Dude Ranch Party - Part 2 - Tex Owens

Doie Hensley "Tex" Owens (June 15, 1892 – September 9, 1962) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Tex Owens was born in Killeen, Texas. He was the son of Curcley Sly and Susan (Frances) Owens. He came from a large and musically talented family; one of his ten sisters, Ruby Agnes, also went on to country music fame as Texas Ruby. While he was still a teenager Owens performed in a traveling outfit, Cowdell's Wagon Show, which played throughout the Texas plains. Tex Owens and his wife, Maude, were married on June 16, 1916.


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