Viola L. Powell

Abt 1922 - 2012  (~ 90 years)

• Name	Viola L. Powell  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Abt 1922	Texas   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 Apr 2012	Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas   [3]
  Burial	Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas   [3]
  Notes	Obituary Funeral services for Viola Powell Ellis, 90 of Brookeland, will be 10:00am Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home in Jasper, with burial to follow at Brookeland Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00 to 8:00pm Monday, August 13th, at the funeral home. Viola passed away August 11th at her residence. A native & lifelong resident of Brookeland, she enjoyed sewing, gardening and growing flowers. She loved spending time with family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Survivors include her husband of 66 years, Travis M. Ellis, Jr. of Brookeland; daughter Nora Ellis Parsons of Pineland; brother Hollis Powell of Brookeland; two grandchildren, Stacy & husband Steven, and Amanda & husband Jerry; and five great-grandchildren, Kyle, Tara, Hannah, Brodey & Brantley. Viola was preceded in death by her parents, Benjamin & Molly Lowe Powell; four brothers, Elbert, Wilburn, Harvey & Lincoln; and one sister, Maddie Roberts. Services are under the direction of Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home of Jasper. http://www.stringerandgriffin.com A nearly identical obituary was published in The Sabine County Reporter, August 22, 2012, page 14
  Person ID	I15560	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Franklin Powell,   b. 26 Nov 1892, Sabine County, Texas d. 11 Nov 1962, Jasper County, Texas (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mollie Low,   b. 17 Jan 1898, Texas d. 14 Jan 1933 (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F5500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Travis Martin "T. M." Ellis, Jr.,   b. Abt 1925, Texas d. 4 Aug 2015, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 90 years)
  Marriage	Y  [3]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F8703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1922 - Texas Death - 11 Apr 2012 - Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [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!!). [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.), December 10, 1997. page 12, obituary of Lincoln M. Powell (Reliability: 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 (Reliability: 3).