Shirley Mae Crisp Owens

Shirley Mae Owens, Private First Class, USMC, died in Anderson, South Carolina, on 26 October 2026.

 She was 89. The only daughter of Catherine E. (née Wright) and John Columbus Crisp, she was born in Drift, Floyd County, Kentucky, on 22 December 1936. A direct descendant of Kentucky pioneers Florence Graham and James Henry Patton, she was also descended from the Stephenses of Stephens Branch, was a grand-niece of noted fiddler Rufus Crisp, and counted Jamestown (VA) Ancient Planters among her ancestors. She was brought up in Kentucky and Michigan. 

By her marriage to the late Sam L. Owens, Major (Ret.), USMC — of Byng and Ada, Oklahoma — she had two sons: Mitchell (Matthew Zwissler) of Cooperstown, New York, and Derrick Owens (Alex/Alejandra) of Anderson. 

Shirley Owens was predeceased by her parents and elder brother and survived by her sons, grandchildren, and step grandchildren. 

At the family’s request, there will be no service.

Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home & Cremations, 108 Cross Creek Road, Central, SC 29630.