Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Pfc. Raymond, 1944 

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Pfc. Raymond 
Powell, 20, To Be 
Reburied Thurs. 
       *** 

  Pfc. Raymond Powell, 20*, who was killed in action in France during World 
War II on July 4, 1944, will be reburied Thursday, January 6, 1949 St. Luke's 
Memorial Cemetery at Benns Church following services at the Bullock Funeral 
Home near Smithfield at 2 P.M., conducted by the Rev. Victor Anthony 3rd of 
Benns Methodist Charge. [sic] 

  The deceased is survived by his mother Mrs. Frank Powell of Benns Church; 
four sisters, Mrs. Mildred D. Moore, Miss Emily Powell, Dorothy Jane Powell, 
all of Benns Church; Mrs. R.J. Hayes, Suffolk; three brothers, Jack N. Powell, 
Julius Powell of Benns Church and William J. Powell of Smithfield. 

  Powell attended school at Smithfield and was employed in the Norfolk Naval 
Shipyard when he entered the service, on August 23, 1943.  He received 
training at Camp Lee for six weeks and then at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma for three 
months, after which he was transferred to Camp Phillips, Kansas and sailed for 
England the latter part of Mrch, [sic] 1944, and was killed in the battle of 
Cherbough, France. 

  Active pallbearers will be Geo. Yeoman, Billy Lowe, Frank D. Latimer, Jr., 
Harvey Luter, Leonard Cox, Jr., Nelson Moody, Bud Martin and Bud Gill. 


PFC Raymond POWELL, 
KIA 4 Jul 1944, Cherbough, France, age 21*, 
re-interred in Saint Luke's Memorial Park*, Benns Church, 6 Jan 1949, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 31, No. 31, Jan. 5, 1949, p. 1, col. 6 

*Additional information: 

A typo on the cemetery list gives "Raymon."  His parents, 
   Frank L. and Norma M. POWELL, are buried there also. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #18: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

The application for his (flat, granite) marker is posted 
   with his Find a Grave Memorial (#151438511).  It gives 
   b. 1 Nov 1922, so d. age 21. 


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