Grady Demosthenes OWENBY
Flora COPE
Husband: Grady Demosthenes OWENBY
Birth: 2 Apr 1900, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
Death: 3 Aug 1974, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
Burial: Aug 1974, Rosemont Cemetery, Union, Union Co., South Carolina
Father: Andrew Pinkney OWNBEY
Mother: Mary Jane MCGEE
Marriage: 1920, Union Co.,
Georgia
Wife: Flora COPE
Birth: 1 Feb 1898, Bryson City, Swain Co., North Carolina
Death: 25 Dec 1993, Union Co., Georgia
Burial: Dec 1993, Union Memorial Gardens, Union, Union Co., South Carolina
Father: Willis Delosia COPE
Mother: Mary Elizabeth SWANGER
Children:
1. (Twin)
Alice OWENBY (Harris),
b: 28 Feb 1921, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
2. (Twin)
Florence Christine OWENBY (Gist),
b: 28 Feb 1921, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
d: 4 Mar 2007, Taylors, Greenville Co., South Carolina
bur: Union Memorial Gardens, Union, Union Co., South Carolina
3. Roy Lee OWENBY, b: 5 Mar 1924, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
d: 13 May 2001, Union, Union Co., South Carolina
bur: Rosemont Cemetery, Union, Union Co., South Carolina
4. Grady Demosthenes OWENBY Jr., b: 27 Nov 1925, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
d: 14 Jul 1972, Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
bur: Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Chandler, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
5. Johnnie Lewis OWENBY, b: 28 Feb 1928, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
6. Andrew Paul OWENBY, b: 20 Nov 1929, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
d: 1 Feb 2001, Woodfin, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
bur: Elk Mountain Community Cemetery, Woodfin,. Buncombe Co., North Carolina
7. Mary Sue OWENBY (Bailey),
b: 2 Jun 1932, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
8. Dorothy A. OWENBY (Crocker),
b: 11 Apr 1933, Union, Union Co., South Carolina
9. (Twin)
Ned Dean OWENBY, b: 15 May 1937, Union, Union Co., South Carolina
d: 21 May 1938, Union, Union Co., South Carolina
bur: Rosemont Cemetery, Union, Union Co., South Carolina
10. (Twin)
Fred Eugene OWENBY, b:15 May 1937, Union, Union Co., South Carolina
d: 29 Nov 2005, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., South Carolina
bur: Cremated
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Notes:
1930 Federal Census Data
(T626_0389, Page 190B), Owltown Dist., Union Co., Georgia,
Enumeration District: 15, Enumeration Date: 3-
Apr-1930, Family #17
|
NAME |
Relation |
Sex |
Age |
M/S W/D |
Age Marr |
POB |
Fa. POB |
Mo. POB |
In Sch |
Occupation |
|
OWENSBY, Grady D |
Head |
M |
31 |
M |
21 |
GA |
GA |
GA |
|
Farmer |
|
Flaria |
Wife |
F |
34 |
M |
24 |
GA |
GA |
GA |
|
None |
|
Allise |
Daughter |
F |
9 |
S |
|
GA |
GA |
GA |
X |
None |
|
Florence |
Daughter |
F |
9 |
S |
|
GA |
GA |
GA |
X |
None |
|
Ray |
Son |
M |
6 |
S |
|
GA |
GA |
GA |
X |
None |
|
Grady Jr |
Son |
M |
4 |
S |
|
GA |
GA |
GA |
|
None |
|
John |
Son |
M |
2 |
S |
|
GA |
GA |
GA |
|
None |
|
Andrew |
Son |
M |
11m |
S |
|
GA |
GA |
GA |
|
None |
1940 Federal Census Data
(T627_3843-0623, Page 301B), Union Ward 3, Union Co., South Carolina,
Enumeration District: 44-20, Enumeration Date: 4-Apr-1940, Family #45
|
NAME |
Relation |
Sex |
Age |
M/S W/D |
In |
Gr. |
POB |
Occupation / Industry |
|
OWNBEY, Grady |
Head |
M |
42 |
M |
|
7 |
GA |
|
|
Flora |
Wife |
F |
42 |
M |
|
7 |
NC |
Frame Hand / Cotton Mill |
|
Roy L |
Son |
M |
16 |
S |
|
4 |
GA |
New Worker |
|
Grady Jr |
Son |
M |
14 |
S |
|
3 |
GA |
New Worker |
|
John L |
Son |
M |
12 |
S |
|
2 |
GA |
|
|
Andrew P |
Son |
M |
10 |
S |
|
0 |
GA |
|
|
Mary S |
Daughter |
F |
7 |
S |
X |
0 |
GA |
|
|
Dorothy A |
Daughter |
F |
5 |
S |
|
0 |
SC |
|
|
Fred |
Son |
M |
2 |
S |
|
0 |
SC |
|
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Sources:
1) Death - Husband: Union County Georgia Vital Statistics - Deaths, State
Cert. #022542