Irene Owenby

Fairview - Irene Rebecca Howard Owenby, 92, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2012 at Park Ridge Hospital. She was a native of South Carolina and was a member of Emmas Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Owenby was a daughter of the late General Lee Howard and Florence Lanning Howard and the wife of the late Rev. Boyd Cooper Owenby. She was also preceded in death by her son, Ernest Phillip Owenby, sisters, Agnes Vinson and Marie Keever and brother, Esley Howard. Surviving are her son, Charles D. Owenby and wife Brenda of Fairview; brothers, Daniel Howard of Asheville and Paul Howard of Marietta, SC; sisters, Jewel Buckner of Greenville, SC and Lillian Cox of Lillington; grandchildren, Pamela Nunez, Diana Wyatt, Terry Abernathy, Vince Owenby and Tracy Briggs; 11 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and special caregivers, Mabel Wise and Stacie Keeter. Funeral services will be held 2 P.M. Sunday in the chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Rogers officiating. Burial will follow in Emmas Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home.