Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, George G., 1955 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ GEORGE GARY POWELL George Gary Powell, 29, well known resident of Franklin, died in Raiford Memorial Hospital on Wednesday morning, February 2, after an illness of several months. He was the husband of Mrs. Joyce Pixley Powell and the son of Samuel and Rosa Powell of Franklin. A member of the Franklin Baptist Church and the Junior Chamber of Commerce, he was an employee of Camp Manufacturing Company in the Laboratory department. Surviving him, besides his wife and parents, is one brother, Samuel Powell, Jr., of Franklin. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of the Holland Funeral Home on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the Franklin Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will be made in Poplar Spring Cemetery. [George Gary POWELL, d. 2 Feb 1955, age 29, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, 4 Feb 1955, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), obit dated 3 Feb 1955] [file transcribed by Carol Stevens, and re-formatted by File Manager.]