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United States Army World War I Veteran
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Funeral services for Jesse Thomas Powell, 90, were held Friday, January 10, at 11 a.m. in the First United Methodist Church with church pastor, Rev. George Price, Jr., officiating.Mr. Powell died January 7 about 8:10 p.m. in the Heritage Convalescent Center, Amarillo. Born October 10, 1895 in Arkansas, he married the former Ruthie Jackson in Texico on August 26, 1920. He had resided in Dickens County since 1919. He was a farmer and a barber. A member of the VFW, he was a veteran of World War I.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruthie Powell, Spur; one son, Jesse Joe Powell, Spur; two daughters, Marie Bingham, Spur and Sue Condron, Albuquerque, NM; one sister, Cordie Smith, Alton; one son, Jackson Lee Powell preceded him in death February 18, 1978; 15 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren.
Grandsons served as pallbearers. Burial was in Spur Memorial Cemetery under direction of Campbell Funeral Home.
©The Texas Spur, January 16, 1986
from the records of Lillian Grace Nay
Services for Ruthie Jane Powell, 90, of Spur, were at 2:30 p.m. December 13, 1991 in the First United Methodist Church. Rev. George Price, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, Slaton, and a former pastor of the Spur Methodist Church, officiated. He was assisted by Rev. Kenney Kirk, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, Spur.Mrs. Powell died about 8:20 a.m. on December 11, in the Crosbyton Clinic Hospital following a lengthy illness.
Born in Afton, she had lived in Dickens County all of her life. She married Jesse T. Powell in Texico on August 26, 1920. He preceded her in death in January of 1986.
She was a member of the Home Demonstration Club for many years and was a former Sunday School teacher. She is preceded in death by a daughter, Marie Bingham in 1987 and by one son, Jackson Powell, in 1978.
Survivors include one son, Jesse Joe Powell, Spur; one daughter, Sue Condron, Spur; one sister, Opal Slaton, Afton; fifteen grandchildren; 34 great grandchildren and 11 great great grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of the American Cancer Society.
©The Texas Spur, December 19, 1991
from the records of Lillian Grace Nay
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