 1922 - 2017 (94 years)
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| Name |
Grace Powell [1, 2, 3] |
| Birth |
30 Jul 1922 |
Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Race |
White [3] |
| Name |
Grace Powell Findley [1] |
| Residence |
1930 |
Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA [2] |
| Residence |
1935 |
Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA [3] |
| Residence |
1 Apr 1940 |
Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA [3] |
| Age: 17; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter |
| Death |
8 Jul 2017 |
Ogeechee Area Hospice, Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia, USA |
- 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
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| Burial |
11 Jul 2017 |
Cedar Creek Cemetery, Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA [1, 4] |
| Person ID |
I4958 |
tng Genealogy |
| Father |
William Morgan Powell, b. 24 Apr 1885, Tattnall, Georgia, USA d. 20 May 1957, Tattnall, Georgia, USA (Age 72 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Lessie Maudie Lynn, b. 10 Feb 1889, Tattnall, Georgia, USA d. 7 Nov 1967, Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA (Age 78 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
21 Oct 1908 |
Tattnall, Georgia, USA |
| Family ID |
F1663 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Marvin Findley, b. 8 Feb 1919 d. 1 May 1998, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA (Age 79 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Dec 1941 |
Tattnall, Georgia, USA [1] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F1975 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Birth - 30 Jul 1922 - Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA |
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| Residence - 1930 - Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA |
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| Residence - 1935 - Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA |
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| Residence - Age: 17; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1 Apr 1940 - Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA |
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 | Marriage - 20 Dec 1941 - Tattnall, Georgia, USA |
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 | Death - 8 Jul 2017 - Ogeechee Area Hospice, Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia, USA |
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 | Burial - 11 Jul 2017 - Cedar Creek Cemetery, Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA |
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| Sources |
- [S78] Moses M Coleman, Jr and Emilie K Hartz, Cemeteries of Tattnall County Georgia, (Name: Vesco, Inc 2001;), Page 91.
- [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
[ View Federal Census Document]
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=18046329&indiv=try
- [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
[ View Federal Census Document]
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=57697860&indiv=try
- [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
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