Black Mountain, North Carolina
Anne Shackelford Ownbey
1934 — 2023
By the grace of God and the power of Jesus' blood, Anne Ownbey, 88, left this world behind to be present with Christ on Sunday May 28, 2023. It will come as no surprise to anyone who knew her, mama left explicit instructions for what to do after she went home. Two of those probably have more wisdom in them than she may have known at the time, or maybe she did: "don't do anything fancy" and "don't rent a limo, use your own cars." She also warned us to be careful of unsavory folks who use obituaries to scam people. So, to honor that advice, this probably won't go quite the way you are used to. Mama was born to Bessie and William Shackelford in Charleston S.C. quite a while ago. She was the...