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Elbert Preston Powell

Male 1919 - 1996  (77 years)


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  • Name Elbert Preston Powell  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 27 Feb 1919  Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Apr 1996  Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Burial Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • The Sabine County Reporter
      April 10, 1996, page 12

      Elbert P. Powell

      Elbert P. Powell, 77, of Brookeland died Wednesday, April 3, 1996.

      Powell was a native and longtime resident of the Brookeland area and a U. S. Army veteran of World War II. He worked several years with the Texas Forest Service, Temple-Inland Forest Products, and Jasper Independent School District.

      Survivors: wife, Laverne Powell of Brookeland, a son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth Elbert and Charlotte Powell of Missouri City; daughters and sons-in-law, Glenda Dale and Jimmy D. Martin and Linda Gale and Ron Read, all of Jasper; grandchildren, Kim Woods, Larry Read Sr., Leigh Dickerson, Jason Powell, Vanessa Powell, Duane Martin, and Derick Martin; and great-grandsons, Larry Read Jr., Jacob Woods, and Hunter Benjamin Woods.

      Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home--Jasper Chapel. Interment was at Evergreen Cemetery, Jasper.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)

    Person ID I15558  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Benjamin Franklin Powell,   b. 26 Nov 1892, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1962, Jasper County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Mollie Low,   b. 17 Jan 1898, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1933 (Age 34 years) 
    Family ID F5500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maxine Laverne Ellis,   b. 16 Oct 1922   d. 21 Jul 2004, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Children 
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    Family ID F7468  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2011 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Feb 1919 - Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Apr 1996 - Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S327] Dore, Barbara Yancey (RootsLady@rootslady.com) "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1, (Dore, Barbara Yancey "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project"; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1 ; Updated Tue Feb 24 22:17:40 2004 This Gedcom contains many regionally located but sometimes unconnected Southeast Texas persons. Some of the information has been collected during Barbara's past 35 years of family research. Many undocumented families in the area are included. ALWAYS verify!!).

    2. [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), April 10, 1996, page 12 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), August 22, 2012, page 14, obituary of Viola Powell Ellis (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.).