Alma Birdwell Owen
June 17, 1928 - October 11, 2025
Alma Birdwell Owen Obituary
Goodlettsville, TN - Alma Birdwell Williams Owen, age 97 of Goodlettsville, passed away Saturday, October 11, 2025 at her home surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Owen was born June 17, 1928 in Simpson County, Kentucky to the late Delwin E. Birdwell and Lucille "Dixie" Prince Birdwell. She was born the second child in a family of 13 siblings. She retired from the State of Tennessee as a security clerk for Employment Security in 1990. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church and the Order of Eastern Star. Mrs. Owen was the true matriarch of her family, loved to sew, quilt, and crochet. She could make anything. After the death of her husband, she raised her 11 year old son and the two of them ran a 100 acre cattle farm by themselves. She was even a seamstress at Opryland and made many of the costumes that was seen in the shows around the park.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Owen was preceded in death by her husbands, R. Gordon Williams and R. C. Owen. Brothers, JD Birdwell, Jewel Birdwell, Grant Birdwell, Paul Birdwell, Wayne Birdwell, and Bobby Birdwell.
She is survived by her son, Joe (Christy) Williams; three grandsons, Brad (Tiffany) Williams, Curtis (Joy) Williams, and Jason (Katie) Williams; seven great-grandchildren, Madelyn, Jordan, Aiden, Jeremiah, Kinley, Kooper, and River; brothers, David (Kay) Birdwell and Leonard Birdwell; sisters, Ruth Ricks, Helen Baggett, Marie Haley, and Lucille (Troy) Bell.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1PM Thursday, October 16th in the chapel of Austin & Bell Funeral Home in White House with Joe Williams and Bro. H D Jones officiating. Burial will follow in the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Joe Williams, Brad Williams, Curtis Williams, Jason Williams, Jordan Williams, Aiden Williams, Jeremiah Williams, and Daren Palmer.
Family will receive friends from 3PM to 8PM on Wednesday, October 15th and again at 10AM until the time of service at 1PM at the funeral home.
Austin & Bell Funeral Home in White House is in charge of these arrangements.
AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME-533 HIGHWAY 76 E, WHITE HOUSE, TN (615) 672-5000
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Goodlettsville, TN - Alma Birdwell Williams Owen, age 97 of Goodlettsville, passed away Saturday, October 11, 2025 at her home surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Owen was born June 17, 1928 in Simpson County, Kentucky to the late Delwin E. Birdwell and Lucille "Dixie" Prince Birdwell. She was born the second child in a family of 13
Published on October 14, 2025 in the Robertson County Connection
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