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Bernice Johnnie Powell

Male 1934 - 2015  (81 years)


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  • Name Bernice Johnnie Powell  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 20 Jan 1934  Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Race White  [3
    Residence 1935  Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Age: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son 
    Residence 1987  Claxton, Evans, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 16 Aug 2015  Memorial Medical Center, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Bernice J. Powell, 81, of Claxton died Sunday, August 16, 2015, at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah. Born in Collins, the son of Matthew and Inez Holland Powell, he was a graduate of Collins High School and served in the Air National Guard. He had lived most of his life in Claxton. Bernice retired after 34 years as an agent with Southland Life Insurance where he received several Agent of the Year awards. In high school, he began singing tenor in a gospel quartet. In later years, they became the Hymnsmen where they travelled all over the south eastern United States recording albums and singing concerts for 58 years. On one of their first concerts, he met Betty Hodges, who became his wife and biggest supporter. Bernice was an avid fisherman and hunter. His last years were spent hauling and sharing produce enjoying friends along the way.

      Preceding him in death was his wife of 58 years, Betty Hodges Powell and his beloved daughter, Patti Powell; his parents; five siblings, Howard and Rabun Powell, Wilma P. Meeks, Audrey P. Hill and Lucy P. Smith.

      Survivors are a daughter and son-in-law, Dianne and Jimmy Morris; two grandchildren, Laci B. and husband, Daniel McEachin and Brandon Boyett; two great grandchildren, Austin and Logan McEachin all of Claxton; several nieces and nephews.

      Funeral services will be held Wednesday, 11:00 am, at Pine Grove Baptist Church near Collins with Elder Lee Price and Rev. Jim Rogers officiating. Burial will be in the Cedar Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday, 6-8 pm, at the funeral home. The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the service. Pallbearers will be Stan Hill, Rufus Powell, Don Powell, Billy Hill, Jimmy Meeks, Mark Tootle and Joey Smith. Honorary pallbearers will be all former members of the Hymnsmen Quartet. Remembrances may be made to the Evans County C.A.R.E.S., POB 247 Claxton, Georgia, 30417. Guest book: www.kennedyfuneralhomes.com.

      Kennedy Funeral Homes, Cobbtown Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.

      https://www.kennedyfuneralhomechapels.com/notices/Bernice-Powell
    Burial 19 Aug 2015  Cedar Creek Cemetery, Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I4983  tng Genealogy

    Father Matthew Leonard Powell,   b. 12 Mar 1893, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1956, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Inez Holland,   b. 12 Jun 1898, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1978, Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Between 1912 and 1940 
    Family ID F1665  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Betty Christine Hodges,   b. 16 Oct 1930, Evans, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 2014, Claxton, Evans, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Children 
     1. Patti Christine Powell,   b. 1970, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 2015, Claxton, Evans, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Living
    Family ID F1986  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Jan 1934 - Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1 Apr 1940 - Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1987 - Claxton, Evans, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 19 Aug 2015 - Cedar Creek Cemetery, Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S396] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
      Record for Bernice J Powell

    2. [S541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150853762.
      Record for Bernice Johnnie Powell
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=124723406&indiv=try
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=124723406&indiv=try

    3. [S474] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Year: 1940; Census Place: Collins, Tattnall, Georgia; Roll: T627_711; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 132-12
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=57697675&indiv=try
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