Committee Assignments:

  Education and Public Works, Chm.

Occupation: Businessman

Biography:OWENS, Phillip Drayton [R]--(Dist. No. 5, Pickens Co.)--Businessman; residing in Easley; b. 1951 in Pickens; s. Fred William and Lillian Parsons Owens; g. Univ. of S.C., B.A., 1973; m. Lynn Catherine Southerland, 2 children, Lori Jill and Kathryn Diana; Bd. mem., Pickens Co. YMCA, 1995-05, Pres., 1997-98, 2007-; First Union/Wachovia Bank Upstate Adv. Bd., 1998-02; Carolina First Bank Adv. Bd., 2002-2007; mem.: Greater Easley Chamber of Commerce, 1993-98, Chm., 1994, 2001-04; Pickens Co. Salvation Army Bd., 1995-98; Easley Econ. Dev. Corp., 1997-00; Pickens Co. Manufacturers Assn., 1996-97; YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly, 2000-02; Palmetto Baptist Med. Center Foundation, Bd. mem., 1999-02, 2008-; Rotarian; mem., St. Andrews United Methodist Church; prev. serv. in House July 2, 2002-08.

Biography current as of      June 18, 2009