Cotton was the only child of Jim and Jodie Bradford Owens. He grew up in the Crowell/Margaret area and attended Crowell schools.
He served in the US Army in World War II and although I never heard him share any stories, my Dad said that Cotton saw the horrors that comes with being in the trenches.
Cotton never saw a stranger and it was impossible to not like him. The minister officiating at his funeral summed him up nicely in one brief sentence when he said that Cotton was "an extrovert extraordinaire". He was quick witted but also very kind. He was one of the most special people that I ever had the privilege to know.
My brother and I always called him Uncle Cotton and didn't realize until we got old enough to question how he could be our Uncle when he wasn't a brother to Mom or Dad. Mom said he announced at our birth that he was to be our Uncle and that he always was. This world would be a better place if everyone could be lucky enough to have an Uncle Cotton.
Rest in peace, I love and miss you.
He served in the US Army in World War II and although I never heard him share any stories, my Dad said that Cotton saw the horrors that comes with being in the trenches.
Cotton never saw a stranger and it was impossible to not like him. The minister officiating at his funeral summed him up nicely in one brief sentence when he said that Cotton was "an extrovert extraordinaire". He was quick witted but also very kind. He was one of the most special people that I ever had the privilege to know.
My brother and I always called him Uncle Cotton and didn't realize until we got old enough to question how he could be our Uncle when he wasn't a brother to Mom or Dad. Mom said he announced at our birth that he was to be our Uncle and that he always was. This world would be a better place if everyone could be lucky enough to have an Uncle Cotton.
Rest in peace, I love and miss you.
Cotton was the only child of Jim and Jodie Bradford Owens. He grew up in the Crowell/Margaret area and attended Crowell schools.
He served in the US Army in World War II and although I never heard him share any stories, my Dad said that Cotton saw the horrors that comes with being in the trenches.
Cotton never saw a stranger and it was impossible to not like him. The minister officiating at his funeral summed him up nicely in one brief sentence when he said that Cotton was "an extrovert extraordinaire". He was quick witted but also very kind. He was one of the most special people that I ever had the privilege to know.
My brother and I always called him Uncle Cotton and didn't realize until we got old enough to question how he could be our Uncle when he wasn't a brother to Mom or Dad. Mom said he announced at our birth that he was to be our Uncle and that he always was. This world would be a better place if everyone could be lucky enough to have an Uncle Cotton.
Rest in peace, I love and miss you.
He served in the US Army in World War II and although I never heard him share any stories, my Dad said that Cotton saw the horrors that comes with being in the trenches.
Cotton never saw a stranger and it was impossible to not like him. The minister officiating at his funeral summed him up nicely in one brief sentence when he said that Cotton was "an extrovert extraordinaire". He was quick witted but also very kind. He was one of the most special people that I ever had the privilege to know.
My brother and I always called him Uncle Cotton and didn't realize until we got old enough to question how he could be our Uncle when he wasn't a brother to Mom or Dad. Mom said he announced at our birth that he was to be our Uncle and that he always was. This world would be a better place if everyone could be lucky enough to have an Uncle Cotton.
Rest in peace, I love and miss you.
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