Obituary of TOMPKINS, EUNICE OWENS 1948 Oconee, SC
Keowee Courier, June 30, 1948
    Funeral 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.
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