Mary Frances Owens' Obituary
Mary Frances (Hill) Owens, age 87, of Laurel, DE and Lynnhaven, FL passed away Thursday, October 9, 2008, at Delaware Hospice Center in Milford, DE. She was born June 12, 1921 in Mountain City, TN daughter of the late Thomas and Beulah (Meadwell) Hill.
Mrs. Owens was good Christian woman who provided loving care in her home for war veterans. She was an excellent cook and everyone wanted a seat at her table. She was a highly skilled seamstress; an avid reader; and had a green thumb for gardening. She collected and read cookbooks. During WW II, she worked at the Elkton, MD munitions plant and following the war, she was a waitress in the New Castle County area for several restaurants. She was an active member of the Shiloh Community Church in Laurel, DE and the Temple Baptist Church in Panama City, FL. She was loved by all who knew her and will be sorely missed.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Wayne L. Owens (2004); her daughter Audrey Tucker; and her three brothers. She is survived by three daughters, Alice Guida and her husband Frank of Stanley, NC, Deana Neugdbauer and her husband Jerry of Houston, TX, and Ouida Carpenter and her husband Arlan of Laurel, DE with whom she lived; three sons, Kenneth Owens, Larry L. Lemon and his wife Jacque all of New Castle County, DE and Steve Owens and his wife Terry of Bevlaville, NC; 16 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, Oct. 12, 3:00 PM at Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Dodd-Carey Chapel, 307 N. Bedford Street, Georgetown, DE. Friends may call at the funeral home beginning at 1:00 PM. Graveside services will be held at the Evergreen Memorial Gardens, 3733 U.S. Highway 231 N., Panama City, FL on Thursday, October 16, 11:00 AM.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to Delaware Hospice Center, 100 Patriots Way, Milford, DE 19963.
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