Georgia Rhea Owen

74 year old Georgia Rhea Owen of Smithville died Sunday at Alive Hospice at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville. She was a very active member of the Dry Creek Baptist Church and a drug store sales associate. The funeral will be Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at DeKalb Funeral Chapel. Donald Owens and Phil Bennett will officiate and burial will be in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Tuesday from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service at 2:00 p.m. She was preceded in death by her parents, George W. and Callie Keaton Byford and brothers and sisters. Survivors include her husband, Harvil Edwin Owen of Smithville. Children, Doug and his wife Pat Owens of Clarksville, Pat and her husband Rob Smith of Franklin and Mike Owen and Tammy Moore of Smithville. Grandchildren, Scott and his wife Kim Owens, Ryan and his wife Kelly Smith, Nolan and his wife Becca Smith, Mark Owens, and Thomas Owens. Great grandchildren, Ashley Owens, Kirsten Owens, and Kylie Owens and brothers, James Byford and Owen Byford. DeKalb Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. The family has asked that donations be made to Alive Hospice, in lieu of flowers.