Isle of Wight-Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Saunders, M. Helen Powell, 2021 

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Mary Helen Powell Saunders 

  Mary Helen Powell Saunders, 93, passed away July 26, 2021.  She was born in 
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, the daughter of the late Mills Joseph Powell 
and Mary Lizzy Turner Powell.  She was predeceased by her daughter, Mary Alice 
Saunders and by 8 siblings.  Helen worked and trained students in the kitchen 
at the Zuni Presbyterian Training Center.  She was a member of Bethany 
Presbyterian Church where she actively served for many years. 

  Helen is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Tommy and Terry Saunders; 
grandchildren, Chris Saunders, Tobey Griffin (Tony), and Joe Saunders; great 
grandchildren, Ian, Tori, Lilly, and Bella; sister, Betty Sue Pippins (Roy); 
brothers, Charles Powell (Cheryl) and Ed Powell (Carolyn); and numerous nieces 
and nephews. 

  A Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 1 
p.m. at Bethany Presbyterian Church with Rev. Peter T. Atkinson officiating. 
Burial will be private at Antioch Church Cemetery. 


Mary Helen (POWELL; Mrs. Roy Junius) SAUNDERS, 
   retired Zuni Presbyterian Training Center worker, 
b. 3 Jun 1948, Isle of Wight Co., d. 26 Jul 2021, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 
donated obit 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

A photo of Helen - added by LLM - & the text of this obit are posted 
   with Find a Grave Memorial #230740858.  No grave photo. 

Died after cemetery visited (4 Feb - 3 Mar 2004): 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Her paternal grandparents, James Wellons & "Sallie" Sarah Elizabeth (CARR) 
   POWELL, are also buried there. 

Her widowed maternal grandmother, James Wellons & Susie Virginia (WEBB; 
   Mrs. Frank) TURNER, 2m. Mills Lucian ROBERTSON.  They are buried in 
   Mt. Carmel Christian Church Cemetery, Walters. 
   Mt. Carmel list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 
   {IWCHS GSSTF #61} 

Her ex-husband is buried in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   {IWCHS GSSTF report #55} 

Her parents are buried in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Holly Lawn list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 


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