OWENS, TEX
(1892–1962)
OWENS, TEX (b. Doye Hensley O., Killeen, Tex., June 15, 1892–September 9, 1962) Owens was a Western SINGER/SONGWRITER best known for penning Cattle Call, a hit for EDDY ARNOLD in the late 1940s and for LEANN RIMES in the mid-1990s. Owens was one of thirteen children raised on a small farm in Texas. (His younger sister, Ruby Agnes, would become well known as a cowgirl performer, TEXAS RUBY .) As a teenager he worked in a MINSTREL SHOW, and then held a number of jobs, including police officer…