First married Lucy Cundiff on 12 Sep 1898 in Leitchfield, Kentucky. They had two sons.
Then married Mira "Maggie" Edwards on 15 Sep 1909 in Grayson Co., Kentucky. They had eight children. A daughter, Virginia, died at age 1 in 1924 and a son, Everett, died at age 15 in 1931. Two adult children died in 1944: Winnie, of tuberculosis, and Dwight, KIA during Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. He was also preceded in death by a son from his first marriage, Moorman, in 1948.
He was survived by his wife of almost 45 years, Maggie; five children, Emmett (Mayme) Powell, Agnes (Carl) Blan, Bert (Ruby) Powell, Jesse (Helen) Powell, and Mary (Harvey) Lyons; 14 grandchildren; 1 great-granddaughter; and four siblings, Sarah (Thomas) Pierce, Isaiah (Lula) Powell, Coantha (Luther) Cole, and Stephen (Martha) Powell.
First married Lucy Cundiff on 12 Sep 1898 in Leitchfield, Kentucky. They had two sons.
Then married Mira "Maggie" Edwards on 15 Sep 1909 in Grayson Co., Kentucky. They had eight children. A daughter, Virginia, died at age 1 in 1924 and a son, Everett, died at age 15 in 1931. Two adult children died in 1944: Winnie, of tuberculosis, and Dwight, KIA during Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. He was also preceded in death by a son from his first marriage, Moorman, in 1948.
He was survived by his wife of almost 45 years, Maggie; five children, Emmett (Mayme) Powell, Agnes (Carl) Blan, Bert (Ruby) Powell, Jesse (Helen) Powell, and Mary (Harvey) Lyons; 14 grandchildren; 1 great-granddaughter; and four siblings, Sarah (Thomas) Pierce, Isaiah (Lula) Powell, Coantha (Luther) Cole, and Stephen (Martha) Powell.
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