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Dr. William Lawrence Owen III
CAMDEN - Funeral services for Dr. William Lawrence Owen, III, DMD, 60, will be held Thursday, October 9, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Camden. Rev. Bruce Hancock will officiate along with Pat and Nancy Wylie. The family will receive friends at the home of Dr. Owen following the service.

Dr. Owen died Tuesday, October 7, 2008. Born October 24, 1947, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, he was the son of the late William L. Owen Jr. and Nan Robertson Owen. He was a graduate of Camden High School Class of 1965 and a graduate of the University of S.C. in 1969 where he was a member of Chi Psi Fraternity and a Varsity cheerleader. Dr. Owen graduated from MUSC College of Dental Medicine in 1977, and had practiced dentistry in Kershaw County for over 30 years. Dr. Owen was a member of First Baptist Church of Camden where he served as a Sunday School teacher and deacon. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and a captain in the S.C. Air National Guard. Additionally, he was a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry; S.C. Dental Association editor; past president of the Pee Dee District Dental Society; S.C. Dental Association Board of Governors; delegate to S.C. Dental Association’s House of Delegates; and University of S.C. - College of Arts and Sciences Board of Advisors. Dr. Owen was a member of the S.C. Dental Forensic Task Force, the American Dental Association, Pee Dee District Dental Society, Kershaw County Dental Society, Columbia Northeast Implant Study Club, and Sumter Dental Club. He was also a member of the Elgin, SC, Town Council from 1979-1981, Kershaw County YMCA Board, Camden Zoning Board of Appeals, Historic Camden Revolutionary War Park Board, Camden Rotary Club, assistant scoutmaster Troop 238 Boy Scouts of America, Camden Community Concert Band, Five Points Wild Irish Band, Camden Community Theater and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce.

Surviving are his wife, Dr. Cathy Moss; daughters, Catherine Owen of Camden, and Virginia Owen of Camden; son, William L. “Will” Owen, IV of Charleston; sister, Jane O. Unsworth of Camden; niece, Nandy Byars of Charleston; nephews, William O. “Chip” Unsworth, IV of Camden, and M. Josh Unsworth of Lugoff. The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the Dr. William L. Owen, III Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o 1st Palmetto Bank of Camden, 407 DeKalb Street, Camden, SC 29020.

Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.

On-line condolences may be sent to the Owen family by visiting www.kornegayfuneral.com.