Extracted from The Caldwell Watchman-Progress (Columbia, LA)
Wednesday, September 12, 1990

Alvin Powell

Services for Mr. Alvin Jack Powell, 75, Denham Springs, Louisiana, were held at 3:30 p.m. Monday, September 3, 1990 at Riser and Son Funeral Home Chapel in Columbia with Dr. Ronald Osteen officiating. Burial was in Hebert Cemetery in Hebert under direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia.

Mr. Powell died September 1 at Baton Rouge Medical Center in Baton Rouge, LA.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruby Powell of Denham Springs; two sons, Bobby Jack Powell of Rochester, Illinois and Alvin Glenn Powell of Baton Rouge; a daughter, Mrs. Alva Rue Powell Galloway of Denham Springs; four sisters, Mrs. Ludy Powell, Mrs. Trudy Beck, Mrs. Shirley Tillman, Mrs. Allie Osteen, all of Columbia; 5 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Dub Osteen, Lee Osteen, Steve Osteen, Gary Bamburg, Kenny Phillips, Jimmy Emmons, Willie Hines and Andy Powell.