Rena Kansas Valentine^[1]

1902 - 1968  (66 years)

• Name	Rena Kansas Valentine
  Born	14 Mar 1902	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	15 Aug 1968	Sevier County, Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Buried	Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I48423	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	30 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Henry Lloyd Valentine,   b. 6 Mar 1874, Tennessee ,   d. 18 Aug 1947  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Margaret Louisa Whitted,   b. 1 Feb 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Jul 1960  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1898  [6]
  Family ID	F14489	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Rev. Jacob Robert "Jake" Owens,   b. 25 Jul 1899, Waynesville, North Carolina ,   d. 13 May 1992, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 92 years)
  Married	10 Sep 1919	Sevier County, Tennessee   [6]
  Children	1. Estelle Owens,   b. 9 Aug 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Dec 1993  (Age 72 years) + 2. Avie Lee Caroline Owens,   b. 5 Oct 1923, South Carolina ,   d. 5 Dec 2003, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 80 years)   3. Jacob Lester Owens,   b. 15 Aug 1925, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Aug 1992  (Age 66 years) + 4. Rev. Dorothy Jo Owens,   b. 22 Mar 1929, Lockhardt, South Carolina ,   d. 19 Nov 2008  (Age 79 years) + 5. Robert Henry "John Henry, III" Owens,   b. 2 Jul 1931, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Nov 2003  (Age 72 years) + 6. Louis Lingberg Owens,   b. 17 Aug 1933, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Apr 2014  (Age 80 years)   7. Billy Earl Owens,   b. 28 Sep 1935, Tennessee  (Age 88 years)   8. Alden Earnest Owens,   b. Abt 1940, Tennessee  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Family ID	F17977	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 14 Mar 1902 - Tennessee Married - 10 Sep 1919 - Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 15 Aug 1968 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Catons Chapel Cemetery, 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: "Dolly, My Life and other Unfinished Business," Dolly Parton, 1994, p 64. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 305, 369.

  
  

• Sources

  [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Renie Owen Event: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: District 13, Sevier, Tennessee Gender: Female Age: 28 Marital Status: Married Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1902 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 16 Family Number: 12 Sheet Number and Letter: 1B Line Number: 54 NARA Publication: NARA Publication: T626, roll 2271 Film Number: 2342005 Digital Folder Number: 4547919 Image Number: 00915 Household Gender Age Spouse Jake R Owen M 31 Renie Owen F 28 Child Estell Owen F 9 Child Ava L Owen F 6 Child Lester Owen M 4 Child Dortha Owen F 1 [S75] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume II, 1955-1973, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 15 Aug 1968. Owens, Rena Kansas 66 b. 3/14/02 d. 8/15/68 R10 Sev f. Loyd Valentine m. Louisa Whitted Caton's Chapel Cem Survivors: hus Jake Owens Sev 5 sons Lester Henry Louis Bill Alden 3 dau Mrs Estelle Watson Mrs Avie Lee Parton Mrs Dorothy Jo Hope 27 gc 3 ggc 4 bro Ernest Valentine Sanberry Valentine Theodore Valentine Wesley Valentine 4 sis Mrs Sara Gilbert Mrs Exa McMahan Mrs Dolly Ownby Mrs Ora Parton. [S87] Death Certificate. Name Date of Death / Age County of Death County / State of Residence Marital Status Gender Race File # OWENS RENA K 08-15-1968 / 66 SEVIER SEVIER / TN MARRIED F WHITE 27671 [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 402. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 102797577). [S91] Smoky Mountain Memories, Willadeene Parton, (1996), xxii.