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Submitted: 9/22/14 • Approved: 11/27/20 • Last Updated: 11/30/20 • R1040573-G0-S3
Charles 26 Feb 1929 - 06 Sept 2013
Vonnie 10 Jul 1934 - Pre-Need
Marriage: 30 Jan 1953 by Brother E.C. Stevens*
Charles Owen Hilburn husband of Vonnie Jean (Massey) Hilburn. Charles Owen Hilburn son of Richard Owen Hilburn and Mary Elizabeth (Shaver) Hilburn. Vonnie Jean (Massey) Hilburn daughter of Von Walter Massey and Vela Mae (Wells) Massey.
Charles Owen Hilburn Veteran
February 27, 1929 - September 6, 2013
Charles Owen Hilburn, 84, of Greenbrier, passed away after a brief illness on Friday, September 6, 2013, surrounded by his family. He was born February 27, 1929 in Black Rock, AR to the late Richard Owen and Mary Elizabeth (Shaver) Hilburn.
He was a US Army veteran of the Korean War and a retired instructor from Twin Lakes Vo-Tech School in Harrison. He raised Missouri Foxtrotters and was a member of the Missouri Foxtrotters Association. He was a faithful member of Greenbrier Church of Christ.
He is survived by his loving wife of sixty years, Jean (Massey) Hilburn; son, Danny Hilburn (Mary Ann) of Cabot; daughters, Vickie Rogers (Roy) of Conway, Carol Farrar (Bud) of Lillie, LA, and Diane Hilburn of Jonesboro; grandchildren, Adam Rogers, Jared Rogers, Kristen Barber, Lynley Farrar, Lillianna Hilburn, and Sanders Hilburn; sister, Lou Ann Shaw (Bob); and brothers, John Hillburn (Bonnie) and Dale Hilburn (Jan); sister-in-law, Mona Hardin; special life-long friend, Bill Burns; and a host of other family and friends.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Genelda Hilburn and Euline Freeman.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at Greenbrier Church of Christ with Brother Glen Elliott officiating. Burial will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday at Lancaster Cemetery in Strawberry, Arkansas. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, September 9, 2013 at the church.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Southern Christian Home, 100 W Harding Street, Morrilton, Arkansas 72110 or Children's Home, 5515 Walcott Road, Paragould, Arkansas 72450.
The family wishes to give special thanks to the following doctors and their staff: William Freeman, Job Jacob, Bryan Imamura, Brad Baltz, and Jessica Joheim.
Arrangements by Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, Greenbrier.
Obituary courtesy of Roller-McNutt Funeral Homes Greenbriar, Arkansas.
*Lawrence County, Arkansas Marriage Index
Hilburn, Charles O - Massey, Vonnie Jean 1/30/1953 Book X-380
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Arkansas First Draft Registration Cards
Name: Charles Owen Hilburn
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: from 1940 to 1945
Event Place: Eaton, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Gender Male
Nationality: United States
Birth Date: 27 Feb 1929
Birthplace: Black Rock, Arkansas
Relative's Name Owen Hilburn
Citing this Record
"Arkansas First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXWT-QKN : 6 November 2018), Charles Owen Hilburn, from 1940 to 1945; citingDraft Registration; citing , NARA Record Group 147 (Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas: National Archives and Records Administration, 2013).
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