Patsy Smith Owens April 6, 1943-December 28, 2009

OWENS, Patsy Mrs. Patsy Smith Owens, of Decatur, departed this life on Monday, December 28, 2009, following an extended illness. She was born April 6, 1943, in Franklin County. The only child of Mr. Albert Smith and Mrs. Johnelle Thomas Smith. Mrs. Owens retired from the U.S. Postal Service and served as a Job Steward and Director of Human relations for the Local 32 of the American Postal Workers Union for a number of years. She also was an active leader in her East Atlanta and Ormewood Park Communities. Funeral services for Mrs. Patsy Smith Owens, will be held Saturday, January 2, 2010; 1:00 P.M. at Salem Missionary Baptist Church 4700 Church Street, N.W. Lilburn. Rev. Dr. Richard B. Haynes, Pastor, Officiating. The remains will be placed in state at 11:00 A.M. Interment Alta Vista Cemetery Gainesville. She leaves to mourn one son, Dennis Owens, Jr., of Buffalo, NY; two daughters, Karen Smith Haynes, of Lawrenceville and Heather Brooke Owens, of Decatur; five grandchildren, Amanda Haynes-Ford and Valerie Ann Haynes, of Lawrenceville, Demarcus Owens, of Atlanta, Isaiah Owens and Anthony Owens, of Buffalo, NY; three great grandchildren, Destiny Haynes, Xavier Ford, and Makenna Ford, of Lawrenceville; and a host of other relatives and friends.