Martha Owens

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Martha Owens, 76, of Graceville passed away January 30 in Dothan, Alabama, following an extended illness. 

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 2, at Bethel Baptist Church with Bro. Donald Davis, Jr. officiating.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery with James & Lipford Funeral Home in Graceville directing.  Family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday, 6 to 8 p.m. 

Ms. Owens was born in Jackson County on February 3, 1933 to the late James Leon and Lena B. Holland Jones.  She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Wallace Owens; son, Randy Owens; grandchildren: Shelbey Knight and Brad Hubbard; two sisters: Gladys Davis and Jean Smith; and one brother, John Ed Jones. 

She is survived by her beloved daughters: Brenda Smith (Gerald) of Ozark, Marilyn Smith (Steve) of Dothan, and Carolyn Knight (Timothy) of Pensacola; three brothers: James L. Jones, Jr. of Malvern, Juliues Jones and Kenneth Jones, both of Slocomb; three sisters: Lillie Carmichael of Esto, Christine Butler and Enmalene Welch of Hartford; seven grandchildren: Nicholas Hamm, Darby Pride, Holley Knight, Casey Knight, Hunter Smith, Brandon Owens and Beth Owens; two great grandchildren: Ariana Pride and Aaron Hamm.