Suffolk City-Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Wilber J., 1982 

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Wilber Powell 

  Wilber Jackson Powell, 57, of 3633 Pruden Blvd. died Tuesday in his home. 

  He was a native of Isle of Wight County, and the son of the late William 
Roger Powell Sr. and Mrs. Elsie Bryant Fowell. 

  Survivors include a daughter, Martha P. Green of Suffolk; two sons, Roy 
Albert Powell of Florida and Michael Jackson Powell of Suffolk; three sisters, 
Francis Harrell and Estelle Thorne, both of Suffolk, and Susie Belle McNamara 
of Richmond; two brothers, William Roger Powell Jr. of Smithfield and Floyd A. 
Powell of Suffolk; and three grandchildren. 

  A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in I.O. Hill and Co. Funeral Home by 
the Rev. O.R. Hardy.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery.  The family will 
be at his daughter's home, 1104 Old Somerton Road. 

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WILBER JACKSON POWELL 

   SUFFOLK - A funeral service for Wilber Jackson Powell, 57, was held at 
2 p.m. Friday in I.O. Hill and Co. Funeral Home by the Rev. O.R. Hardy. 
Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

   Powell died Tuesday in his home. 

   A native of Isle of Wight, he was survived by a daughter, Martha P. Green 
of Suffolk; two sons, Roy Albert Powell [of Florida] and Michael J. Powell] of 
Suffolk; three sisters, Francis Harrell and Estelle Thorne, both of Suffolk, 
and Susie Belle McNamara of Richmond; two brothers, William Roger Powell Jr. 
of Smithfield and Floyd A. Powell of Suffolk and three grandchildren. 


Wilber Jackson POWELL, machinist, 
b. 25 Feb 1923, Smithfield, d. 23 Nov 1982, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 26 Nov 1982, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 60, No. 281, Wed., Nov. 24, 1982, p. 2; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mon., Nov. 29, 1982, p. 4 

An obit also appeared in the "Daily Press," Nov. 24, 1982. 

*Additional information: 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

Photos of his gravestones - added by Hixburg23958 - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #166913291, which gives Wilbur, nickname "Buddy" 
   ["DADDY" mis-read]. 

Birthplace from WW-II draft card. 

D.Cert. 82-036843 

His mother, Belvania "Elsie" (BRYANT; Mrs. William Rogers Sr.) POWELL, 
   2m. Robert L. ROLLINS.  They are buried in Riverview Church Cemetery, 
   Rescue, but Elsie is not given on the report (#21) of the 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} : 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

He 1m. Edna Marie GAYLE 12 Nov 1945 in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co., NC; 
   they div. in 1956.  Edna (1926 - 1979) 2m. James BARNETT.  She is buried 
   with her parents in Newman Memorial Cemetery, Oakland Christian Church, 
   Chuckatuck.  Her obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," May 20, 1979, p. 2) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/b653e12o.txt 

He 2m. Doris (VERNELL) WARD 17 May 1958 in Nansemond Co.; they div. in 1966. 
   Doris (1935 - 2020) 3m. James Ralph "Buck" DAUGHTREY, Jr.  They are buried 
   in Albert G. Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery, Suffolk. 


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