Rev. Ned B. Owens, age 88 of Ellenboro

Rev. Ned B. Owens, age 88 of Ellenboro died Wednesday, August 13, 2025.

Ned was born September 9, 1936, in Rutherford County and was a son of the late Thomas Wight Owens, Sr., and Beulah Henderson Owens.

Ned was a retired Methodist minister and Christian servant having received his Masters of Divinity from Emory University. He served many churches in the Western NC Conference with appointments at Shooting Creek Charge, Rockwood/Beaverdam Charge, Canton, Bethesda, Welcome, Tabernacle, Mt. Zion, Cornelius, Memorial, First Methodist, Rutherfordton and Lebanon, Mill Spring.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Warren Owens, his brother, T.W. Owens, Jr., and his sisters, Connie Owens Pendleton, and Nancy Gordon.

Survivors include his wife, Melissa Crowe Owens, his daughters, Audrey Owens Brooks and husband Brian, Michelle Owens Alston and husband Michial, his daughter-in-law, Tracey Owens, his brother, Sidney Owens and wife Susan, his grandchildren, Laura Thompson (Zack); Ashley Thompson (Matija); Amanda Holdstock (Zane); Samuel Owens (Clover); Kalin Brooks; Melissa Brooks; one great-grandchild, Milica Thompson-Jevtic, and a host of extended and Christian family.

The funeral was held August 16 at Kistler's Chapel Methodist Church.

Memorials in his memory may be made to Lebanon Methodist Church, 801 Womack Rd., Mill Spring, NC 28756 or Kistler's Chapel Methodist Church, 3060 Poors Ford Rd., Rutherfordton, NC 28139.

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Padgett~King Mortuary and Crematory is serving the family.