Tyler Businessman Louis Owen Dies
Posted/updated on: July 29, 2016 at 12:00 pm
TYLER – Funeral services are pending today for Tyler businessman and philanthropist Louis Owen. Owen, who was 81, died early Thursday morning at Hospice of East Texas. In 2010, to celebrate their 55 wedding anniversary, Owen and his wife, Peaches, donated $18 million dollars to CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler to help build a “state of the art” heart hospital. The heart hospital bears their names. In 2008, the Owen Family Foundation pledged $110,000 to establish the first chemistry scholarship at The University of Texas at Tyler.
