Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Lucy Deloatche, 1918 

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LUCY DELOATCHE POWELL

SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. F. M. POWELL, SR.

 The death of Mrs. F. M. Powell, Sr., of Boykins, following so closely upon 
the death of her brother, David Madison DeLoatche, who was buried just the day 
previous to her own demise, and the tragic circumstances surrounding the 
causes leading to her death as well as the violent illness of her husband and 
son, have caused general sorrow throughout the Boykins community and the 
sympathy of the entire town and section goes out to the bereaved husband and 
sons, and other loved ones.

 Mrs. Powell had not been well for some time, but was able to be up until 
taken desperately ill on Tuesday night, her death following Wednesday at 10 
o’clock a.m.  Mr. Powell and son, Clyde, ate some canned salmon for supper 
Tuesday night, and presumably Mrs. Powell did also, as the attending 
physicians think that her death was cause by eating something containing 
ptomaines, acute gastritis superinducing dilation of the heart.  Mr. Powell 
and his son were violently ill Tuesday night with symptoms much the same as 
Mrs. Powell’s but both responded to medical treatment and are apparently well 
except for extreme weakness.

 Mrs. Powell was a splendid Christian character and had made her home on abode 
of peace and happiness for her husband and children.  She had been a 
consistent member of the Boykins Baptist Church for many years and her death 
will be a heavy loss to this church and its auxiliary organizations as well as 
to the community as a whole.  The deceased, who was Miss Lucy DeLoatche prior 
to her marriage, was in her forty-fourth year, and is survived by her husband, 
who is one of the most prominent and useful citizens and farmers of the 
county; by two sons, F. M. Powell, Jr., and Clyde Powell; a brother, Mr. H. K. 
DeLoatche and a sister, Mrs. Annie Knight.

 The funeral services were held from the residence yesterday afternoon at 5 
o’clock, conducted by her pastor, Rev. H. P. Dalton, assisted by Rev. Porter 
Hardy of the Boykins M. E. Church and by Rev. A. C. Jordan.  The active 
pallbearers were Raleigh Moore, J. B. Felts, E. R. Bryant, Andrew Knight, B. F. 
Britt, Jack Myrick, J. D. Ferguson and H. A. Moore; honorary, E. H. Grizzard, 
J. W. Fleetwood, W.W. White, J. R. Bryant, J. L. Barham, Floyd Vinson, R. E. 
Barrett, A. S. Francis, C. F. Carlton and W. J. Sebrell.


Lucy (DELOATCHE; Mrs. Fillmore M. Sr.) POWELL, of Boykins, 
b. Southampton Co., d. 7 Aug 1918, age 44, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 1, Section D, Plot 6), Boykins, 
   8 Aug 1918, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 9, 1918, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Beechwood list {her parents are in adjacent Plot 7}: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

Additional information: 

Fillmore Madison Powell, 24, s, So.Co., 
   s/o Littleton Green and Elizabeth "Bettie" A. Kirk Powell 
m. 04-13-1893 Boykins, So.Co., Va.  by Rev. E. Bassett Morris 
Lucy Kindred Deloatch, 19, s, So.Co., 
   d/o William J. and Bettie S. Deloatch 
(Southampton Co. MB8:12; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb08pt.txt 

"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 26, 1940; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 2, 1940 

Additional information: 

The obits ("Tidewater News," Jan. 26 & Feb. 2, 1918) for her husband 
   are posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p400f2ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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