Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Pvt. Otis G., 1944 

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OTIS G. POWELL KILLED IN ACTION 

Memorial Service To Be Tomorrow 

  Private Otis G. Powell, 22 years of age, was killed in action in France on 
June 16, according to a telegram from the War Department received by his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Powell, of Pitchkettle Road, yesterday.  The 
family had not heard from him since the invasion began and had feared that he 
might be a casualty.  He had only recently been transferred from the infantry 
to a paratrooper unit. 

  A graduate of Chuckatuck High School, he had been employed at the Bickford 
and Tadlock service station before entering the service 22 months ago.  He had 
been overseas ten months, serving first in Ireland, then in England before the 
invasion.  He was active member of Bethlehem Christian Church and the Sunday 
School and was recognized generally as an exceptional young man.  He was a 
member of the Knights of Pythias. 

  In addition to his parents he leaves one brother, Corporal Taylor Powell, 
now serving in France; a sister, Miss Mary Sue Powell, at home, and a number 
of uncles and aunts. 

  A memorial service will be conducted by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor, at 
Bethlehem Christian Church at 4 p.m. tomorrow. 


Pvt. Otis Gordon POWELL, US Army, 
b. 19 Sep 1921, Nansemond Co., KIA 16 Jun 1944, France, 
memorial service Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery*, 19 Jul 1944, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 22, No. 100, Tues., July 18, 1944, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

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

His parents & maternal grandparents H. Tazewell & M.E. "Dora" (MONELL) TAYLOR 
   are also buried there. 

Photos of his gravestones - added by Starr - are posted with Find a Grave 
   Memorial #95736424. 

His paternal grandparents B.F. & Mary R. (ASHBURN) POWELL are buried in an 
   OLIVER family cemetery on Pitchkettle Rd. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (NV-III-3), 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol3.txt 

His mother's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Apr. 27, 1971, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/p400s6ob.txt 


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