Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Paul J., 1930 

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PAUL JONES POWELL

ILLNESS FATAL TO P.J. POWELL

SERVICES FOR COUNTY COURT CLERK WILL BE HELD SATURDAY

   Suffolk, Va., Sept 12 - Funeral services of Paul J. Powell, clerk of 
Nansemond county and one of the most popular and beloved residents of this 
section, who died yesterday at his home near Myrtle, will be held at Western 
Branch Baptist Church tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o’clock and will be conducted 
by Rev. J. Sidney Cobb, assisted by Rev. E.T. Clarke and Rev. A.W.H. Jones.

   Mr. Powell, who was 54 years of age, had been in ill health for several 
months and had been under treatment in Richmond, but failing to respond had 
returned to his home in Nansemond County, leaving his son, John Henry Powell, 
as acting county clerk.

   He was prominent in political, social and church circles in the county and 
held office as secretary of the Nansemond County Democratic executive committee, 
as commissioner of revenue for Nansemond County for 12 years and superintendent 
of the Department of Agriculture of the Four County Fair for eight years.

   Mr. Powell was a member of Chuckatuck Lodge, A.F. and A.M., and was a deacon 
in Western Branch Baptist Church, treasurer of the church and teacher in the 
Sunday School.

   His genial manner and uniform courtesy and kindness to everyone with whom he 
came in contact made friends for him in every walk in life.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sallie Simons Powell; a son, John Henry Powell; 
a daughter, Miss Margaret Powell; one sister, Mrs. Sallie Johnson, of 
Portsmouth; three brothers, John H. Powell, of Myrtle, and Robert J. and E. 
Allen Powell, of Newport News.

   He was son of the H.J. and Sarah Powell and was born in Isle of Wight County, 
but spent practically all of his life in Nansemond.

   Burial will be in the church cemetery.


[Paul Jones POWELL, b. Isle of Wight Co., d. 11 Sep 1930, near Myrtle, age 54, 
 interred in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery, 13 Sep 1930, 
 donated obit, newspaper unknown, dateline Sep. 12, 1930] 

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