Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, William Walter September 26, 1939 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand https://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 March 29, 2013, 8:26 pm The Virginian Pilot & Norfolk Landmark Wednesday September 27, 1939 William Walter Powell, aged 83, for many years a well known building contractor, died at the residence of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Dawley, 2914 Victoria avenue, Chesterfield Heights, yesterday morning at 1:45 o'clock, after an illness of three weeks. He was a native and lifelong resident of Norfolk and was the son of Henry and Louise Blake Powell. Mr. Powell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Georgianna Powell, three daughters, Mrs. Dawley and Mrs. J.C. Hunt of Norfolk, and Mrs. N.C. Turner, of Lynchburg; one son, E.B. Powell, of Alexandria; one sister, Mrs. Virginia Murphy, Norfolk and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at the Cox Funeral Home, 631 Westover avenue, corner Manteo street, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock The Rev. Frank H. Scattergood, pastor of the Park Avenue Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. Broadus E. Jones, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the family plot in Elmwood Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/p/powell1495gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb