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Grace Powell

Grace Powell

Female 1922 - 2017  (94 years)

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  • Name Grace Powell  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 30 Jul 1922  Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Race White  [3
    Name Grace Powell Findley  [1
    Residence 1930  Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    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: 17; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter 
    Death 8 Jul 2017  Ogeechee Area Hospice, Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mrs. Grace Powell Findley, age 94, of Collins and widow of Marvin Findley, died Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro. Born in Collins, Georgia, she was the last surviving child of nine children born to Morgan and Maudie Lynn Powell. She had continued to live in the family home where she was born up until a few days ago. Mrs. Grace was a homemaker and a farmer’s wife who worked in the fields with her husband and was always by his side. Coming from a musical family, she was a talented piano player and loved to sing gospel music.

      Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Estus, Homer, and Gilbert Powell; and five sisters, Gladys Smith, Reba Rich, Evelyn Paul, Mildred Brown and Hazel Higgs.

      Survivors are her daughter and son-in-law, Shirley F. and Elder Tommy McGee of Collins; a grandson and his wife, Brian T. and Marybeth McGee of Martinez, Georgia; three great grandsons, Roger, Michael and Thomas McGee all of Martinez; a sister-in-law, Jeanette P. Lamb of Cobbtown; several nieces and nephews.

      Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Lee Chambers officiating and Elder Tommy McGee assisting. Burial will be in the Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service. Visitation will be held Monday from 6 until 8 p.m. at Kennedy Funeral Homes, Cobbtown Chapel. Pallbearers will be Lamar Powell, Gary Paul, Danny Powell, Barry Lynn, Larry Sikes and Keith Smith. Guest book: www.kennedyfuneralhomeschapel.com.

      Remembrances may be made to Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church, C/O Lavanda Lynn, 2585 Cedar Creek Ch Rd, Collins, GA 30421.

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

      http://www.kennedyfuneralhomechapels.com/notices/Grace-Findley
    Burial 11 Jul 2017  Cedar Creek Cemetery, Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Person ID I4958  tng Genealogy

    Father William Morgan Powell,   b. 24 Apr 1885, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1957, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Lessie Maudie Lynn,   b. 10 Feb 1889, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1967, Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 21 Oct 1908  Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1663  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marvin Findley,   b. 8 Feb 1919   d. 1 May 1998, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 20 Dec 1941  Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Living
    Family ID F1975  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Jul 1922 - Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - 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: 17; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1 Apr 1940 - Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Dec 1941 - Tattnall, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Jul 2017 - Ogeechee Area Hospice, Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 11 Jul 2017 - Cedar Creek Cemetery, Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    Grace Powell Findley photo

  • Sources 
    1. [S78] Moses M Coleman, Jr and Emilie K Hartz, Cemeteries of Tattnall County Georgia, (Name: Vesco, Inc 2001;), Page 91.

    2. [S337] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;).
      1930 U.S. Federal Census. Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, ED 12, roll 386, page 11A, image 230.0.
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=18046329&indiv=try
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      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=18046329&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: 6B; Enumeration District: 132-12
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=57697860&indiv=try
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      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=57697860&indiv=try

    4. [S122] FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181140655
      https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=181140655.
      https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=181140655