Osie Paul Ownby^{[1, 2, 3]}

Abt 1910 - 2004  (~ 94 years)

• Name	Osie Paul Ownby
  Born	Abt 1910
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Jul 2004  [4]
  Buried	Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I72774	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	John C. Pink Ownby,   b. 18 Aug 1883, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Jun 1924, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Ellis Jane Ogle,   b. 11 May 1885, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Dec 1970  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F32347	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Adis Ruth Myers,   b. 16 Aug 1909, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Feb 2000, Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 90 years)
  Children	1. Shirley Jean Ownby,   b. 4 Dec 1940, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Mar 1959  (Age 18 years) + 2. James Donald Ownby   3. Mary Jane Ownby,   b. 5 Nov 1949  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F27102	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - - Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: Dr. JoAn Trentham, joan.trentham@gmail.com, 27 March 2001.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), A19, 28 Apr 2000. Adis Ruth Myers Ownby Obituary [S73] Rawlings Funeral Home, Book 2, 14 Dec 1970. Ella J. Rolins obituary [S106] The Mountain Press, 22 Nov 2015. Upland Chronicles: Hard work dominant theme in Huskey’s oral history [S80] Rawlings Funeral Home, (http://www.rawlingsfuneralhome.com/), 2 Jul 2004. Mr. Osie Paul Ownby went home to be with his loved ones in Heaven the morning of Friday, July 2, 2004, at the age of 94. Mr. Ownby was a mountain musician since childhood who kept alive the music of an earlier era in the Great Smoky Mountains. He was an historian and a mountain man born in the Baskin’s Creek community. Mr. Ownby was preceded in death by his wife, Adis Ruth Myers Ownby; daughter Shirley Jean Ownby; granddaughter Laura May Ownby; mother Ella Jane Ogle Ownby; grandparents Levi and Julia Ann Ogle; and brother Hobert Ownby. He is survived by son James D. Ownby and his wife Charlotte of Stillwater, Oklahoma; daughter Mary Jane Ownby of Sevier County; granddaughter Holly Gadbois and her husband Buzz of McKinney, Texas; granddaughter Mary Fay Ownby of Richmond, Virginia; and special friends Michelle and Rose of Sevier County. Service for Osie will be 8:00 p.m. Sunday, July 4, 2004 at Rawlings Funeral Chapel with Dr. W.W. Cope and Rev. Bill Maples officiating. Interment will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 5 at Pigeon Forge Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:30-8:00 p.m. Sunday, July 5 at Rawlings Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent to the family through our website.