Personal Information

• Businessman
• Residing in Easley
• Born 1951 in Pickens
• Son of Fred William and Lillian Parsons Owens
• University of South Carolina, B.A., 1973
• Married to Lynn Catherine Southerland, 2 children, Lori Jill and Kathryn Diana
• Board member, Pickens County YMCA, 1995-05, CVO, 1997-98, 2007-08, 2011
• First Union/Wachovia Bank Upstate Advisory Board, 1998-02
• Carolina First Bank Advisory Board, 2002-2007
• Member, Greater Easley Chamber of Commerce, 1993-, Chairman, 1994, 2001-04
• Pickens County Salvation Army Board, 1995-98
• Easley Economic Development Corporation, 1997-00
• Pickens County Manufacturers Association, 1996-97
• YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly, 2000-02
• Palmetto Baptist Medical Center Foundation, Board member, 1999-02, 2008-09
• Rotarian
• National Co-Chaiman, Leadership for Healthy Communities, 2010-11
• NCPSO Policy Maker Advisory Board, 2010
• Member, NCSL Education Committee
• Member, St. Andrews United Methodist Church, Finance Committee, 2011