This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Owen, Seier Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/2652 Message Board Post: John Thomas Owen Jr., affectionately called J.T. the young son of Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Owen of Reydon, was born in Reydon March 22, 1930, and brightened the lives of all he met until February 27, 1932, when he grimly closed his eyes on this life in a hosptial in Amarillo. About two weeks prior to his death a serious glandular trouble developed in his throat. Nothing that skill or love could devise was left undone butr all in vain. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. H.H. Cody of Cheyenne in the Methodist Church at Reydon. The casket covered with flowers, which held the remains of little j.T., was laid to rest in the Rankin cemetery, while the cori sand, "All His Jewels, precious jewels". There are left to mourn his loss his parents Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Owen, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Owen and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Seier and a large number of aunts and uncles and friends. The funeral was directed by Spurlin of Erick. Burial in White Rose Cemetery, Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. (Cheyenne Star March 3, 1932)