Owsley

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The residents of Owsley County, Kentucky, have a typical lifespan almost 10 years below the American average.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

A friend, Brentney Owsley, wrote on Facebook: "You were just starting to live….The best mom, the best friend, the best grandma, the best listener."

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2023

Born Augustus Owsley Stanley III in Kentucky on Jan. 19, 1935, he was the grandson of a Kentucky governor and son of a naval commander.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2022

Lynch was arrested Thursday by an Owsley County sheriff’s deputy and booked into the Three Forks Regional Jail in Lee County, the statement said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2021

Owsley went on oiling—making the round slowly, carefully, head and shoulders hidden completely at times as he leaned in over the rod, poking at the motion-gear.

From The Night Operator by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)