Posted: 8:44 PM - Jun 28, 2004
This is a paid obituary that appeared in The Northern Virginia Daily on Monday June 28, 2004.
Marvin Dulaney Powers, 86, of 3973 Rockland Road, Front Royal, Virginia, passed on to be with the Lord on Sunday June 27th 2004 at the Lynn Care Center of Warren Memorial Hospital. A visitation of family and friends will be held at the Maddox Funneral Home on Tuesday night June 29th, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM . Funneral services will be held at the Maddox Funneral Home on Wednesday June 30 at 2:00 PM. Revernd Joseph Swack will be officiating. Burial will follow at Prospect Hill Cemetary. Everyone is invited to the Rockland Community Church Social Hall immediately following the burial. Pall Bearers are Maurice Bowen, John Thomson, Ben Weddle, French Tolliver, Jr., , Rick Sowers, and Ralph Sowers. Honorary Pall Bears are Tommy Fritts, Thomas Megeath, P.T. McIntyre, Dr. Tom Patteson, Edwin (Butch) Eastham, Bill Royston, Sr., Carroll Grubbs, Eric Good, and Howard Oliver. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Rockland Community Church.
Marvin was born May 6, 1918 to Harry Pendleton Powers and Velma Lucille Sowers in the Rockland area of Warren County. He was a lifetime farmer who loved the land he worked and raising animals. He was an avid baseball, football and NASCAR fan. He was a past member of the Cedarville Ruritan Club and a lifelong member of the Rockland Community Church.
He is survived by two brothers, George William (Billy) Powers, Sr. and Dudley Pendleton Powers of Front Royal, and a sister, Julia Lucille Powers Tiahrt of Glen Burnie, Maryland, and by the following nieces and nephews: Janet Tiahrt Werner, George William Powers, Jr., Sharon Lucille Tiahrt, Betty Irene Powers, Mary Powers Ryan, Maynard Albert Tiahrt, and Marie Powers Corwin and by 5 great nieces and 1 great nephew.
Marv was a kind, gentle, compassionate person who never met a stranger and was a friend to all who knew him. He was respected by the members of his community and greatly loved by his family. Marv was one of a kind.
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Marvin D. Powers
Marvin Dulaney Powers, 86, of 3973 Rockland Road, Front Royal, died Sunday, June 27, 2004, at Lynn Care Center, Front Royal.
Mr. Powers was born May 6, 1918, in Warren County, the son of Harry Pendleton Powers and Velma Lucille Sowers. He was a lifetime farmer and a lifelong member of Rockland Community Church. He was a past member of Cedarville Ruritan Club.
Surviving are two brothers, George William Billy Powers and Dudley Pendleton Powers of Front Royal; and a sister, Julia Lucille Powers of Glen Burnie, Md.
A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Maddox Funeral Home, Front Royal, with the Rev. Joseph Swack officiating. Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Maurice Bowen, John Thomson, Ben Weddle, French Tolliver Jr., Rick Sowers, and Ralph Sowers.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home and following the burial at Rockland Community Church Social Hall.
Memorials may be made to Rockland Community Church.
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Marvin was born May 6, 1918 to Harry Pendleton Powers and Velma Lucille Sowers in the Rockland area of Warren County. He was a lifetime farmer who loved the land he worked and raising animals. He was an avid baseball, football and NASCAR fan. He was a past member of the Cedarville Ruritan Club and a lifelong member of the Rockland Community Church.
He is survived by two brothers, George William (Billy) Powers, Sr. and Dudley Pendleton Powers of Front Royal, and a sister, Julia Lucille Powers Tiahrt of Glen Burnie, Maryland, and by the following nieces and nephews: Janet Tiahrt Werner, George William Powers, Jr., Sharon Lucille Tiahrt, Betty Irene Powers, Mary Powers Ryan, Maynard Albert Tiahrt, and Marie Powers Corwin and by 5 great nieces and 1 great nephew.
Marv was a kind, gentle, compassionate person who never met a stranger and was a friend to all who knew him. He was respected by the members of his community and greatly loved by his family. Marv was one of a kind.
This article appeared in The Winchester Star on this page: http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinche ... uaries.asp
Marvin D. Powers
Marvin Dulaney Powers, 86, of 3973 Rockland Road, Front Royal, died Sunday, June 27, 2004, at Lynn Care Center, Front Royal.
Mr. Powers was born May 6, 1918, in Warren County, the son of Harry Pendleton Powers and Velma Lucille Sowers. He was a lifetime farmer and a lifelong member of Rockland Community Church. He was a past member of Cedarville Ruritan Club.
Surviving are two brothers, George William Billy Powers and Dudley Pendleton Powers of Front Royal; and a sister, Julia Lucille Powers of Glen Burnie, Md.
A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Maddox Funeral Home, Front Royal, with the Rev. Joseph Swack officiating. Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Maurice Bowen, John Thomson, Ben Weddle, French Tolliver Jr., Rick Sowers, and Ralph Sowers.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home and following the burial at Rockland Community Church Social Hall.
Memorials may be made to Rockland Community Church.