Extracted from The Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
POWELL, JESSE A.
Died at 5:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, 1976, at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. He was 58, a native of Columbia and a resident of 1734 N. 15th St.
The body will be at Rabenhorst with visting from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday and will then be taken to Riser and Son Funeral Home in Columbia for a service Tuesday.
He is survived by his wife, the former Olive Blake of Olla; one daughter, Mrs. Jackie Fletcher of Baton Rouge; two sons, Rodney B. Powell and James A. Powell, both of Baton Rouge; four sisters, one brother, and seven grandchildren.
He was a member of Ironworkers Local No. 623.
Sunday, February 15, 1976