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Viola L. Powell

Female Abt 1922 - 2012  (~ 90 years)


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  • Name Viola L. Powell  [1, 2, 3
    Birth Abt 1922  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    Death 11 Apr 2012  Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 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 Travis Martin "T. M." Ellis, Jr.,   b. Abt 1925, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 2015, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Marriage Y  [3
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F8703  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1922 - Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Apr 2012 - Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Brookeland Cemetery, 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.), December 10, 1997. page 12, obituary of Lincoln M. Powell (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 (Reliability: 3).