Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Rosa L. Howell, 1972 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ROSA LEE HOWELL POWELL A funeral service for Mrs. Rosa Howell Powell, 71*, of 209 Beale's Court, was held Sunday at 3 p.m. in Franklin by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins. A native of Como, N.C., she was the wife of Sam Powell and a daughter of the late Walter M. and Mrs. Ruth Scott Howell. Besides her husband she is survived by one son Sam Powell Jr. of Franklin; three sisters, Mrs. Wallace Simmons, Mrs. Jack Curle, Mrs. Bruce Sumner all of Como, N.C.; one brother Robert T. Howell of Roanoke Rapids, N.C. Rosa Lee (HOWELL; Mrs. "Sam" Sr.) POWELL, of Franklin, Como, Hertford Co., NC native, d. 11 Feb 1972, Franklin, age 69*, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Sect. A, Plot 14**), Franklin, 13 Feb 1972, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 17, 1972, A-5 *Her Va. Death Certificate (#72-003848) and the cemetery list both give b. 24 Feb 1902. **Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," June 15, 1972, A-3) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p400s2ob.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/p400r3ob.txt