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- Wylie J. (Jerome) was a private in World War I.
Wylie Powers
April 23, 1982
Wylie J. Powers. 89, Route 1 Pal-myra, died Wednesday at Memorial
Hospital after an extended illness.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Sykes Chapel with the Rev
Howard Herndon officiating. Burial with Maonic rites will follow in
the Powers Family Cemetery.
Born Dec. 17, 1894 in Montgomery County, he was the son of the late
Wilson Powers and Mary Webb Powers.
Mr. Powers was a retired farmer a World War I Veteran of the U.S
Army, treasurer of the Tarsus United Methodist Church for 30 years. a
member of Palmyra Masonic Lodge for 50 years and had served on
Montgomery County Quarterly Court.
Survivors include his wife, Beatrice Reagan Powers; one daughter
Mrs. Jewell Gannaway, Clarksville: one brother Homer Powers,
Michigan; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Lemoine Vickers, Wendell Jones, Julius Powers,
Jewell Yarbrough, Marshall Ragan, Edgar Atkins, Warren Neblett, and
Louis Powers.
Visitation will begin after 5 p.m. today at Sykes Funeral Home.
Arrangements are being handled by Sykes Funeral Home.
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