James Lillard "Lil" Owens, Rev.
1882 - 1969 (87 years)
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Name James Lillard "Lil" Owens Suffix Rev. Nickname Lil Birth 13 Jun 1882 Rose Hill, Albemarle, Virginia, United States 
Gender Male Death 17 Dec 1969 Oak Ridge Hospital, Oak Ridge, Anderson, Tennessee, United States Burial Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States 
Siblings4 Siblings Person ID I6140 Main Tree Last Modified 24 Jun 2009
Father Charles Lyde Owens, Sr., b. 4 Feb 1861 d. 22 Dec 1890, Lee, Virginia, United States (Age 29 years) Mother Nancy Elizabeth Van Huss, b. 1859, Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, United States d. Tennessee, United States Marriage 25 Oct 1876 Lee, Virginia, United States - Source of this information is Mrs. Dortha Owens Byrde and daughter Barbara Byrd Cannon.
Family ID F2424 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Merle Loutish McGlothin, b. 22 Nov 1888, Queener Mine Camp, Oliver Springs, Roane, Tennessee, United States d. 28 Dec 1959, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States (Age 71 years) Marriage 9 Sep 1906 Middle Creek Baptist Church, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States - 55 OWENS, Lil McGLOTHIN, Myrle 3 Sept 1906 / 9Sept 1906
Children 1. Nancy (Nannie) Jane Owens, b. 11 Jul 1907 d. 7 Sep 1982, Back Valley, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States (Age 75 years)2. Charlie Wesley Owens, b. 12 Jun 1908 d. 9 May 1985 (Age 76 years) 3. Dixle Lee Owens, b. 13 Jun 1910 d. 19 Sep 1971, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States (Age 61 years)4. Paul Owens, b. 24 Nov 1913 d. 21 Apr 1983, Oak Ridge Hospital, Oak Ridge, Anderson, Tennessee, United States (Age 69 years)5. Dixle Lee Owens, b. 1914 d. 23 Sep 1971, Ohio, United States (Age 57 years)6. Daisey Opal Owens, b. 13 Dec 1917, Back Valley, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States d. 22 Dec 2001, Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States (Age 84 years)7. Catherine Elenora Owens, b. 28 Mar 1928 d. 22 Sep 1928 (Age 0 years) Last Modified 24 Jun 2009 Family ID F2571 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Birth - 13 Jun 1882 - Rose Hill, Albemarle, Virginia, United States 
Marriage - 9 Sep 1906 - Middle Creek Baptist Church, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States 
Death - 17 Dec 1969 - Oak Ridge Hospital, Oak Ridge, Anderson, Tennessee, United States 
Burial - - Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Photos McGlothin, Wesley and Family
From the clothing it appears they have been to a funeral. Front row from Left: Fannie, Harvey, Martha Jane and Sam McGlothin, Lil & Merle Owens; Top Row from left, Tom Jackson, Maude Hinds McGlothin, Lillie Butler McGlothin, Lee and Gertrude Butler McGlothin.
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Notes - OWENS, REV. JAMES LILBURN, born June 13, 1882, died Wednesday, Dec 17,1969, at Oak Ridge Hospital. Mr. Owens' early child hood home was in Rose Hill. Va.The family moved to Rockwood Landing in a covered wagon. The three boys, Lil, Ola, and Stewart, went to work at an early age to support their widowed mother and a sister, Molly, all preceding him in death. Lil worked the riverboats for a while and then went to work in the coal mines. Lil was the first ordained deacon in Middle Creek Baptist Church and later gave up his deaconship to become an ordained minister by Middle Creek Baptist Church. He pastored churches for 55years in Morgan, Roane and Anderson Co. He preached in Kentucky,Virginia, and Illinois. The last church he paastored was Middle Creek,He was united in marriage to Merle McGlothin in a double ceremony with her brother, Harvey McGlothin and Maud Hines on Sept. 9, 1906, This was the first marriage ceremony in the second building of the Middle Creek Church. To this union was born six children: Eleanor, who preceded him in death. Charles Owens, Chevrolet Ky, Opal Smith, Dayton, Ohio, Paul Owens, Nancy East and Dixie Cole of Oliver Springs, Mr and Mrs Owens were the grandparents of five granddaughtters. Jimmie Lou Singleton, Katherine Hill, Virginia Welch, Donna Rice and Nita Sue Smith of Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Owens preceded him in death, December 1959. He was the great grandfather of four great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter. Funeral services were held at 2pm Friday Dec.19,1969 at Middle creek Baptist Church, with Rev. Lloyd Napier and Rev Homer C. Hooks officiating Pall bearers were W.I., Jackie, and Billy Jackson, Otto and Glen McGlothin and Fred Hamby. Sharps Funeral Home was in charge of the sevices. (Submitted by D. Rice)Middle name may have been Lilburn instead of Lillard.
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Uncle Lil, as he was called, was a pastor of Middle Creek Baptist Church. He was also a deacon of the church according to church records.
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- OWENS, REV. JAMES LILBURN, born June 13, 1882, died Wednesday, Dec 17,1969, at Oak Ridge Hospital. Mr. Owens' early child hood home was in Rose Hill. Va.The family moved to Rockwood Landing in a covered wagon. The three boys, Lil, Ola, and Stewart, went to work at an early age to support their widowed mother and a sister, Molly, all preceding him in death. Lil worked the riverboats for a while and then went to work in the coal mines. Lil was the first ordained deacon in Middle Creek Baptist Church and later gave up his deaconship to become an ordained minister by Middle Creek Baptist Church. He pastored churches for 55years in Morgan, Roane and Anderson Co. He preached in Kentucky,Virginia, and Illinois. The last church he paastored was Middle Creek,He was united in marriage to Merle McGlothin in a double ceremony with her brother, Harvey McGlothin and Maud Hines on Sept. 9, 1906, This was the first marriage ceremony in the second building of the Middle Creek Church. To this union was born six children: Eleanor, who preceded him in death. Charles Owens, Chevrolet Ky, Opal Smith, Dayton, Ohio, Paul Owens, Nancy East and Dixie Cole of Oliver Springs, Mr and Mrs Owens were the grandparents of five granddaughtters. Jimmie Lou Singleton, Katherine Hill, Virginia Welch, Donna Rice and Nita Sue Smith of Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Owens preceded him in death, December 1959. He was the great grandfather of four great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter. Funeral services were held at 2pm Friday Dec.19,1969 at Middle creek Baptist Church, with Rev. Lloyd Napier and Rev Homer C. Hooks officiating Pall bearers were W.I., Jackie, and Billy Jackson, Otto and Glen McGlothin and Fred Hamby. Sharps Funeral Home was in charge of the sevices. (Submitted by D. Rice)Middle name may have been Lilburn instead of Lillard.