Elbert Preston Powell: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Elbert Preston Powell was born on 27 Feb 1919 in Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Apr 1996 in Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.

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)

Family/Spouse: Maxine Laverne Ellis. Maxine was born on 16 Oct 1922; died on 21 Jul 2004 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Generation: 2

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