Southampton-Essex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Mary A. Maxey, 1943 

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MARY AUGUSTA MAXEY POWELL

   Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Maxey Powell, wife of Ferrell Franklin 
Powell, who died Sunday morning at Raiford Hospital, were conducted on Tuesday 
afternoon at 4:00 o’clock at the grave in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   The beautiful services of the Methodist Church was read by her pastor, the 
Rev. Harry Wardell Backhus, III, assisted by Dr. William Archer Wright and the 
Rev. B.B. Bland.  Several lovely prayer and the reading of Tennyson’s 
"Crossing the Bar," enhanced the beauty of the service, which was conducted in 
the presence of a host of friends and loved ones from near and far.  Many 
floral designs were banked by the grave near the family as a tribute to a 
lovely Christian life.

   Mrs. Powell was the daughter of the beloved Methodist minister, the Rev. J. 
Spears Maxey and Estelle Mundie Maxey of Franklin.  She was born in Essex 
County, Virginia, September 25, 1911.  She was received into Trinity Methodist 
Church at Orange on July 4, 1920, by her father, who was serving as pastor of 
the church at that time.

   She received her early education in the public schools at Cartersville, 
Orange, Unionville and Keysville.

   She received her college training at Blackstone College and Emory and Henry 
College and took an outstanding part in the student life at both schools.

   She was married to Ferrell F. Powell of Sunbury, N.C., on May 5, 1934, at 
Whaleyville by her father, who was pastor of the church at that time.

   Following her marriage she moved to Franklin, where she made her home until 
the time of her death.  After coming to Franklin she united with High Street 
Methodist Church and had an important part in the work of the church until her 
death.  She was a member of the choir, the Women’s Society of Christian 
Service, was Secretary of Literature and Publications of the Society, and was 
active in the church school and all activities of the church in general.

   She was widely known in Franklin for her lovely character and her 
usefulness in civic affairs.  She took part in Red Cross work, Block workers 
for defense, Air Tower observer, Solicitor for the Community Fund and other 
civic projects.  She will be greatly missed by her loved ones, friends, church 
and community.

   She is survived by her husband, Ferrell F. Powell, a small son, Ferrell F. 
Powell, Jr., and her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. J.S. Maxey, all of Franklin.

   Pallbearers were S.C. Bell, Jack G. Holland, J. Edgar Weede, K.M. Pillow, 
Story Cutchin and H.S. Rawlings.


Mary Augusta (MAXEY; Mrs. Ferrell F.) POWELL, of Franklin, 
b. 25 Sep 1911, Essex Co., d. 14 Mar 1943, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 165*), Franklin, 
   16 Mar 1943, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 19, 1943, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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