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Bennie Delean Pickens Owens, of Rockwall, Texas went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 2, 2008, at her home, after her battle with lung cancer. She was born March 17, 1929, in Greenville, Texas to Ben Pickens and Ruby Newman Pickens.
Funeral services will be on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 2:00 PM at Coker-Mathews Chapel with Dr. James Ralson officiating. Burial will be in Merit Cemetery.
She is survived by her husband Ernest J. Owens of Rockwall; daughters, Brenda Smith and husband Danny of Terrell, Deborah Gutierrez and husband Carlos of Sadler, Nancy Enos and husband Ricky of Oklahoma City, and Cindy Platt and husband Bobby of Sadler; sisters, Sherrell Scism of Phoenix, Arizona and Nancy McCoy of Haltom City; sister-in-law, Marie Byrd of Georgetown; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Ruby Newman Pickens Stanford and father Ben Pickens; sons, Earnest G. Owens and Benjamin S. Owens; grandson, Andrew C. Latimer; brothers Edwin Byrd, Quincy Byrd and J. W. Stanford; and a sister Dorothy Stanford Belcher.
Visitation will be Tuesday, February 4, 2008, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the funeral home.
