Bill Kirby Jr.: Verna Owen 'has grown lovelier with the years'
SPRING LAKE — Call it another milestone.Today, Verna Owen celebrates her 105th birthday.“She is doing well,” daughter Arlene Tibbetts says, “and we are planning a cake and ice cream party from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Spring Lake.”Ah, Spring Lake, where Owen lived 71 years, from 1933 to 2004.Owen was the 19-year-old wife of a Fort Bragg soldier when she was telling her husband, Arlis, that the military base […]
