Nancy Gibson

Owens, 76

SEAFORD - Nancy Gibson Owens of Seaford died on Sunday, June 3, 2007, at home. She was 76.

Mrs. Owens was born June 18, 1930, in Iredell County, N.C., the daughter of the late Benjamin Waters Gibson and Launa Bass Gibson.

She was a homemaker and enjoyed working in her flowers around her home and sharing them with family, neighbors and friend at both the Seaford and Laurel Senior Centers and with others that often stopped to take pictures of her flowers or ask her about the type of flowers she had growing in her yard.

Nancy was preceded in death by her son, Miles Thomas Owens in 2001.

Nancy is survived by four children, Steve Jackson Owens of Bear, James Lee Owens of Galestown, Md., Gary Wayne Owens of Bridgeville and Janet Owens Profili of Seaford; three brothers, Joe Ben Gibson of Mooresville, N.C., Jimmy Waters Gibson and Paul John Gibson both of Statesville, N.C.; two sisters, Billey Kathryn Gibson Buchanan of Matthews, N.C. and Patsy Ann Gibson Snow of Statesville, N.C.; 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be on Friday at 2 p.m. at the Cranston Funeral Home, 300 N. Shipley St, Seaford, where friends may call one prior.

Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford.

Instead of flowers, the family suggests donations may be made to Delaware Hospice Inc., 20167 Office Circle, Georgetown, DE 19947.