TITLE: Eunice Owens Thompkins

SOURCE:  Keowee Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  Susan Brock-Booker

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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THOMPKINS, Eunice Owens 
(1827-1948) Keowee Courier June 30, 1948 Funersal services for Mrs. 
Eunice Owens Thompkins, 21-year-old Westminster mother who was drowned 
in Tugaloo river near the historical Knox Bridge Sunday afternoon, 
were held from the First Baptist church of Westminster Tuesday morning 
at 11 o'clock. The Rev. M. J. Stansell and the Rev. J. C. Green 
conducted the services. Burial was in the adjoining cemetery. 
Pallbearers were John Palmer, Roy Hudson, Claude Justice, Roy Beaty, 
Doyle Whitehead, and Freddy Cothran. Flower bearers were Misses 
Juliene Long, Frances Beaty, Avis Owens, Lucille Freeman, Mrs. Mary 
Holton and Mrs. Christine Justice. Mrs. Thompkins was employed at 
Cotton Blossom Manufacturing Co. of Walhalla. She was the daughter of 
Robert D. Owens and Nettie Orr Owens of near West Union, and had 
resided all of her life in Oconee County. In addition to her parents 
she is survived by a small daughter, Mary Ann; three brothers, Pilgrim
Owens of Westminster, Woden Owens of Walhalla, Frank Owens of Seneca; 
five sisters, Mrs. Frank Beaty of Greenville, Mrs. Roscoe Gillespie of 
Walhalla, Mrs. R. J. Long of Blackstone, Va., Mrs. Roy Johnson of 
Westminster and Mrs. Dorsey Wood of Walhalla. Contributed by: Susan 
Brock-Booker, sbrockbooker@aol.com 

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