Wilbern Benjamin Powell

1924 - 2004  (80 years)

• Name	Wilbern Benjamin Powell  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	14 Mar 1924	Texas   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Nov 2004	Jasper, Jasper County, Texas   [4]
  Notes	The Sabine County Reporter December 1, 2004 Wilbern B. Powell, 80, of Bronson died Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004, at a Jasper Hospital. Powell was born March 14, 1924, and had been a longtime Bronson area resident. He was retired from the Texas Department of Transportation. Survivors: Wife, Margie Powell of Bronson; two sons and daughters-in-law, Herbert and Linda Powell of Krum and Bobby and Peggy Powell of Channelview; two brothers, Hollis Powell of Pineland and Harvey Powell of Livingston; a sister, Viola ELLIS of Brookeland; three grandchildren Patti WATSON and husband Eric of Highland Village, Chad Powell of Krum, and Rae Ann FOWLER and husband Joe of Houston; and four great-grandchildren, Madeline WATSON, Benjamin WATSON, Ty FOWLER and Peyton FOWLER. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home chapel in Jasper with Bro. H.T. Davison officiating. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)
  Person ID	I15561	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	Margie Rae Ellis,   b. 31 May 1928, Jasper County, Texas d. 16 Oct 2012, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas (Age 84 years)
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F8701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 14 Mar 1924 - Texas Death - 21 Nov 2004 - Jasper, Jasper 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, obituary of Viola Powell Ellis (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.), December 1, 2004 (Reliability: 3).