Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Powell, B. F.  January 17 1909
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Cairo Messenger, January 29, 1909
The Passing Away of Mr. B. F. Powell
On Sunday night, the 17th, Mr. B. F. Powell, better known to all as Uncle Doc 
Powell, departed this life.  He was born in August, 1846, in that part of Grady 
county which was then Decatur county.

In early life he attached himself to the Methodist church and throughout his 
entire life he was a devout and faithful Christian.  He served the last year in 
the Confederate army and was a faithful soldier.

He married in his early manhood, Miss Emma Martin, daughter of the late Joshua 
Martin, one of the pioneer Baptist ministers of this section.  Mr. Powell had 
for many years been a member of the Masonic fraternity.   He was for years one 
of the leading merchants of Cairo and was admired for his firmness and rugged 
business honesty.  Perhaps in no other walk of life was Uncle Doc's influence 
for good so much felt as it was as a Sunday School teacher.   For more than 
thirty years he taught a class in the Methodist Sunday School, and his faithful 
and earnest teachings have long been felt in the hearts and lives of the member 
of his class and his good work will live on until the end of time.

In every walk of life he displayed those noble traits of character, that caused 
him to be recognized as a Christian gentleman by all who knew him.

His funeral was conducted by his pastor, Brother Towson, from the Methodist 
church, on Monday the 18th, at 3:30 p.m. assisted by Reverends J. B. Wight, W. 
C. Jones and Dr. R. H. Harris.

Dr. R. H. Harris, his intimate friend and life-long acquaintance, making the 
principal talk and delivering an appropriate eulogy on the manly character and 
Christian virtues of this good man.

One of the largest crowds every known to assemble at a funeral in Cairo, 
crowded the Methodist church to pay their last tribute to this departed friend, 
and the floral offerings were most beautiful and abundant.  At the close of the 
church services his remains were carried to the Cairo cemetery for interrment, 
followed by a large concourse of sorrowing friends.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Powell, one daughter, Mrs. C. E. Mauldin, 
six sons, Aden, Audrey, Frank, Martin, Eugene and Louis, and two sisters, Mrs. 
M. L. Wight of Cairo and Mrs. J. W. Arnold of Pelham, and numerous nephews, 
nieces and other relatives, who with a host of friends mourn his loss.    

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