Obituary | Virginia Washington Owens of Okatie, South Carolina

Mother wore an ample apron
To cover her clean dress.
She’d tell you that’s what it was for
If you asked her, I would guess.

But that apron had more uses
Than I could ever count.
It brought in eggs and vegetables
And could hold a large amount.

I’ve seen her use that apron
To wipe her dripping brow
As she laboured over the big range
That’s just an antique now.

Her apron could bring giggles
In a game of peek-a-boo
With her newest, sweet grandbaby
As she hid her face from view.

When we kids were hurt or crying
We’d run to find her lap
She’d wipe the falling tears away
With a bit of apron flap.

That apron dusted tables
And shooed away the flies
It did just fine as oven mitts
To take out bubbling pies.

But the greatest of the treasures
That old apron could ever hold
Was the endless love from Mother
Abiding in each fold.

On the early morning of Saturday, March 22, 2025 Jehovah called his daughter, Virginia Washington Owens, 86, of Okatie, SC, home from. labor to rest. 

She is preceeded in death by her parents, George and Margaret Johnson Washington; her daughter, Cynthia Grayson Moxley; her Siblings Ezekiel Jones, Benjamin Washington, Robert Washington, Louise Washington Young and James Washington. 

Her memory will forever be cherished by her loving and devoted husband of 50 years, Willie Owens ; her children Stanley Washington (Gayle), Margo Owens Eady (Willie) and Cathrine Washington Alls (Johnnie); her siblings Samuel Washington (Dorothy), Estelle Washington Taylor, Arthur Washington (Martha) and Alice Washington Pinckney (Harold); 9 grandchildren, Il great grand children and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. 

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