mum saw this on a local Tennessee page and just said "73, imagine a whole life in one town"
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Charles Campbell Owen Sr. was a lifelong resident of Bethpage, Tennessee, a small community in Sumner County, where he was known to family, friends, and neighbors rather than to a national audience. He was born on July 19, 1953, to James and Helen Owen, and he spent his seventy three…
Charles Campbell Owen Sr. was a lifelong resident of Bethpage, Tennessee, a small community in Sumner County, where he was known to family, friends, and neighbors rather than to a national audience. He was born on July 19, 1953, to James and Helen Owen, and he spent his seventy three years rooted in the Bethpage and Westmoreland area of middle Tennessee. Public reporting on his life is limited to the funeral notice issued by his family through Sellars Family Heritage at Gallatin, which is the only account currently available of his death and survivors.
Owen was a husband, father, grandfather, and brother. He was predeceased by his wife, Margaret Owen, as well as by his parents and by his brothers Ricky Owen and Randy Skinner. He is survived by his three children, J.R. Owen of Bethpage, Mark Anthony Owen of Kentucky, and Tabatha Lessmann of Castalian Springs, Tennessee, along with grandchildren and his brother James Owen of Mount Juliet. No public record describes his occupation, military service, or community activities, and nothing in the published obituary points to any wider public role or recognition beyond his family and local circle.
For readers arriving at this page, it is important to be plain about what is and is not known. There is no Wikipedia article about Charles Campbell Owen Sr. and no biography in the public record beyond the funeral home announcement. This page therefore focuses on confirming the essential facts of his life and death rather than offering a wider account of a public career, because no such public career has been documented.
Charles Campbell Owen Sr. died on November 6, 2026, at the age of 73. The announcement came from his family through the obituary published by Sellars Family Heritage at Gallatin, the funeral home handling his arrangements. No cause of death has been made public. His family has scheduled a visitation and funeral service in Gallatin, Tennessee, with burial to follow at New Hope Cemetery.
The tributes that have surfaced so far are private and familial in nature, consistent with a man whose life centered on home and kin rather than public achievement. This page will be updated if further verified information about his life and death becomes available.
Biography adapted from News reports and the sources cited on this page; death reported by Legacy | Obituary.

same, that stuck with me too