Nansemond County-Chesapeake City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Staley B. Sr., 1969 

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STALEY B. POWELL SR. 

  CHESAPEAKE - Staley B. Powell, Sr., 83, of 200 Lenore Trail, Red Oak Colony, 
died in a Norfolk hospital Thursday at 1 a.m.  He was the husband of the late 
Mrs. Theo Smith Powell. 

  A native of Nansemond County, he lived in this area all his life.  He was a 
son of Jethro and Mrs. Sarah Smith Powell. 

  He was retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard and formerly was superintendent 
of Washington District Mosquito Control Commission. 

  He was a member of Bethlehem Christian Church, Suffolk, Woodmen of the 
World, and Machinists Local of Portsmouth. 

  Surviving are a son, Stanley B. Powell Jr., a grandson, Stanley B. Powell 
III, and granddaughter, Mrs. Joyce P. Tillett, all of Chesapeake; and two 
great grandchildren. 

  The body was taken to Francis A. Gay Funeral Home. 

  A funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Bethlehem Christian 
Church, Suffolk, by the Rev. Carroll Lewis, Dr. R.E. Brittle, and the Rev. 
Arthur Seabury.  Burial will be in Bethlehem Church cemetery. 

  The body will be taken to the church one hour prior to service. 


Staley Beal POWELL, Sr., of Chesapeake, retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 
b. 23 Feb 1886, Nansemond Co., d. 18 Sep 1969, Norfolk, 
interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery (Lot 137*), 20 Sep 1969, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 47, No. 225, Fri., Sep. 19, 1969, p. 5 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Starr - is posted with Find a Grave 
   Memorial #95736516. 

D.Cert. 69-026099 gives son of Jethro & Sarah (SMITH) POWELL. 


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