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Franklin Owens, aged 88, passed away on October 12, 2023 at The
Arbors of Gulf Breeze, where he had resided since 2018. Tom was
born on August 27, 1935, in Montgomery, AL to Wade Thomas Owens
and Mae Katherine Hamrick. Growing up in Montgomery, he played
baseball, loved motorcycles, and even dabbled in amateur boxing.
He graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in 1953, and
continued his education at Auburn, officially called Alabama
Polytechnic Institute at the time. After graduating from Auburn
in 1957 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, Tom went to work at
Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL for the Thiokol Chemical
Corporation, and in November of that year he married the love of
his life Shirley Inez Hatcher at Highland Avenue Baptist Church
in Montgomery. In early 1958, he took a leave of absence from
Thiokol to spend 3 years as a navigator in the U.S. Air Force.
While in the service, Tom and Shirley were stationed at various
USAF bases, including Tampa, FL and Waco, TX where they welcomed
their son Tom into the world in 1958. During their Air Force
years, they also became avid bridge players and remained so for
many years. After his honorable discharge, Tom and family
returned to Huntsville where he resumed his career with Thiokol,
and where daughter Ann was born in 1961. Tom continued to work
for Thiokol, progressing up the company ladder to eventually
lead an engineering team that designed multiple products,
including most notably the first stage rocket motor for the
"Hellfire" missile which is still in use today by the US Armed
Forces. During his life in Huntsville, he enjoyed golfing,
tennis, bowling leagues, supporting and coaching youth sports,
and the annual family vacations to Panama City, FL. After
retiring in 1995, Tom and Shirley moved to Cobb County, outside
of Atlanta, GA to be near Tom, Ann, and their families. He was
the most loving and dedicated husband imaginable over the next
several years, focusing his life on the care of Shirley after
she developed early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Tom remained in
Georgia for a few more years after Shirley passed, then moved to
Gulf Breeze, FL in 2018 to once again be near his son and
daughter. Though his health was declining during his time in
Gulf Breeze, he never lost his sense of humor: when asked by the
family if he needed anything when they returned for the next
visit, his typical answer was "a bucket of money!"<br>
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Tom was preceded in death by his father and mother, and by his
loving wife of 55 years, Shirley. He is survived by his son Tom
(Gigi) Owens and daughter Ann Owens (Mark) Kirby of Gulf Breeze,
FL, along with his grandchildren Ashley (Phillip) Butler,
Lindsay (Peter) Heldt, Kyle (Ashleigh) Kirby, Drew Kirby, Laura
Kirby and great-grandchildren Henley Butler, Reagan Butler, and
Avery Heldt.<br>
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The family will hold a private memorial service in Georgia,
where Tom's ashes will be interred beside Shirley. The family
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