Nansemond County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Matilda Tripple, 1951 

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Rites Tomorrow For Mrs. Powell 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Matilda (Tilly) Tripple Powell, 88, will be 
conducted at the I.O. Hill Funeral Home tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock by 
the Rev. Duane N. Vore. 

  Mrs. Powell died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.O. Bradshaw, 218 
Chestnut Street, yesterday morning after a long illness.  She was widow of 
Richard Henry Powell, of this city, and daughter of the late Charles J. and 
Elizabeth Williams Tripple, of Norfolk. 

  Besides the daughter with whom she made her home, she is survived by two 
sons, Grady E. Powell, of Pocomoke City, Md., and Edwin B. Davis, of Norfolk; 
seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. 

  A member of Suffolk Christian Church, she was a charter member of the 
Woman's Missionary Society of that church. 

  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


Matilda "Tilly" (TRIPPLE DAVIS; Mrs. Richard Henry) POWELL, 
b. 2 Oct 1863, Norfolk, d. 16 Dec 1951, at daughter's home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block O, Lot 8*), Suffolk, 18 Dec 1951, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 29, No. 297, Mon., Dec. 17, 1951, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #128718701. 

D.Cert. 27498 (Suffolk #406) 

Her father (b. circa 1840 Germany) was a Confederate veteran, 
   having served in the 38th VA Infantry. 

She 1m. William B. DAVIS, 26 Jan 1883 in Norfolk. 

She & Richard m. 16 Aug 1893 in Suffolk. 


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