Obituaries: T. J. Powers, Sabine Parish P-620 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 3, 1975 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** T. J. Powers T. J. Powers, 92, died Thursday, March 27, in a DeRidder hospital. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m., Friday, in the Cooper Baptist Church on Merryville highway, with the Rev. E. L. Read, and the Rev. James Watson officiating. Burial was in the Cooper Cemetery, under the direction of Beauregard Funeral Home. Survivors include seven daughters, Mrs. Mertie Hair, Mrs. Ethel Bennett, Mrs. Dorothy Lee Martin, and Mrs. Eva Craft, all of Merryville, Mrs. Gertie Thompson, and Mrs. Virginia Hair, both of Houston, Mrs. Audrey Gibbs of Hornbeck; one son, Thomas Vernon Powers of Merryville; 27 grandchildren, 50 great grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren.