Clara Ellen (Camden) Denney Owens

Clara Ellen Denney Owens, 92, Bidwell, Ohio passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2021 in the Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. Clara was the daughter of the late Joseph and Margaret (Angel) Camden, born October 22, 1928 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. She owned and operated Lady Bug Floral in Bidwell until her retirement.

She married the late Paul Franklin Denney, Jr. August 11, 1950 and they were the parents of an only surviving daughter, Susan Jeanette Denney (Charles “Chief”) Cox, Bidwell, Ohio. The most important lesson Clara taught Susan was to know and love the Lord. When Clara was young, she along with her brothers and sisters would work with their parents in Stanley Plymale’s apple orchard.

Also surviving are her sisters, Ruth Phillips, Gallipolis, Ohio and Opal Caldwell, Bidwell, Ohio and brother, John Camden, Killeen, Texas; sisters-in-law, Milly George, Bidwell, Ohio and Dorothy Denney, Columbus, Ohio and brother-in-law, Donald Shupe, Sr., Bidwell, Ohio.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her brothers Jack Camden, Joe Camden, Jr., Paul “Bunk” Camden and Charles Camden; brothers and sisters-in-law: Joe Phillips, Leroy Caldwell, Billy George, Richard Denney, Virginia Denney, Wyman Denney, Donald Denney, Lois Denney, Harold Denney and Ruth Ann Shupe; fathers-in-law, Paul Denney, Sr. and Elmore Flowers and mother-in-law, Mary Moore Denney Flowers.

Private Graveside services will be conducted at the convenience of the family in the Vinton Memorial Park. There will be no visitation. The McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton Chapel, is honored to serve the Owens Family.

In lieu of floral arrangements, please consider a donation in Clara’s memory to The Alzheimer’s Dementia Foundation 644 Lynn Street # 1026 Cincinnati OH 45203

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