Mrs. Christine B. Lively Owens, age 86, of Summerville, GA died Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at her residence.

Mrs. Owens was born November 30, 1928 in Henegar, AL, the daughter of the late Odes Brooks and Lula James Brooks.  She was retired from Mt. Vernon Mills.  Mrs. Owens was a member of the East Trion Church of God and the Quarter Century Club.  Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Emmett J. Lively; second husband, Walter Owens; sister, Ida Mae Brooks Parton; brothers, Odes Doffis Brooks and Clarence Eugene Brooks; and a special friend, Grace Blackmon.

Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Andy and Becky Lively, Sammy Lively and Tina Gray; brother, Lester R. Brooks; sisters, Arlene Crabtree, Betty J. Duckett, and Sonni Brooks; special sister, Monnie Stoker; grandchildren, James Brown, Chris and Laura Lively, and Christy Lively; great grandchildren, Jaden Lively, Zoei Brown, Roman Lively, Madison Pharr, Madalyn Hale, and Wyatt Tucker; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Mason Funeral Home Chapel, with Chaplain Dwight Wilson officiating.  Burial will follow in West Hill Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be Randy Brooks, Andy Ray, Billy Parton, Tony Brooks, Logan Crabtree, Chris Lively, James Brown, and J. B. Trammell.

Mrs. Owens will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 12:00 noon until the service hour on Thursday.

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