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Written by Staff Reports
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Monday, 08 March 2010 |
Houston Ray Jones Powell, 64, of Paris, died at 12:52 p.m. on Friday, March 5, 2010, at Paris Regional Medical Center. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at Living Word Pentecostal Church with Rev. Tiny Freelen officiating. Burial will follow in Rockford Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. on Monday evening at the funeral home. Fry & Gibbs Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Powell was born May 1, 1945 in Paris. He graduated from Powderly Schools and attended TSTC in Sweetwater. He married Gearldene King on Jan. 6, 1967, in Paris. Mr. Powell was a truck driver prior to his retirement and a member of Living Word Pentecostal Church.
Mr. Powell is survived by his wife, Gearldene of the home; four children, Norman Ashford and wife, Linda of Sweetwater, Freddie Powell and wife, Sherry of Paris, James Powell and wife, Melissa of Sweetwater and Dallas Powell-Simmons and husband, Eric of Paris; nine grandchildren; his father-in-law, Freddie King; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Tenna Jones; and a granddaughter, Rachel Powell.
Pallbearers will be Eddie Simmons, Terry Simmons, Kerry Washington, Travis Skidmore, Earl Allman, and Clayton Smoot.
Honorary pallbearers are Butch Burrows and Alonzo “Hit Man” Reed.
Online condolences may be made to the Powell family by visiting www.fry-gibbs.com. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 March 2010 )
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