Chilhowie, Va. John 14:3 "And I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." Surrounded by her family, Annie Leona Owens, age 87, went home to spend eternity with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Born August 11, 1934 to the late Stonewall and Ellen Perkins. She grew up during the early years of the Great Depression. She told of many hardships suffered during the depression and WWII. She was very frugal wasting nothing and creating a new use for many ordinary items. She built a sprinkler system using empty 2-liter drink bottles for use in watering her flower garden. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Owens; three brothers, Thomas, Ernest, and Cecil Perkins; and one sister, Revonda Doughtery. Leona is survived by her son, Michael Henderson and wife Alma; daughters, Jewell Cardwell and husband Don, Nancy Clear and husband Bill; five grandchildren, David Cardwell, Mark Cardwell, Rebecca Blankenship, Steve Clear, and Will Clear; ten great grandchildren, Catherine Leona, Ashton, Kristen, Summer, Leigh Ellen, Sarah, Mattie, Abram, Garrett, and Mary Hannah, and; several nieces and nephews and a very special nephew, James Doughtery. In her later years, Leona's greatest joy came from spending time with her grandchildren and she talked endlessly of their accomplishments. She was an amazing gardener, growing and preserving food for her family. She cultivated many different types of flowers and loved animals of all kinds. She never met a stranger but saw God in all people. She enjoyed praising God with poems and stories she wrote. A graveside service will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Mount Rose Cemetery in Glade Spring, Va. with Pastor Nick Shortridge officiating. Everyone is asked to meet at the cemetery. Online condolences may be expressed at drhendersonfuneralhome.com. The D.R. Henderson Funeral Home is honored to be serving the Annie Leona Owens family.