Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Margaret Edwards, 1968 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MARGARET EDWARDS POWELL FRANKLIN - A graveside funeral service for Mrs. Margaret Edwards Powell was conducted Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery, by Rev. Robert D. Fridley of High Street United Methodist Church. Peninsula Funeral Home, Newport News, was in charge. Mrs. Powell of Franklin died Thursday at 9 a.m. in a hospital after a long illness. A native of Isle of Wight County, she was the widow of Dr. Jordan B. Powell Sr. She was a member of High Street United Methodist Church, Franklin. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Edwards Duell of Norfolk and Mrs. Stella Edwards Porter of Newport News; a brother, Joel T. Edwards of Syracuse, N.Y.; and a granddaughter. Margaret (EDWARDS; Mrs. Jordan B. Sr.) POWELL, Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 15 Nov 1968, age 80, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 132*), Franklin, 16 Nov 1968, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 18, 1968, p. 8 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 9, 1951) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p400j1ob.txt Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 3, 1941) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363a4ob.txt 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/p400m3ob.txt