Kate Chalk Powers Obituary - Bell County, TX

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Newspaper clipping is hand dated November 1936


Mrs. J.H. POWERS Dies Suddenly From Apoplexy-
Life Long Resident of Co. is Survived by a Son and Two Daughters-by M.W.S.- 
It was shock to relatives and friends in Belton, as well as those in other 
states, when Mrs. Kate Valeria CHALK POWERS passed away very suddenly 
Tuesday morning at 3:15 at the home of her daughter Mrs. Eugene FOREMAN of 
Belton. She had suffered with pectoris angina for some years and was 
seemingly no worse, when a stroke of apoplexy ended her life Tuesday. Her 
daughter, in an adjoining room heard her fall and rushed in, but she was 
gone without a word. Mrs. POWERS had lived all her life here and has hosts 
of friends who grieve at her passing. Kate Valeria CHALK POWERS was born in 
Belton, Texas, March 2, 1861, the seventh child of William Roscoe CHALK, an 
ordained Methodist Episcopal minister, who was born in North Carolina, and 
his wife, Frances BLACKBURN of Tennessee. The CHALKS came to Texas from 
Maury County, Tennessee and were pioneers in this state. Whitfield CHALK was 
a major in the Mexican War and was made a prisoner in the Mier Expedition. 
Kate Valeria CHALK POWERS was reared here and at the age of seventeen was 
married to John Henry POWERS, in Belton, March 12, 1879. Mr. POWERS was the 
son of pioneer family of this county. She joined the Baptist Church when a 
young girl and was a member all her life. Mrs. POWERS was also a Daughter of 
the American Revolution her membership being in San Antonio. She had four 
children, all born here. They are Mrs. E.W. FOREMAN, of Belton, Mrs. Nettie 
GOTT, of Houston, J.Thomas POWERS, of Los Angeles, California and a son Jimmie 
who died in infancy. Mr. POWERS, her husband, passed away here in 1921 and 
Mrs. POWERS remained a widow. Her only sister, Mrs. Dave EARNEST, resides in 
Matador, Texas. Her grandchildren are E.R. FOREMAN of Henderson; Mrs. G.V. 
HOGWOOD, Mrs. A.J. LOYD, Mrs. Katie Bell PAGE, B.E. GOTT all of Houston; J.H. 
FOREMAN and H.H. FOREMAN of Los Angeles, California; Mrs. Marguerite GOTT and 
G. L. GOTT of Stockton, California; T.Bruess POWERS of Pleasonton, California; 
Mrs. A. E. MATTHEWS of Austin; Mrs. J. E. GREEN of Burlington; Robert P. GOTT 
and W.R. GOTT of the United States Army; and G. A. GOTT, Jr., of Handley. 
Fourteen great-grandchildren also survive. The funeral will be held at the 
Eads Funeral Home Friday morning at 10 a.m. with services conducted by the 
Rev. A.D. ROGERS of the First Christian Church. Active pallbearers will be 
Byron HAMMERSMITH, A. E. WARREN, John BIGHAM. Edward HOGWOOD, Ed KIRCHNER 
and Ray SAVAGE. Honorary pallbearers will be friends of the family and the 
following out-of-town relatives and friends: Mrs. Minna SCOTT and Jim BOYD 
of Hyman; Mrs. ?. W. BEALL of Houston; Mrs. W.J. STONE of Austin; Mrs. Dave 
EARNEST of Matador; J. Tom POWERS and Mrs. Mattie DOW of Los Angeles, 
California; Mrs. Fannie McCORCLE of Killeen and Miss Elizabeth McCORCLE of 
Temple. Interment will be in the South Belton cemetery.