Obit of Powell, Helen June (p400) - Bryan County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 27 Oct 2004 Return to Bryan County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/bryan/bryan.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Durant Daily Democrat - 14 Oct 2004 Helen June (Draper) Powell, 74, passed away Oct. 11, 2004, at the Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma. She was born May 1, 1930, in Caddo to Ora Blaine Draper and Dessie Phoebe (Stonebarger) Draper. She married Charles Lewis Powell Sept. 6, 1956, in Durant. Of that union were born four children. Surviving is her husband and her children Anthony Farris Powell and wife Dina, St. Louis, Mo., Charlotte Jo Paddock, Calera, Sgt. Major Jeffery Phillip Powell and wife Linda, Ft. Sill, and Darrell Lewis Powell and Krista, Dallas, Texas. She is also survived by sisters Bettie Owens and husband Bill, Durant, and Lynda Ruth Meadville and husband Jack, Sherman, Texas; brother O.B. Draper, Durant; 10 grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. She had the toughest job in the Army, that of an Army wife. She traveled the world following her husband and Uncle Sam. No services are planned at her request. In lieu of sending flowers, the family requests donations to the March of Dimes, Muscular Dystrophy Association or the charity of your choice. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Bryan County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/bryan/bryan.htm