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Ruth <I>Grimsley</I> Powers

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Ruth Grimsley Powers

Birth
Killian, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Death
9 Dec 1967 (aged 90)
Eau Claire, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section G, Row 4, Site 36
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The State Newspaper, Columbia, S.C. Sunday 10 December 1967, Page 15(63), Col. 3.
Mrs. C. I. (Ruth) Powers died Saturday at her home.
Mrs. Powers, the former Ruth Grimsley, was born in Killian, daughter of the late John Wesley and Louisa Locklair Grimsley. She lived in Columbia most of her life and was a member of Park Street Baptist Church.
Surviving is four daughters: Mrs. R.W. (Mary) Lilley, Mrs. W.I. (Nell) Eleazer, Mrs. B.D. (Thelma) Cox, and Ruth Powers of Columbia; two sons W.L. Powers of Columbia and the Rev. Jerome C. Powers of Charleston.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Park Street Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Robert Deneen and the Rev. Dr. Paul Wheeler. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel is in charge.
Active pallbearers will be Tom Hoffman, L.W. Raines, M.R. Mobley, M.G. MacGruder, Tom Rodgers and Lawrence Rodgers.
The State Newspaper, Columbia, S.C. Sunday 10 December 1967, Page 15(63), Col. 3.
Mrs. C. I. (Ruth) Powers died Saturday at her home.
Mrs. Powers, the former Ruth Grimsley, was born in Killian, daughter of the late John Wesley and Louisa Locklair Grimsley. She lived in Columbia most of her life and was a member of Park Street Baptist Church.
Surviving is four daughters: Mrs. R.W. (Mary) Lilley, Mrs. W.I. (Nell) Eleazer, Mrs. B.D. (Thelma) Cox, and Ruth Powers of Columbia; two sons W.L. Powers of Columbia and the Rev. Jerome C. Powers of Charleston.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Park Street Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Robert Deneen and the Rev. Dr. Paul Wheeler. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel is in charge.
Active pallbearers will be Tom Hoffman, L.W. Raines, M.R. Mobley, M.G. MacGruder, Tom Rodgers and Lawrence Rodgers.


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  • Created by: Kenneth McCaw
  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118943714/ruth-powers: accessed ), memorial page for Ruth Grimsley Powers (19 Sep 1877–9 Dec 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 118943714, citing Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Kenneth McCaw (contributor 47816089).