My Mother, Elmaree Owens, Eubanks, was about three months old when her Father, Lonnie Owens, was shot by accident, while hunting with his younger brother, Julius Owens. It was on Chirstmas Eve, December 24, 1914. He lived until January 4, 1915. My mother said Grandmother Minnie Josephine "Phenny" Hester Owens, wife of Lonnie Owens, took her and her older sister, Bradys Owens Landry, and her older brother, Leland Owens to visit Grandfather Lonnie in the hospital. Grandfather Lonnie, told Grandmother Phenney, that he didn't mind dying, but he hated to leave her and the children. Momma always talked about how much she wished she could have known her dad. Grandmother had told her he was a good man. He worked for the Railroad and was a foreman at the time of his death. He had got a promotion, and they were going to be moving to Collins, MS. All the things I am saying is from my Mother's memories of things her Mother told her. She said there was a insurance policy, I think with the Railroad, but they had to have an attorney to get it, and by the time it was over, there wasn't anything left for Grandmother.
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