Rev. Boyd Cooper Owenby^[1]

1913 - 1999  (85 years)

• Name	Boyd Cooper Owenby
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	6 Oct 1913	Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Feb 1999	St. Joseph's Hospital, Buncombe County, North Carolina   [2, 3]
  Buried	Emma's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I251739	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	2 May 2009

  
  

  Father	Robert Laffolette Ownbey,   b. 2 Nov 1874, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 30 Sep 1955, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Alpha Jenkins,   b. 1885,   d. 30 Aug 1927, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F97045	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Irene Howard,   b. 26 Sep 1919  (Age 105 years)
  Married	Abt 1940
  Children	1. Ernest Phillip Owenby,   d. Bef 25 Dec 1999   2. Charles D. Owenby
  Family ID	F97048	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 6 Oct 1913 - Buncombe County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S84] E-Mail, Carroll Biddix [cmbiddix1@msn.com], 2 May 2009. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 246-09-9151. Issued in North Carolina, residing in Fairview, Buncombe County, North Carolina [S142] Newspaper Article, 27 Dec 1999. FAIRVIEW - The Rev. Boyd Cooper Owenby, 86, of 86 Old Number Nine Road, died Saturday, Dec. 25, 1999, at St. Joseph's Hospital after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, he was a retired Baptist minister and had preached for 43 years in Henderson and Buncombe Counties. He was a member of Emma's Grove Baptist Church and a graduate of Fruitland Bible Institute. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, a member of V.F.W. Post No. 891 and a former member of the Fairview Lions Club. He was a son of the late Robert L. and Altha Jenkins Owenby and was also preceded in death by a son, Ernest Phillip Owenby, sisters, Myrtle Harper, Bernice Owenby and Faye Owenby, and a brother, Charlie Owenby. Surviving are his wife of 59 years, Irene Howard Owenby of the home son, Charles D. Owenby of Fairview sister, Margaret Owenby of Boone grandchildren, Pamela Nunez, Diana Wyatt, Terry Abernathy, Vince Owenby and Tracy Briggs niece, Shirley Saunooke and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Emma's Grove Baptist Church with the Revs. Scott Thompson and Hilton Moore officiating. Burial will be in Emma's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with Nathan Wyatt, Vince Owenby, Eddie Saunooke, Roby Harris, Luis Nunez and Johnny Keever serving as pallbearers and Dr. William Fowler and Boyce Lytle serving as honorary pallbearers. The family will receive friends 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at Emma's Grove Baptist Church. Memorials may be made to Emma's Grove Building Fund, 417 Emma's Grove Road, Fletcher, N.C. 28732. Anders-Rice Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.