Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, John Richard March 13, 1909
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Virginian Pilot March 14, 1909

POWELL - At the residence, No. 117 North Marshall Avenue, Saturday, March 13, 
1909, at 11:45 o'clock a.m., JOHN R. POWELL, in the 74th year of his age.
Funeral services from the residence THIS (Sunday) AFTERNOON at 3:30 o'clock. 
Friends of the family are invited to attend.
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John R. Powell died at his home, 117 North Marshall Avenue, yesterday morning. 
The deceased was a native of North Carolina, but had been a resident of Norfolk 
for quite a number of years. He was at one time connected with the firm of 
Barham and Pollard, who conducted business on Roanoke Dock. He was well known 
from his long association in produce commission business of Norfolk and was held 
in high esteem in the community.  Mr. Powell was a Confederate veteran, and 
followed the fortunes of General Lee throughout the war. He is survived by a 
widow, two daughters, and two sons. He was a member of Pickett-Buchanan Camp 
Confederate Veterans, which will attend his funeral, which takes place from his 
late residence at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
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The funeral of the late John R. Powell, who died at his home, 117 North Marshall 
Avenue, Brambleton, Saturday in the 74th year of his age, was held from the 
family residence Sunday afternoon and was numerously attended, including 
Pickett-Buchanan Camp of Confederate Veterans, of which the deceased was a 
member. The service was conducted by Rev. A.J. Fristoe, D.D., of the Park Avenue 
Baptist Church. The interment was in Elmwood Cemetery and the pallbearers were 
as follows: B.G. Pollard, Howard Williams, J.T. Wood, Dennis Etheridge, Ludlow 
Watkins and John Cahill.  He leaves a widow and five children - Mrs. Rosa 
Constable, of Mount Washington, Va., W.C. Powell, Julian Powell, Paul Powell and 
Mrs. J.M. Gwaltney, of Norfolk.

Virginian Pilot March 16, 1909

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