Extracted from The Daily World (Opelousas, LA)
Monday, October 22, 1973

Mrs. J. Powell Rites Sunday

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Lafond & Son Funeral Home chapel for Mrs. James Powell, 75, of Melville, who died at 2:45 a.m. Saturday.

Burial was in the Methodist cemetery in Melville under the direction of Lafond & son Funeral Home.

She is survived by several nieces and nephews. She was a native of Columbia and a retired nurse.