Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, John E., 1969 

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JOHN E. POWELL 

  FRANKLIN - John Elstin Powell, 74, died Sunday in a hospital. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, he was a son of James W. and Mrs. Sarah 
Elizabeth Carr Powell and the husband of Mrs. Lucy Nelms Powell. 

  He was a retired night watchman of St. Regis Paper Co., Franklin. 

  He was a member of High Street Methodist Church.  He was a World War I 
veteran. 

  Besides his widow, surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Woodrow Cobb of 
Sedley, Mrs. Edward Story of Suffolk, Mrs. Alex Vargo and Mrs. Hazel Vick 
of Franklin; a brother, Joseph Powell of Zuni; 14 grandchildren; and two 
great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons 
Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert D. Fridley.  Burial will be in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery. 

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JOHN ELSTIN POWELL

   A funeral service for John Elstin Powell was conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. 
in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert D. Fridley of High 
Street United Methodist Church.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were C.M. Frampton, Russell Gayle, Larry Story, James Surace, 
Dr. H.L. Gardner, George Heegepeth, C.H. Doughtrey, Roland Whitehead and R. 
Edward Story.

   Powell, 74, died Sunday in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

   A native of Isle of Wight County, he was a son of James W. and Mrs. Sarah 
Elizabeth Carr Powell and the husband of Mrs. Lucy Nelms Powell.

   He was a retired night watchman of St. Regis Paper Co., Franklin.

   He was a member of High Street United Methodist Church.  He was a World 
War I veteran.

   Besides his widow, surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Woodrow Cobb of 
Sedley, Mrs. Edward Story of Suffolk, Mrs. Alex Vargo and Mrs. Hazel Vick of 
Franklin; a brother, Joseph Powell of Zuni; 14 grandchildren; and two great-
grandchildren.


John Elstin POWELL, retired night St. Regis watchman, Army veteran of WW-I, 
b. 19 Feb 1894, Isle of Wight Co., d. 5 Jan 1969, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section A, Plot 15B*), Franklin, 
   7 Jan 1969, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 47, No. 5, Mon., Jan. 6, 1969, p. 8, col. 2; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 9, 1969, p. 7 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

His in-laws, Wm. Joseph "Jodie" & Annie Maud (VAUGHAN) NELMS, are buried in 
   Antioch Christian Church Cemetery. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His father-in-law was shot dead by a deputy 10 Sep 1929, at moonshine still, 
   near Isle of Wight C.H.  Coverage & more information posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/news/dp092029.txt 


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