Owles, Barbara Joanne 

Funeral services for Barbara Joanne Owles, 79, of Longview, Texas, are scheduled for 
10 a.m. Wednesday, February 8, 2006, at the chapel of Rader Funeral Home, 1617 Judson 
Road. Interment will follow in Summerfield Cemetery on Tryon Road. Mrs. Owles passed 
into her heavenly home Saturday, February 4, 2006, at a local nursing home after an 
extended illness. Officiating the services will be the Reverend Bud Miller, Pastor of 
Summerfield United Methodist Church, and the Reverend David Reeder, Chaplain of Greater 
Hospice of Texas. Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m. this evening, February 7, 2006, in 
the Rader Chapel. Joanne was born September 11, 1926, in Provencal, Louisiana, of 
parents, Norma and Andrew Burden. She graduated from high school there, establishing 
many lifelong friendships. During World War II, she worked as a telephone operator in 
Shreveport, Louisiana. Joanne and Harry were united in marriage in January of 1946, and 
made their first home in Longview. In addition to her roles of devoted wife, mother, 
grandmother, and homemaker, Joanne was employed by Sears as a sales clerk in the infant 
wear department for 15 years and retired from the City of Longview after 16 years, 
serving as a municipal court clerk. She also served as cub scout den mother, PTA member, 
church choir member, and countless other roles in raising her family, and enjoyed being 
a member of the Longview Chapter of Sweet Adolines. Harry and Joanne were members of 
Wesley Methodist Church for many years before joining the church family at Summerfield 
UMC, where they have worshiped since 1971. Joanne was preceded in death by her mother, 
Norma, and step-fathers, George Williams and Richard Crowley; and her brother, Voigt 
Williams. Survivors include her husband, H.F. "Harry" Owles Sr. Longview; sons, Roger 
Owles of Longmont, Colorado; H.F. "Buddy" Owles Jr. and wife Ann, of Longview; four 
grandsons, Eric Owles and wife Diana of New York City, Ray Owles and wife LaDona of 
Houston, Greg Owles and wife Katie of Tucson, Arizona, and Jeff Owles and wife Melissa 
of College Station; three step-granddaughters, Lynn Ojeda and husband Homero of Plano, 
Liz Ronning and husband John of White Oak, and Rebecca Howell and husband Lonnie of 
Hallsville; nine great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, and large extended 
family, including special friends, Jack and Mary Cambridge, Sue West, and special 
school friend, Olgia V. Hines of Glendale, Arizona. Joanne and her family were blessed 
by the love and care of the staffs of Whispering Pines Nursing Home and Greater Hospice 
of Texas, and the prayers, encouragement, and love of their church family at Summerfield 
UMC. Those wising to make a memorial donation may consider the Summerfield Cemetery 
Association Fund, Longview Community Ministries, or the Humane Society of Gregg County. 
A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 2/7/2006.