Lillie L. “Gene” Paulk Owens, 94, of Irwin County died Sunday, September 9, 2012, at Palemon Gaskins Nursing Home in Ocilla, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held 3 PM Tuesday, September 11, at Big Creek Baptist Church, Irwin County, with the Rev. Wayne McCrimmon and the Rev. Billy Sumner officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday evening from 7 until 9 at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Owens was born March 23, 1918 in Irwin County, to the late Elbert Paulk and Dora Turner Player. She lived in the community all of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of Big Creek Baptist Church. Mrs. Owens loved to crochet and enjoyed word search puzzles.
She is survived by her children and their spouses: Mildred & J.L. Goodman of Ocilla, Herman & Patricia Owens of Irwinville, Faye & Bill Busbin and Troy & Bernadette Owens, all of Ocilla, Nina & Carroll Whitley of Fitzgerald, Camilla Mancil of Mystic, Debbie & Larry Gurr of Douglas, and Albert Owens of Ocilla; 32 grandchildren; 62 great-grandchildren; numerous great-great-grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband: W.A. “Bill” Owens; a son: Morris Owens; two daughters: Mary Owens and Betty O’Kelly; a grandchild: Timothy Goodman; a great-grandchild: Benjamin Weaver; and a brother: Sam Player.