Edythe Virginia Dalton Owen

KERNERSVILLE-Edythe Virginia Dalton Owen, 80, died Monday, March 9, 2009 at home. She was born March 24, 1928 in Mecklenburg Co., Virginia to the late Melvin and Ruby Elizabeth Claiborne Dalton. Mrs. Owen was a member of Galilee Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach. She loved tennis, golf, mahjong and playing bridge. Edythe was a movie and theatre affection ado. A resident of Virginia Beach, she enjoyed spending the winter months in North Palm Beach, Florida. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Austin Everett Owen, III. Surviving are three daughters, Judith O. Hopkins, MD and husband Marbry of Kernersville, NC; Elizabeth Scaff and husband David of Palm Beach, Florida; Martha Owen and companion Robert Alderman of Virginia Beach,Virginia; one son, Austin Everett Owen, IV and wife Valorie of Kauai, Hawaii; seven grandchildren, Benjamin Hopkins, Martha Scaff, David Hillary Scaff, Henry Highton, III, Berkley Highton, Mikeala Owen, and Teak Owen. A memorial service will be conducted at 10:00 am, Thursday, March 12, 2009 at Galilee Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Burial will follow in Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to either St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 520 Summit St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101 or the Virginia Commonwealth University Dept. of Theatre, Singleton Performing Arts Center, 922 Park Ave., Richmond, VA 23284.

Cemetery:
Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery

Service:
Service at 10:00am on March 12, 2009 at Galilee Episcopal Church