October 13, 2022
Funeral services for Bro. Donald Owens will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, October 14, 2022, at Immanuel Baptist Church in Lebanon with Pastor Evan Owens, Bro. W. D. Thomason and Pastor Jeff Pratt officiating. Interment will follow at Wilson County Memorial Gardens with Eld. Tanner Troutt officiating. Visitation Thursday 3-8 PM and Friday 10 AM -1:45 PM at Immanuel Baptist Church.
Bro. Owens, age 89 of Lebanon passed away Sunday, October 9, 2022, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
Born Ray Donald Owen on March 30, 1933, in Smithville, Tennessee, he is the son of the late Willie and Ethel Ballinger Owen. He attended elementary school in Dekalb County and his first two years of high school at Harrison Chilhowee Baptist Academy. He graduated from Dekalb County High School in 1951, and attended Middle Tennessee State University for three years. Bro. Owens was saved at the age of nine, and accepted the call to preach at the age of thirteen. He was ordained to the gospel ministry on October 4, 1947, and had been in the pastorate since the age of eighteen. He had pastored Green Hill Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Bradley’s Creek Baptist Church in Milton, Rutledge Falls Baptist Church in Tullahoma, Shellsford Baptist Church in McMinnville, Immanuel Baptist Church in Lebanon from 1963 to 2000, and had been the pastor of Dry Creek Baptist Church in Dowelltown since 2001. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of sixty nine years, Audrey Parker Owens on July 10, 2021; grandson, Destry Nave; sister, Carlyne Dickey, and brother, Edwin Owen.
He is survived by three children: David (Mary) Owens, Terry (Nancy) Owens, and Krisa (Jason) Bush; grandchildren: Joel (Erin) Owens, Evan (Megan) Owens, Grant Owens, Callie (Ethan) Farley, Jake Bush, and Jordan Bush; great grandchildren: Colbie Owens, Murphy Jane Nave, Rhett Owens, Mack Owens, and Maeve Farley; and s sister, Georgia Hawker.
Honorary pallbearers: Great grandchildren, and members of Dry Creek Baptist Church.
Active pallbearers: Joel, Evan & Grant Owens, Jake & Jordan Bush, Callie & Ethan Farley, and Charles Parker.
LIGON & BOBO FUNERAL HOME of Lebanon (615) 444-2142 www.ligonbobo.com