Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  Luetta Elizabeth Powell

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The Hominy News - Progress
Vol. 30, No. 1
Wednesday, January 3, 2001
Page 5

Luetta Elizabeth Powell

Luetta Elizabeth "Etta" Powell, a former Cleveland and Osage, Oklahoma 
resident passed away December 25, 2000 at the age of 90 at her daughter 
Inez's home in Bixby, Oklahoma where she had lived the past six years.

She was born August 14, 1910 in Lutie, Missouri to Alfred Perry and 
Lucinda Taber Estes.  Luetta married Walter Raymond Powell Sr. in 
Pawhuska, Oklahoma January 17, 1936.  They made their home in the 
Wildhorse, Osage and Skiatook area.

She enjoyed gardening, quilting and embroidery and doing ceramics at the 
Cleveland Senior Citizens Center.

Luetta was preceded in death by her husband Raymond on May 19, 1972; both 
parents; and grandson jay Gordon.  Also, she was the last surviving 
sibling of three sisters; Josie Estes, Goldie Stice and Stella Powell; and 
three brothers, Frank, Wesley and Arlie "Buck" Estes.

Luetta is survived by her children; Georgia Gordon of Mannford, Oklahoma; 
Bobbie Hulet of Cleveland, Oklahoma; Monda and husband Coyote Johnson of 
Tulsa, Oklahoma; Bud Powell and Signe of Osage, Oklahoma; Inez Powell of 
Bixby, Oklahoma; and Leon and Carol Powell of Paris, Texas.

Also grandchildren Teresa Wilkins of Mannford, Oklahoma; Quinton Gordon of 
Mannford; Judy Pridgeon of Cleveland, Oklahoma; Jackie Dickey of Cleveland, 
Oklahoma; Brenda Bergin of Lawrenceberg, Tennessee; Mary Mays of Hominy, 
Oklahoma; Liz Harzman of Cleveland; Erin Powell of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Alan 
and Robbie Powell of Mannford, Oklahoma; Philip and Megan Powell of 
Mississippi; sixteen great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.  
Sister-in-laws and brother-in-laws surviving are Ida Mac Powell of 
Cleveland, Oklahoma; Sylvia and George Taylor of Ash Grove, Missouri; Guy 
Crane of Biloxi, Mississippi, Dora Dean and Gerald Stockon of Aledo, Texas; 
and numerous nieces and nephews along with her beloved pet Pomeranian 
"Little Bit."

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Francis 
Hospice in Tulsa, Oklahoma or the Cleveland Portable Meals in Cleveland.

Services will be held Thursday, December 28, 2000 in the Chapel of 
Chapman-Black Funeral Home with Pastor David head of Western Heights 
Baptist Church officiating the services under the direction of the 
Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Inc. of Cleveland, Oklahoma.
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