Dorothy Jean Owens, 74, of Dyersburg, passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at The Highlands of Dyersburg.
She was a homemaker and was a member of Lenox Baptist Church.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Williams and the Rev. Rudy Ring officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens.
The Owens Family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Dyersburg Funeral Home.
Survivors include her husband, Dalmus Owens of Lenox; a daughter, Sandy Owens Tharpe and husband, Eddie, of Newbern; a son, Steve Owens and wife, Nancy, of Lenox; seven grandchildren, Lee Ann Work and husband, Shane, of Dyersburg, Holly Ray and husband, Josh, of Ripley, Jason Owens and wife, Amanda, of Finley, Callie Coats and husband, Brandon, of Yorkville, Tyler Tharpe of Greenville, KY, Brittany Permenter and husband, Randall, of Finley, and Randall Owens of Finley; and eleven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Randy Owens; her parents, Jessie and Georgia Davis Melton; two sisters, Patsy Staggs and Marie Melton; and two brothers, Wayne Melton and Joe Melton.
Pallbearers will be David Haddock, Jim Edgin, Bob Veal, Donald Melton, Brandon Coats and Eddie Tharpe.