Shirl Oliver Ownby^{[1, 2]}

1954 - 2009  (54 years)

• Name	Shirl Oliver Ownby
  Born	16 Sep 1954
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Aug 2009  [3]
  Buried	2 Sep 2009	Williams Family Cemetery, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I114716	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2016

  
  

  Father	Harvey Lee Ownby,   b. 6 Apr 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Nov 1985  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Leah Martha Clabough,   b. 13 Feb 1920, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Feb 1969  (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F18450	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Deborah Sue "Debbie" Ownby,   b. 21 Jun 1960,   d. 11 Jan 2015, LeConte Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 54 years)
  Children	1. Jason Lee Ownby,   b. Abt 1980,   d. 17 Jan 2010  (Age ~ 30 years)   2. Dusty Ownby   3. Jeremy Ownby
  Family ID	F98830	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Helen Bryant,   b. 25 Oct 1951,   d. 11 Jun 2009  (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F98820	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume II, 1955-1973, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 1 Feb 1969. Leah Martha Ownby obituary [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 9 Mar 2000. Kyle "Beano" Valentine obituary [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 29 Aug 2009. (September 16, 1954 - August 29, 2009) Shirl Oliver Ownby, age 54, of Cosby, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2009. He was a veteran having served in the Unites States Marines. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lee and Leah Martha Ownby; brothers, Wesley, Emmert, and Henry Ownby; sister, Kate Ownby; and life companion, Mary Helen Williams. He is survived by his sons, Jason, Dustin and Jeremy Ownby, all of Sevierville; stepson and his wife, Sunshine and Peachie Williams, Wesley Williams; step daughter and her husband, Missy and Burton Compton all of Cosby; brothers, Jim, Jerry, Marshall, Rex, Dean, Lewis Ownby; sister, Mattie Joe Trentham; all of Sevierville; grandchildren, Hunter and Abby Ownby of Sevierville, Wendy Williams, Chelsea and T. J. Lovell; great granddchildren, Kionna Williams and Nathan Lovell all of Cosby, also other family and friends. Funeral services will be held 8:00 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2009 in Manes Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Sunshine Williams officiating. Burial will be 11:00 am, Wednesday, September 2, 2009 in the Williams Family Cemetery, Cosby, TN. The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Manes Funeral Home prior to the funeral services. Manes Funeral Home in charge. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 116378102).