Sunday October 13th, 2024 8:15AM

Former First Baptist pastor dies

By by Ken Stanford
LEXINGTON, KY. - The funeral will be held Saturday in Lexington, Ky., for Dr. Franklin Owen, a former pastor of Gainesville's First Baptist Church on Green Street.

Dr. Owen had lived in Lexington since 1954, according to an obituary in the Lexington Herald-Leader. He moved there from Gainesville and served as pastor of Lexington's Calvary Baptist Church until 1972.

That's when he become Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, a position he held until his retirement in 1983.

Dr. Owen died Wednesday at the age of 93 following an extended illness.


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