Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, John R., 1958 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOHN ROBERT POWELL ZUNI - John Robert Powell, 78, died in a Suffolk hospital at 6 o’clock Thursday morning, August 7, after a short illness. A retired farmer, Mr. Powell was a native of Southampton County. He was the son of the late Mills J. and Mrs. Mary Reeves Powell, and husband of the late Mrs. Rosa Britt Powell. He was a member of Tucker Swamp Baptist Church. Surviving are a brother, George C. Powell, Sr., of Ivor, and nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, by Rev. J. W. Horne, pastor of Tucker Swamp Baptist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Roger Britt, J. Hurley Clark, Hoen Edwards, L.E. Eley, James Joyner, Paul Joyner, Cadmus W. Stephenson and Louis Umphlette. John Robert POWELL, retired farmer, Southampton Co. native, d. 7 Aug 1958, Suffolk, age 78, interred in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 9 Aug 1958, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 14, 1958, Sect. II, p. 4 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Tucker Swamp list (TS-29): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt We do not have his wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 17, 1957). J T Morriss Funeral Home, Purviance Chapel 29 Feb 1952 - 17 May 1960 p. 357 Rosa Britt Powell dob: 7 June 1880 dod: 12 Jan 1957 funeral: 14 Jan 1957 at 3:00 in Zuni interment: Tucker Swamp f: Robert E Britt m: Mattie Crumpler spouse: John R Powell Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p400j8ob.txt