Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Sam Sr., 1972 

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SAM POWELL

   A funeral service for Sam Powell Sr., 73, of 209 Beale’s Court, Franklin, 
was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. 
Ira D. Hudgins.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   A native of Hertford County, N.C. he has made his home in Franklin for most 
of his life.  He was the son of McCoy A. and Mrs. Jennie Green Powell, and the 
husband of the late Rosa Howell Powell.

   He was a retired millwright for the Birdsong Storage Co., Inc.

   He is survived by a son Sam Powell Jr. of Franklin; a sister Miss Lucy 
Powell of Norfolk; and a brother Henry Powell of Eure, N.C.

   Pallbearers were Alton Vick, Frank Day Jr., Randolph Fowler, M.E. Barrett, 
Richard Henry Barnes, Bruce Rose Jr., Wayne Moore and Roger D. Edwards Jr.


"Sam" Samuel POWELL, Sr., of Franklin, retired Birdsong Storage millwright, 
Hertford Co., NC native, d. 11 Jun 1972, Franklin, age 73, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Sect. A, Plot 14*), Franklin, 
   12 Jun 1972, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 15, 1972, Sect. A, p. 3 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 17, 1972, A-5) is posted at:  
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p400r3ob.txt 


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