Elsie Lucille Owenby
June 6, 1925 ~ February 21, 2005
Resided in:
Candler, NC
Asheville Butterfly Trail
Elsie Lucille Owenby, 79, of Candler died February 21, 2005, at Emerald Ridge Nursing Home.
A native of Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late Alton and Jesse Rogers Warren. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jack Owenby, who died in 1999, her daughter, Christine King, who died in 1993, five brothers, three sisters, one grandchild, and two great-grandchildren.
She is survived by three sons, William Jake Owenby and his wife Ruth, of Candler, Jerry Lee Owenby and his wife Sheila, of Candler, and Jack Owenby, Jr., of Weaverville; one daughter, Dorothy Parker, of Swannanoa; two brothers, Buddy Warren, of Candler, and Ralph Warren, of Candler; sixteen grandchildren, thirty-three great-grandchildren, and twenty-one great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Owenby worked at American Enka, where she retired in 1986. She was also a member of the Living Hope Christian Fellowship Church.
Mrs. Owenby’s family would like to extend their thanks to all of her special friends and kind nurses at Emerald Ridge Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Jackson officiating. Burial will be at Browns View Methodist Church Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday evening from 7:00 to 8:30.
The family and friends will also be at the Beaverdam Community Center starting at noon on Wednesday.
Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813 or to Emerald Ridge Rehabilitation Center, 25 Reynolds Mountain Boulevard, Asheville, NC 28804.
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I’m so sorry to hear of Elsie’s passing. She was my aunt by marriage, and mother to my cousins, Jake, Dot, Jerry, Junior and Cristine (deceased). I remember her as a very gentle person with never an unpleasant word to say about anyone. Elsie was the last living link to the elder generation of the Owenby family. She will be missed by so many. My condolences to all of you.
She was a great Grand to my 3 sons Jerry Lee Owenby Jr.,John Keith Owenby,Jason Wayne Owenby Thanks Granny I will miss you Love Always Eleanor
Dear Family of Elsie Owenby.
I have known most of you for a number of years. I send a note of sympathy to let you know that…
SOMEWHERE UP IN HEAVEN
A SYMPHONY IS PLAYING
SONGS OF SWEET REMEMBRANCE
AND ANGELS GENTLY PRAYING…
IT’S BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL THERE,
A MELODY OF GRACE,
YOUR LOVED ONE’S HOME AT REST,
SAFE IN GOD’S EMBRACE.
May God bless each of you and fill your days ahead with His love.
My love to each of you,
Jimmie Dean Eplee/Parris
Dot, Junior & family,
We are so sorry to hear about Elsie’s passing. She was such a beautiful person, we enjoyed our weekly trips to the nursing home visiting with your mama,and the others, she had so many stories to share as well as our weekly talks of what God had done for each of us through the week..She had an undying love for each of her children, as well as her Lord and Savior.You were all so special to her.
Elsie was so easy to love.We will miss her, in just a short time she grew to be one of my best friends.I could depend on her for prayers, and for someone just to listen to, if I had something I wanted to discuss. She had so much wisdom to share.
Dot, Junior,I am sorry we werent able to be there the last few months. Everything got so hectic when my mother had her stroke. Mom was paralyzed on her right side, and together with the therapists help we have had to work 24/7 helping her to regain some use of her legs and arm and hand again.It has been along road, but we are beginning to see the rewards of all the hard work.
Dot, & junior we just wanted to let you know we will continue to pray for each of you as well as the rest of your family.We havent forgotten neither of you. I am truly sorry for the pain that you are each suffering, but I am rejoicing in the fact that your mother is now free from all pain and rejoicing in heaven with our Lord and Savior.She has received her heavenly crown.
I know she is happy rejoicing with our Lord and visiting with her mama & daddy, Christine, my dad and many others special to her.She said she would find my dad, when she entered her heavenly home, and tell him that my mom and I sent our love.
Our prayer is that God will give each of you the strength you need in the days ahead, and that when you start feeling the emptiness, that you remember the love your mama had for each of you.
Just strive to do your best, and allow the Lord to guide your life, you will see your mama again one day!May God bless each of you.
The Blankenship Family
WE LOVE YOU ELSIE!!!!YOU WERE A WONDERFUL FRIEND!!!
Elise was one of the greatest ladies that I have ever known…My Prayers are with you all…
Dear family,
I want to express my sympathy for your loss. I know it is hard knowing that she is gone but, we know in our hearts that she is in a much better place and someday we will see her again. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.
Donna Ball, CNA
Mountain Area
Hospice
Thanks to everyone who showed up and everyone who knew and loved granny! She was my great-grandmother! She was a wonderful ladie! She used to make the best biscuts and the best grilled cheese’s! I have many memories with granny! And I am gonna miss her dearly, she always said I was her favorite! But I know that she is much better off with the LORD, and that she is watching over us as we speak! She lived a full and happy life! And we loved her very, very much more than can possibly be expressed! WE LOVE YOU GRANNY ELSIE’THE COW’! LOVE ALWAYS
Your favorite,
Jessica Marie Owenby
With our prayers.