Russell J. Jerry Powers 1945-2001 Obituary
Russell J. “Jerry” Powers, age 55, of Elkins, died Friday, August 3, 2001, due to cardiac arrest.
He was born December 8, 1945, at Spruce, a son of the late Francis K. and Dovie Lillian Howell Powers.
He attended the schools of Pocahontas County, was a veteran of the Vietnam War, having served as a Sergeant in the United States Army, was a construction worker for Fauquier Building Systems at Springfield, Virginia, was a member of the Elkins Moose Lodge #375, the Front Royal Moose Lodge #829, the Tygarts Valley Post #3647, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and a member of the Linden United Methodist Church at Linden, Virginia.
He was formerly married to Brenda Sue Rexrode Powers, who survives in Elkins. Also surviving are three daughters, Donna Gail Watson, Carol Lynn Powers, and Amie Sue Powers, all of Elkins; one brother, Murl Francis Powers, of Hagerstown, Maryland; three sisters, Okareta Dolly “Rita” Blake, of Linden, Virginia, Wanda June Sharp and Joyce Kay Maize, both of Elkins; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Three sisters, Juanita Gale Fansler, Arveda Geraldine Daman, and Bernice Christine White McClain preceded him in death.
Final rites were conducted at Lohr-Barb-Vance Funeral Home in Elkins Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Walter H. Blough. Burial was in the Maplewood Cemetery at Elkins, with full military rites by the H. W. Daniels Post #29, American Legion, and the Tygarts Valley Post #3647, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Russell J. Jerry Powers 1945-2001 Obituary
