Ellen Kay Hardin Owens

 

Mrs. Ellen Kay Hardin Owens, 75, wife of Francis Earl Owens, of Mullins, entered the Kingdom of Heaven on angel wings during the late evening of Monday, May 30, 2022, surrounded by her family at MUSC Health Marion after a gradual decline in health.

Ms. Ellen, a loving mother, grandmother, and friend to many, was born on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1947, a daughter, to the late Northington Hardin and the late Myrtle Cox Hardin, in Robeson County, North Carolina. Mrs. Owens had worked as an Administrative Assistant with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), but her favorite job was that of grandma, where she got to spoil and love on her grandbabies. Mrs. Owens was a member of the Woodlawn Park Baptist Church.

Surviving Mrs. Owens is her second husband of the home, Francis Earl Owens; her two loving daughters: Pam (Ashlee) Smith of Florence and Misty (Jimmy) Barrett of Florence; her three beloved grandchildren: Hollie Barnes, Luke Barrett, and McKenzie Barrett; her stepson: Danny Batchelor; her special friend she loved as a daughter, April Lewis; her three sisters: Deloris Sease, Sharon Smith, and Sue Bennett; and several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Owens was predeceased by her first husband, Jimmy Smith; and her two brothers, Jimmy Hardin and Buck Hardin.

A visitation will be held Thursday, June 2 from 2:00 until 3;00 P.M. at Cox-Collins Funeral Home.

Mrs. Owens’ funeral service will follow at 3:00 P.M. there in the Chapel of Cox-Collins Funeral Home, with Rev. Glenn Brown officiating. Burial will follow the service in Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion, directed by Cox-Collins Funeral Home.