SMITH COUNTY - FRIENDSHIP CEMETERY Graveside services for James Neal Owen, 87, of Kilgore, will be 3 p.m. today, December 5, 2014, at Friendship Cemetery, Gladewater, Texas, with the Rev. Paul Phillips officiating. Mr. Owen died Wednesday, December 3, 2014, in Longview, Texas. He was born April 6, 1927, in Homer, Louisiana. Jim served our country in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Owen worked for Shell Chemical from 1952-1988. He was a member of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union. Jim was a member of Friendship Baptist Church of Kilgore. After retirement he enjoyed raising cattle and fishing, and was a jokester and prankster. Mr. Owen is survived by his wife of 62 years, Betty Philpot Scott Owen of Kilgore; two sons, Huey Scott and his wife, Sandy, of Richardson, Texas, and Ron Owen and his wife, Cindy, of Kilgore; four grandchildren, Tiffany Smith and her husband, Tate, Neal Owen, Patrick Scott and his wife, Lauren and Matthew Scott and his wife, Sory; six great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mary Jowers, Gail Keasler and Martha Arnold; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ruby Mae and Roscoe Charles Owen.