Mrs. Viola Powell Dies In Athens, Georgia
Born 10 January 1900 Died 7 December 1954
Mrs. Viola Powell, 54, died December 7 at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Henry Gillen, in Athens, Georgia.
Funeral services were held Thursday at 11 a.m from Mars Hills, Ga near Athens, the Rev. J.S.Hays and Mrs. Carry Elrod officiating.
Burial was in the adjoining cemetery.
Surviving, are three daughters, Mrs. Henry Gillen, Athens, Ga. Mrs. Carl Coker, Bogart , Georgia and Mrs. William J. Moriarity, Chicago, Illinois. Three sons, Sgt. Waymon E. Powell, serving in Korea and Wallace Powell, Athens, Georgia. Two sisters, Mrs. T.A Whitehead, Statham, GA and Mrs. Irby Bannister, Jacksonville, AL; Six brothers Roy, Harold, and Rufus Fitzpatrick, all of this city; Frank Fitzpatrick Gadsden; Ollie F. Fitzpatrick, Jacksonville, AL, and Eddie F. Fitzpatrick, Monroe GA and a number of grandchildren.
Mrs. Powell was a native of Walton County, GA and had lived all her life in Athens. She had visited here often.
