Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....POWELL, JESS W. September 2, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown ancestry_helper@yahoo.com October 5, 2008, 4:05 am News Star World - Oct 5, 2005 JESS W. "BILL" POWELL Brown-Holley Funeral Home Rayville, LA Graveside services for Jess W. "Bill" Powell, 85, of Monroe, LA will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at Mulhearn Memorial Park in Monroe with Bro. William L. Smith officiating, under the direction of Brown-Holley Funeral Home in Rayville. Mr. Powell was born on April 11, 1923 in Uriah, AL and passed away on Thursday, October 2, 2008. Mr. Powell was a U.S. Navy Veteran and member of Lakeshore Baptist Church in Monroe. He was a retired plumbing contractor presently employed at Shaw Group as a security guard. Survivors include his wife, Gloria Elizabeth Powell of Monroe; daughter, Joyce Powell Ellis and husband, Carey of Rayville; son, Billy Powell and wife, Jean of Monroe; 4-grandchildren, Eric Powell and wife, Joann of West Monroe, Jessica Clack and husband, Ben of Rayville, Justin Powell of Monroe, and James Ellis of Rayville; 3-great grandchildren, Tate Powell, Michael Clack, and Ann Clack; sister, Annie Dee Pitts of Richmond, TX; very close friend, Viola Martinez of Rayville. Pallbearers will be Mickel Deville, Wade Darnell, Gable Heard, David Bird, and Robert Whitfield. Visitation will be 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Monday at Brown-Holley Funeral Home in Rayville. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/p/powell2023gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb