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Martha 'Mattie' Mae Powell[1]

Female 1918 - 2006  (88 years)


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  • Name Martha 'Mattie' Mae Powell 
    Born 22 Feb 1918  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 14 Jul 2006  Granville County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Enon Baptist Church Cemetery, Granville County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5492  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Edward Powell, Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
    Last Modified 7 Dec 2017 

    Father Addison Graves dna Powell,   b. 5 May 1854, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1923, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother 'Bessie', Elizabeth Mae Howard,   b. 15 Feb 1875, Person, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1953, Durham, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 24 Apr 1911  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2046  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Oscar Randolph Yancey,   b. 3 Mar 1913, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 2006, Granville, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 30 Jun 1938 
    Children 
     1. Betty Jane Yancey,   b. 16 Mar 1941, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Paula Yancey,   b. 9 Feb 1946, Granville County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 7 Dec 2017 
    Family ID F2048  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    W. D. Powell Sr. Obituary
    W. D. Powell Sr. Obituary
    WDPowellSrObitBeeFeb131960.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20227106.
      Birth: Feb. 22, 1918
      Halifax County
      Virginia, USA
      Death: Jul. 14, 2006
      Granville County
      North Carolina, USA

      OXFORD - Mae Powell Yancey, 88, of Oxford, died Friday, July 14, 2006, in Granville Medical Center.
      A native of Halifax County, Va., she was the daughter of the late Addison Graves Powell and Bessie Howard Powell. Mrs. Yancey was a former member of Dan river Baptist Church and a member of Enon Baptist Church for over 65 years, actively involved in missions organizations, a former Sunday school teacher and a retired seamstress and homemaker.
      Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday from Enon Baptist Church by the Rev. James C. Shelley Jr. and the Rev. Lee Roy Pittard III. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
      Surviving are her husband of 68 years, Randolph Yancey; her daughters, Betty Y. Mitchell and husband, Marc, of New London, Pa., and Paula Y. Pittard and husband, Roy, of Butner; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by brothers, Charlie, Bradsher, Hampton, Carrington and Edgar; and a grandson, John Randolph Neely.
      In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Enon Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Stuart Vaughan, 2580 Hwy 158 West, Oxford, N.C. 27565.
      The family will receive friends following the graveside service at Enon Baptist Church and other times at the home of Angela and Jason Smith, 2663 Golf Course Road.
      Gentry-Newell & Vaughan Funeral Home, 503 College St. is in charge of services.



      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Oscar Randolph Yancey (1916 - 2006)


      Burial:
      Enon Baptist Church Cemetery
      Oxford
      Granville County
      North Carolina, USA

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      Created by: Georgia
      Record added: Jul 02, 2007
      Find A Grave Memorial# 20227106