Virginia Jo Elkins Owen

Virginia Jo Elkins Owen, age 91, of Paris, Tennessee passed away Sunday, October 13, 2019 at Henry County Medical Center. Her funeral service will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Johnny Wall of New Bethel Baptist Church to officiate. Burial will follow the service in Olive Branch Cemetery. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Visitation is scheduled at McEvoy on Tuesday after 10:00 A.M. until time of service. Virginia Jo Elkins Owen was born April 23, 1928 in Henry County, Tennessee to the late Joseph Elbert Elkins and the late Ida Mae Kuykendall Elkins. She married Robert Lee Owen in 1949 and he preceded her in death, November of 1992. She is survived by her daughters, Dianne (Adrian) Cole and Pamela Lackey, both of Paris; sister, Bobbie Jean Baucum of Paris; grandchildren, Mary Ann (Philip) McCain; Rusty, Jake, and Clint (Traci) Lackey; Maarshan (Tim) Farrier; and Jeremy Light; great grandchildren, Briley and Annalise Williams; Ava and Stella McCain; Joci Lackey; Timmy and Emililee Farrier; Zach and Grant Light. Besides her parents and husband, Virginia is also preceded in death by sisters, Melboline Morris and Gaynell Clements, and Louise Elkins who preceded in infancy; and her brother, James Elbert Elkins. Mrs. Owen was a graduate of Cottage Grove High School and a member of New Bethel Baptist Church. She was a homemaker who worked as an operator with Southern Bell for fifteen years and Clippard Instruments for eight years. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 840692, Dallas, TX 75284-0692 Funeral Service McEvoy Funeral Home, Inc. Tuesday, October 15, 2019 2:00 PM 507 West Washington Street Paris, Tennessee 38242 Visitation is scheduled at McEvoy Funeral Home on Tuesday, after 10:00 A.M. until time of service.