Mary Owen

Mary Ann Fryar Owen, 80, of Beebe, Arkansas, died Tuesday, June 7, 2011. She was born July 18, 1930 in Beebe, the daughter of H. B. and Alice Abington Fryar. She was a graduate of ASU Beebe, formerly Beebe Junior College and Arkansas State Teachers College with a degree in Elementary Education. She taught in the Beebe School System sixteen years.
Preceding her in death were her husband, William Harold Owen, Jr., her parents, Alice and H. B. Fryar, and a sister, Carolyn Fryar Tomlinson.
Survivors include two sons, David Gregory Owen and John Fryar Owen, both of Beebe; granddaughters, Cortney Owen of Beebe, Sarah Elizabeth Homsher and husband Jeremy of Beebe, Colleen Owen of Searcy; a sister, Sara Beth Fryar Morris of Bryant; three nieces, Lisa Buckmaster, Gail Swain and Carol Fikes; two nephews, Keith Tomlinson and Michael Morris; and a special friend, Jeannie Lindsey. Graveside service will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, June 10, 2011, at Beebe Cemetery.