Obit: William E. Powdrill Jr., Caddo Par., Louisiana
Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker
Date: Feb. 1999
Source: Shreveport Times Monday, Nov. 2, 1998 issue:



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WILLIAM E. POWDRILL, JR.

Funeal services for Mr. William "Bill" E. Powdrill, Jr., 75, will be 
held at 11 a.m., Monday, Nov. 2, 1998 at Broadmoor United Methodist 
Church in Shreveport, LA  Officiating will be Rev. William Peeples, 
pastor of Broadmoor United Methodist Church of Shreveport.  Assisting 
will be Rev. Benedict Galloway, retired pastor of Broadmoor United 
Methodist Church.

Visitation will be 4 p.m. until 6 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 1, 1998 at Walton 
Cemetery, Carthage, TX.

Bill died at his home Thursday, Oct. 29, 1998 after a courageous battle 
with cancer.  Bill was born in Shreveport, LA, but moved to Minden, LA 
at an early age and graduated from high school there.  He entered the U. 
S. Army in 1943 and served during WWII in the Americal Division in the 
Marshall Islands and Tokyo, Japan.  Following his Army discharge in 
1946, he returned to Shreveport and went to work for KCS Railroad as a 
locomotive engineer.  After 28 years of service with KCS he retired due 
to ill health.  He was a mason, an avid sports fan and fisherman.  Bill 
was a longtime member of Broadmoor United Methodist Church and the 
Fellowship Sunday School Class. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Powdrill, 
Sr. ofMinden, LA, his sister, Artie Day of Minden, LA and his brothers, 
O. V. Powdrill of Minden, LA and Timothy Powdrill of Pineville, LA.

Survivors include his devoted wife of 51 years, Ouida Steger Powdrill; 
his son, William E. Powdrill, III and his wife, Karen; three loving 
granddaughters, Melissa, Meagan and Michelle Powdrill all of Shreveport, 
LA; one sister Juanita Mims of Metairie, AL; his nieces Sherry Mims 
Banks, Linda Powdrill, Judy Powdrill and Sarah Day; his nephews, Barry 
Mims, Jerry Powdrill and Geary Powdrill; and numerous other relatives.

Pallbearers will be Jim Cross of Shreveport, LA, Marvin Higginbotham of 
Ruston, LA, Archie Epes of Shreveport, LA, Jimmy Wallace of Shreveport, 
LA, Barry Mims of Mandeville, LA, Jerry Powdrill of West Monroe, LA.  
Honorary pallbearers will be former members of the Fellowship Sunday 
School Class at Broadmoor United Methodis Church.