Shelton Powell

1917 - 1993  (75 years)

• Name	Shelton Powell  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	12 Oct 1917	Tattnall, Georgia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1920	Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA   [3]
  Residence	1930	Militia District 1403, Toombs, Georgia, USA   [4]
  SSN issued	Bef 1951	Florida, USA   [2]
  Death	1 Feb 1993	Sparr, Marion, Florida, USA   [2]
  Social Security Number	266-30-1133  [2]
  Death	1 Feb 1993	Citrus, Florida, USA   [1]
  	SPARR -- Shelton Powell, 75, a retired truck driver with Certified Grocers of Florida, Inc. for 26 years, died Feb. 1, 1993, at Seven Rivers Community Hospital in Crystal River. Mr. Powell was a native of Georgia and was a resident of Sparr for more than 50 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in World War II. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, North Marion Post in Citra. He loved fishing and camping. Mr. Powell was an active member of Sparr United Methodist Church. "He mowed the lawn for the church and sometimes we would clean the church together. He was a good Christian," said Bertha B. Powell, the deceased's wife of only 15 months. Mrs. Powell said she could never express the feelings of how her husband will be missed. She wishes they could have had more time together, but she is grateful for the time they had. "I loved him and he loved me," she said. In addition to his wife, Mr. Powell is survived by his daughter, Sybil Lloyd, Ocala; sons, Gene Powell, Ocala, Clifford Strickland, Hollister, and Terry Gilmore, Palatka; sisters, Elsie Jones, Hawthorne, and Judy Seeber, Fort Myers; brothers, Bill Powell, Orange Springs, and Charles Powell, Belleview; 11 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Hiers Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Ocala Star-Banner
  Burial	Anthony Cemetery, Anthony, Marion, Florida, USA   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I6069	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	William Jordan Powell,   b. 18 Jun 1880, Tattnall, Georgia, USA d. 21 Mar 1957, Anthony, Marion, Florida, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Vesta Mae Lynn,   b. 2 May 1891, Tattnall, Georgia, USA d. 14 May 1961, Anthony, Marion, Florida, USA (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1906
  Family ID	F1979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lottie Hughes,   b. 21 Jul 1917   d. 20 Jan 1991, Marion, Florida, USA (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. James William Powell,   b. 3 Aug 1941, Florida, USA d. 11 Nov 1944, Marion, Florida, USA (Age 3 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F2375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Living
  Family ID	F10098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 12 Oct 1917 - Tattnall, Georgia, USA Residence - 1920 - Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA SSN issued - Bef 1951 - Florida, USA Death - 1 Feb 1993 - Sparr, Marion, Florida, USA Death - 1 Feb 1993 - Citrus, Florida, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S349] Ancestry.com, Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Record for Shelton Powell http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=floridadeath&h=3967687&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=floridadeath&h=3967687&indiv=try [S344] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Number: 266-30-1133; Issue State: Florida; Issue Date: Before 1951. Record for Shelton Powell http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=49766613&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=49766613&indiv=try [S347] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Year: 1920; Census Place: Collins, Tattnall, Georgia; Roll: T625_277; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 156; Image: 1086. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=8303849&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=8303849&indiv=try [S337] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;). Year: 1930; Census Place: Militia District 1403, Toombs, Georgia; Roll: 4532004; Page: 1B; Image: 306.0; Family History Library Film: 2340123. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=18128320&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=18128320&indiv=try [S122] FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58115214 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58115214. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58115214 [S142] Gravestone. [ View gravestone photograph]