial Gardens.
She was born September 24, 1918 in Smithtown, Kentucky to Norman Owens and Zona Worley Owens. She worked in a defense plant in Detroit during the war and at the McCreary Manufacturing Company until her retirement. Edith was a homemaker and a member of the Pleasant Rock Baptist Church. She enjoyed quilting, gardening, and most of all caring for her family.
Preceding her in death were her parents, her first husband, Elbert Strunk, her second husband, Theo Abbott, an infant son, Morris Lee Strunk, and ten siblings.
Survivors include four daughters, Patricia Cole, of Plainfield, Indiana, Joanne and Darvin Perry, of Stearns, Kentucky, Pam and Buddy Wilson, of Whitley City, Kentucky, and Kathy and Rodney Perry, of Somerset, Kentucky, two stepchildren, Sondra and Robert Tucker, of Florence, Kentucky, and Dorman Abbott, of Loveland, Ohio, three living siblings, nine grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren
Burial followed in the McCreary Memorial Gardens.
She was born September 24, 1918 in Smithtown, Kentucky to Norman Owens and Zona Worley Owens. She worked in a defense plant in Detroit during the war and at the McCreary Manufacturing Company until her retirement. Edith was a homemaker and a member of the Pleasant Rock Baptist Church. She enjoyed quilting, gardening, and most of all caring for her family.
Preceding her in death were her parents, her first husband, Elbert Strunk, her second husband, Theo Abbott, an infant son, Morris Lee Strunk, and ten siblings.
Survivors include four daughters, Patricia Cole, of Plainfield, Indiana, Joanne and Darvin Perry, of Stearns, Kentucky, Pam and Buddy Wilson, of Whitley City, Kentucky, and Kathy and Rodney Perry, of Somerset, Kentucky, two stepchildren, Sondra and Robert Tucker, of Florence, Kentucky, and Dorman Abbott, of Loveland, Ohio, three living siblings, nine grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren
Family Members
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Bessie Ann Owens Shepherd
1913–1975
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Floyd Walter Owens
1915–1998
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Earl Virgil Owens
1917–1939
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Jessie Allene Owens Shepherd
1920–1998
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Raymond Clyde Owens
1923–1930
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Norman Harold "Pete" Owens
1924–1997
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Geneva Kathleen Owens Inman
1926–2019
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Destell Owens
1928–1928
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Ina Lee Owens Foster
1931–2023
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Norma Jean Owens Morrow
1937–1999
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Billy Joe Owens
1941–1941
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