Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Thomas, 1959 

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Thomas Powell, 79, Buried Sunday St. Luke's Mem. Cem. 

  Thomas Powell, 79, died Friday afternoon, November 6, 1956 at his home at 
Smithfield after a long illness. 

  He was a retired farmer and a native of Isle of Wight County.  He was a 
member of the Smithfield Baptist Church and the Baraca Class of the church. 

  He was the son of Thomas and Mrs. Molly Jordan Powell. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Nellie Crumpler Powell; four daughters, Mrs. 
L.P. Eisenburg of Newport News, Mr. G.H. Winslow and Mrs. M.B. Carter, both 
of Norfolk; and Mrs. B.J. Smith of Smithfield; four sons, Morris E. Powell of 
Baltimore, Md.; Wilbur L. Powell and James P. Powell, both of Smithfield, and 
Tom Powell of Windsor; one brother, Willie C. Powell of Portsmouth; three 
sisters, Mrs. Ronnie Byrd of Baltimore; Mrs. Goldie Turner and Mrs. Virgie 
Hearn, both of Newport News; 28 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. 

  The body was taken from the Bullock Funeral Home to the Smithfield Baptist 
Church, Sunday at 1:30 P.M.  Services were conducted at 2:30 P.M. by the Rev. 
Warren F. Taylor, pastor.  Burial was in St. Luke's Memorial Cemetery, Isle 
of Wight County. 


Thomas POWELL, retired farmer, 
b. 15 Sep 1880, Isle of Wight Co., d. 6 Nov 1959, at home, near Smithfield, 
interred in St. Luke's Memorial Cemetery*, Benns Church, 8 Nov 1959, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 40, No. 46, Nov. 12, 1959, p. 1, col. 8 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #18: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 28848 (Newport #28). 


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