Ernest Owens

The fifth child, went to Panama in the early 1940s to work on the Panama Canal for several years. He returned to Jamaica in the late 1940s. Earnest soon became a driver at Shell Oil Company in Kingston. He worked there for many years. He later worked at National Baking Company as a sales representative.

He married Joyce Chin. They have six children, they are, Mazie, Veronica, Sharon, Carlton, Princess and Andrew.