J. Herman Powell

He was a son of the late Jim Powell and Lucy Bowick Powell. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings Ruby, Clara, Wallace, Grady, Horace, and Rayford. He was a lifelong member of Northside Baptist Church in Calhoun Falls, SC., a Charter member of the Lions Club and was a Charter member of the Abbeville Gideon Camp. He was the first recipient of the Personality of the Year Award in Calhoun Falls, he was the Scout Master for Troop #72 for over 25 years, he retired as a agent for American Home Life Insurance which later became Atlantic Coast Life Insurance, and was a Veteran of the U.S. Army serving during WWII in the 165th Engineers Combat Battalion. Survivors include his wife Edna Sutherland Powell, to whom he was married to on June 14, 1940 and a son Stanley H. Powell, and several nieces, nephews, great nieces, and great nephews. The family will receive friends from 2-3PM Thursday at Northside Baptist Church just prior to the service. Funeral services will be held at 3PM Thursday October 9, at Northside Baptist Church with Rev. Brian Hatchett, and Bishop John Tyson officiating. Interment will follow in the family lot in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. The family respectfully request no flowers. Those desiring may make memorials in his honor to the Abbeville Gideons International P.O. Box 1126 Abbeville, SC 29620.