San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Powell, Jolyn C. December 12 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Davis-Holman Cis1052@aol.com December 16, 2004, 2:39 pm The Record December 14, 2004 Stockton Jolyn C. Powell Aug. 19, 1929 - December 12, 2004 Mrs. Jolyn C. Powell of Stockton passed away Sunday December 12, 2004, in a Stockton hospital at the age of 75. Mrs. Powell was born August 19, 1929, in Slagle, Louisiana to Joseph and Thelma Chop. Mrs. Powell worked for the San Joaquin County Housing and Authority and had previously worked for the Tots "R" Us Pre-School in Stockton before retiring in 1988. She was a long time member of the First Church of God in Stockton. She enjoyed reading, sewing, knitting, crocheting and spending time with her family and friends. She will be best remembered as a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother. She will be dearly missed. She is survived by 2 sons, Timothy Powell of Gresham, Oregon and Gregory Powell of Stockton; 2 daughters, Barbara Lang of Lodi and Jill Tucker of Olivenhain, CA; 3 brothers, Tony Chop of Memphis, Tennessee, Bill Chop and Benny Chop of Oat Grove, LA; 2 sisters, Frieda Greason of Oat Grove, LA; and Janice Dukes of Jackson, Mississippi; 5 grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, United States Navy Chaplain Ltcdr. Rufus Clarence Powell, Jr. in 1978. A chapel service will be held Wednesday December 15, 2004, 10:00 a.m. at Lodi Funeral Home, followed by interment at the Cherokee Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday 12:00-8:00 p.m. at the Lodi Funeral Home, 725 S. Fairmont Ave., Lodi. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/gob3775powell.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb