William "Sherman" Owen

William “Sherman” Owen William “Sherman” Owen, 33, went to our Lord on died Friday evening, July 15, 2016 in Bartlesville. Visitation for family and friends will be 9 A.M. until 8 P.M. on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Stumpff Funeral Home in Bartlesville. Services will be held at 11 A.M. on Thursday, July at the Highland Park Baptist Church in Bartlesville with Buddy and Marilyn Severns of the Tender Loving Care Outreach Ministries officiating. Interment will be in the Oglesby Cemetery directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established and those who wish may send their contributions to: The William Sherman Owen Memorial Fund, c/o BancFirst, P.O. Box 2068, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74005 William Sherman Owen was born in Bartlesville on July 18, 1982 the son of Cynthia Sue (Livingston) and William Scott Owen. He grew up and received his education in the Bartlesville Schools and Tri County Technology Center. He pursued a career in welding with Superior Welding and Hill Steel for several years. In addition, he performed mechanic work locally for a time at Truitt’s Alignment. His passion for racing he pursued at local dirt tracks racing stock cars and turf cars, running frequently at Caney Valley Speedway, Mid-America and Port City. He had participated in the Chili Bowl and the Tulsa Shoot Out. He recently received the blessing of his twin children, William Keegan Owen and Raegan Kay Owen who were the light of his life and had great pride in being their ‘Daddy”. He is much loved and missed by all. Survivors include his parents, Cynthia and Scott Owen of Bartlesville, his special friend, Kira Lee Hesslen, his children, William Keegan Owen and Raegan Kay Owen, a step son, Landon Stand, additional step-children, Tyler Cummings, Tristen Cummings and Coty Jones, his brothers, Timothy Shane Hicks and wife Rena of Nowata and Bobby Owen and fiancé Summer Owen of Bartlesville, his maternal grandmother, Cora Livingston of Nowata, his paternal grandmother, Ethel Owen of Bartlesville, a number of nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins and a number of friends and fellow race car drivers. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Alfred Lee Livingston, his paternal grandfather, who he loved with all his heart, William Alfred “Bill” Owen, an uncle, Wendell Owen and a dear friend, Kyler Holeman.

William "Sherman" Owen

July 18, 1982 - July 15, 2016