Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, William R., 1958 

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William R. Powell Buried in Antioch 

  WALTERS - Funeral service for William Roland Powell, who died Thursday in 
Verona, N.J., were conducted at the graveside in Antioch Cemetery Tuesday at 
2:30 p.m. by the Rev. Edwin C. Thornton, pastor of Beaver Dam Baptist Church. 
Pallbearers were Eugene Robertson, Spurgeon Hatfield, Fleetwood Turner, Donnie 
Boykin, Ryland Duck and Olin Necessary. 


William Roland POWELL, R.R. express agency employee, 
b. 9 May 1912, Isle of Wight Co., d. 3 Apr 1958, Verona, NJ, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 8 Apr 1958, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 36, No. 84, Wed., Apr. 9, 1958, p. 2 

*Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104887694. 

His parents, James Matthew & Sarah Louise "Lou" (ROBERTSON) POWELL, 
   are also buried there. 

Occupation from WW-II draft card & 1940 Census - Newark, Essex Co., NJ. 


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