Wylie
Powers
April 23,
1982
Wylie J. Powers.
89, Route 1 Pal-myra, died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital after an
extended
illness.
Services will be at
1:30 p.m. Saturday at Sykes Chapel with the Rev Howard Herndon
officiating.
Burial with Maonic rites will follow in the Powers Family Cemetery.
Born Dec. 17, 1894
in Montgomery
County, he was the son of the late
Wilson Powers and Mary Webb
Powers.
Mr. Powers was a
retired farmer a World War I Veteran of the U.S
Army, treasurer of the Tarsus United Methodist Church for 30
years. a member of Palmyra Masonic Lodge for 50 years and had served on
Montgomery County Quarterly Court.
Survivors include
his wife, Beatrice Reagan Powers; one daughter Mrs. Jewell
Gannaway,
Clarksville:
one brother Homer Powers,
Michigan; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be
Lemoine Vickers, Wendell Jones, Julius Powers, Jewell Yarbrough,
Marshall
Ragan, Edgar Atkins, Warren Neblett, and Louis Powers.
Visitation will
begin after 5 p.m. today at Sykes Funeral Home.
Arrangements are
being handled by Sykes Funeral Home.