Birth date: Sep 7, 1941 Death date: Jun 9, 2024
David Lee Owens, 82, of Ironton, Ohio passed at his residence on Sunday, June 9, 2024. He was born in Huntington, WV on September 7, 1941, to the late Ossie Rutherford and Sally Genevieve Ransbottom Owens. David was also preceded Read Obituary
David his brothers and sisters mom and dad We're not only great friends but great neighbors All of them athletic all nice and kind All I want to see to someone's needs They were 1 of the greatest families That we knew he qwill always be remembered As the 1 that looked out for everyone as well as trying to teach them the right way May god bless you Rest in rest in Rest in peace ole friend
Dear Karen and the rest of the Owen's family I am so very sorry to hear of David's passing. I don't think I ever met Dave but felt like I knew him through Anne. Prayers for peace and comfort in the days to come. Teresa Tabor Wellman
May the love of God surround you and your family during this difficult time,
May you come to know that the love of God is with you always,
May your memories of David Lee Owens, give you peace, comfort and strength...
Rest now in the arms of our Lord your mission on earth is complete.
I thank you for your service to our Country and my Freedom. You will not be forgotten.
My thoughts
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US Army Veteran, David Lee Owens, is "A True American Hero" God Bless†
† Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 †
David was a couple of years older than I; but, he became a good friend to me at FHS! My condolences to Karen, his family and friends!
Coach Owens was a very good coach. Not only was he tough but he made you work for it. I got to know him a little better thru his wife Karen. I use to drive her up to see he Mother. I miss seeing him and her in that aspect. Our prayers are with him and the family.
I'll always remember my brother in law as full of life, humor, as an independent thinker who took the faith he was raised on and made it his own. He could be as tender-hearted as a kitten and as bold as a lion--but always fitted to the ocassion.
He was a deeply committed Christian without ever becoming preachy; he loved sports like few I've ever known and poured himself into it--and more to the young people under his influence.
I don't know anyone who was worse off from having known him; increasingly I hear of great numbers of those whose lived and character were lifted by his coaching and mentorship.
That's because coaching was, for him, not a career but a calling, and as one Scripture puts it, our deeds follow us in this life and the next.
He was and is family to me; blood ties matter but they aren't the final word in matters of the heart. I'll always cherish times of asking to be ahead of Dave at a family dinner so there would be something left for me!! It was a shared joke between us.
I'm thankful that the deepest thing we shared was a knowledge that this life is a prelude to the next based on the hope in Jesus which he valued above all else.
See you Dave, again, where we can eat from a limitless table with familiar faces and no time limits.
We'll be along presently.
