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Subject: Powers.Elvie.2005.Bell.OBIT


Elvie Powers October 19, 2005 
Bell County KyArchives Obituaries

The Oak Ridger 21 Oct 2005
Elvie Powers, 99, a lifelong resident of Middlesboro, Ky., passed away 
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005, at Middlesboro ARH Hospital. She was born Oct. 14, 
1906, 
in Pearl, Ky., the daughter of Jim and Pollie Hamblin-Partin, who are both 
deceased. She was a very loving and devoted mother, and was a member of the 
First 
Baptist Church in Middlesboro for many years. Elvie was preceded in death by 
her husband of 55 years, Johnny Powers; daughter, Myrtle Lee Powers; four 
sons, 
Elmer, Troy, Albert and Johnnie Powers Jr.; sister, Delphia Partin Richards; 
son-in-law, W.E. Harrell; daughter-in-law, Lorraine Loveday Powers; grandson, 
J.B. Powers Jr.; and a great-granddaughter, Sarah Elizabeth Powers. Survivors 
include her four sons, Chester Powers of Oak Ridge, the Rev. J.B. Powers and 
Ruby of Dayton, Ohio; Cecil Powers and Sherry of Ewing, Va., Carl Powers and 
Libby of Dickson, Tenn.; two daughters, Marie Partin and Dewey of Middlesboro, 
Ky., Geneva Harrell of Tacoma, Wash.; 10 grandchildren; 16 great- grandchildren; 
one great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Mae Davis of Indianapolis, Ind., and 
Ethel Maiden of Middlesboro, Ky.; one brother, Bill Partin of Xenia, Ohio; 
and a host of other relatives and friends. Family will receive friends from 1 
to 
2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Creech Funeral Home Chapel in Middlesboro, Ky. The 
funeral will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, 2005, at Creech Funeral 
Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Chuck Summers officiating. Burial will be at 
Green Hills Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be grandsons, James Powers, 
Johnny 
Powers, Travis Powers, and Aaron Powers. Honorary pallbearers will be Kenneth 
and Kenny Rutherford, Brian Orick, Delbert Marlow, Percy Pursifull, and Dr. 
Thomas Epperson and Dr. Robert Matheny, staff of Middlesboro Health Care 
facility. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 839 
Middlesboro, KY 
40965. Creech Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements 

Submitted by: Neal Byrge http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00005.html#0001134



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