Not another Doc Owens story:
The “Doc” Owens Farm Story
Burgess Owens remembers taking a summer off and visiting his father on the farm. He was an NFL player at the time, playing ten seasons for the New York Jets and Oakland Raiders, and spent the entire summer working with his father raising the crops – watermelon and corn, mostly. The area was experiencing a severe draught, so the younger Owens was tasked with getting irrigation piping from one field to the other.
After only a few weeks, Burgess couldn’t wait to get back to the big city. The country life wasn’t as glamorous as he had imagined. “It gave me a new appreciation of what farmers do,” he said.
Doc Owens died in 2012 at the age of 86, but his legacy lives on through what he inspired in
his own children, his 23 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren, plus untold numbers of FAMU students and youth he mentored through the housing complex. His
Doc Owens Farm, now on the market, is yet another legacy. We look forward to watching its new chapter unfold…
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who are his siblings, apparently he has several, but doesn't mention his father or his siblings.
Do you know who are his siblings?