South Carolina is set on Friday to execute Freddie Owens, who would become the first death row inmate to die at the hands of the state in 13 years, for killing a convenience store clerk during a 1997 robbery.

Irene Grainger Graves was 41 when she was killed on Halloween night robbery in 1997. Today her son Arte remembers her as a loving and fun mother.

Hours before execution, another court denies death row inmate’s requestFreddie OwensFreddie Owens, 46, is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. on Friday, September 20. He is expected to be the first death row inmate executed in South Carolina in more than 13 years.