MARGARET OWENS COSTNER
Margaret Owens Costner, 76, widow of Gary Costner, passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at her home.
Born on May 26, 1943, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Oris M. Owens Sr. and Leila Geddings Owens. She worked as a legal assistant for several law offices in the Sumter area. Margaret was a very kind, generous and loving person. She was always willing to help anyone she met. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Survivors include two daughters, Michelle Warner Bales (Shannon) and Shannon Warner Perry, both of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; six grandchildren, Austin Powell, Spence Powell, Ethan Powell, Jayden Bales, Courtney Swenson and Alex Perry; two great-grandchildren, Braelyn Perry and Oakleigh Swenson; a brother, O. Melvin Owens Jr. of Sumter; a sister, Linda O. McCoy of Columbia; her special dog, Elvis; several nieces and nephews; and her former husband and the father of her daughters, Merrill D. Warner.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Nancy Gregory, Mary Lee Robinson and Shirley Stanley.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dan Keaton officiating.
The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home.
Memorials may be made to Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 28 W. 44th St., Suite 609, New York, NY 10036 or to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908.
Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.