Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, George C. Jr., 1982 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ GEORGE CLEVELAND POWELL JR. IVOR - A funeral service for George Cleveland Powell Jr., 65, was held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, by the Revs. James A. Tongue and L.P. Bland. Burial was in Ivor Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Joe Epps, Harvel Bailey, John T. Faircloth Jr., Julian Felts, D.W. Decoster, Robert Soulli, J.J. Bradshaw, A. Meredith Felts and J. Marvin Harver. Powell died Thursday in a hospital. A lifelong resident of Ivor, he was the husband of Christelle Price Powell. He was a member of Ivor United Methodist Church and its administrative board, Ivor Community Hunt Club and Woodmen of the World and was charter member of the Ivor Rescue Squad and Ivor Fire Department. Other survivors include two daughters, Ruth P. Saunders of Carrsville and Virginia P. Britt of Ivor; a son, George C. Powell III of Ivor; a sister, Mary Nannie Powell of Ivor; six grandchildren and two great-granddaughters. Memorial donations may be made to the Ivor United Methodist Church memorial fund or to the Ivor Rescue Squad. George Cleveland POWELL, Jr., lifelong resident of Ivor, d. 15 Apr 1982, Suffolk, age 65, interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 17 Apr 1982, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 19, 1982, p. 6 *His parents are also buried there. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Ivor list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," May 8, 1968, p. 3) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p400e1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p400g6ob.txt