Elbert Preston Powell

1919 - 1996  (77 years)

• Name	Elbert Preston Powell  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	27 Feb 1919	Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas   [2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Apr 1996	Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas   [2, 4]
  Buried	Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	The Sabine County Reporter April 10, 1996, page 12 Elbert P. Powell Elbert P. Powell, 77, of Brookeland died Wednesday, April 3, 1996. Powell was a native and longtime resident of the Brookeland area and a U. S. Army veteran of World War II. He worked several years with the Texas Forest Service, Temple-Inland Forest Products, and Jasper Independent School District. Survivors: wife, Laverne Powell of Brookeland, a son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth Elbert and Charlotte Powell of Missouri City; daughters and sons-in-law, Glenda Dale and Jimmy D. Martin and Linda Gale and Ron Read, all of Jasper; grandchildren, Kim Woods, Larry Read Sr., Leigh Dickerson, Jason Powell, Vanessa Powell, Duane Martin, and Derick Martin; and great-grandsons, Larry Read Jr., Jacob Woods, and Hunter Benjamin Woods. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home--Jasper Chapel. Interment was at Evergreen Cemetery, Jasper. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)
  Person ID	I15558	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	Maxine Laverne Ellis,   b. 16 Oct 1922,   d. 21 Jul 2004, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas  (Age 81 years)
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2011
  Family ID	F7468	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Feb 1919 - Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas Died - 3 Apr 1996 - Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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.), April 10, 1996, page 12 (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). [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.).