Joseph Delmar Shown

Joseph Delmar Shown, Sr., 92, formerly of Owensboro, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2010, at The Fellowship Home in Brooks County, Georgia. Delmar was born in Daviess County, Kentucky on July 25, 1918 to the late Frank and Beatrice Rhodes Shown. He served in the Army - Air Force during WWII. Delmar owned and operated Cafe Delmar for many years while raising a family in Owensboro. Delmar lived a full life crossing the paths of many. We like to think that the things he taught us while we had him will enable us to carry on and help others as we go. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 67 years, Anna Ruth Roach Shown; step-mother, Mamie Barnes Shown; brother, Rip; and sisters, Ebby, Dorothy Dean, Betty Jane and Tillie.

Survivors include his children, Suzanne Shown of Memphis, TN, Joe Shown (Karen) of Valdosta, GA, Steve Shown (Jackie) of Owensboro, Judy Grant of Austin, TX, Jane Miller of Conyers, GA, John Shown of Owensboro, and Rob Shown (Wynne) of Aransas Pass, TX; grandchildren, Tracy Nelms, Kaye Jaynes, Sara Corley, Ellen Carlo, Emily Somers, Nicole Shown, Demian Shown, Katy Grant, Blue Grant, Keely Wahl, Joey Miller, Rob Miller, Jake Shown, Amber Schexnider, Taylor Shown, and Haley Shown; 17 great-grandchildren; siblings, Mildred Duvall of Longview, TX, Martha Nell Shown and Doris Jones both of Owensboro.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday in the chapel of Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mater Dolorosa.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to the Fellowship Home, 470 Fellowship Lane, Valdosta, GA, 31602, Hospice of South Georgia, 2263 Pineview Drive, Valdosta, GA 31602, or a charity of ones choice.