Joseph Ralph Powell Sr.

JOSEPH RALPH POWELL, SR., 85, OF 119 NAPLES RD. DIED FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 2001 AT BEVERLY HEALTH CARE CENTER. A NATIVE OF UNION, S.C., HE HAD LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE JOSEPH CEPHAS POWELL AND VIOLA LAVIRGIN CAPPS POWELL. HE WAS A W.W.II VETERAN OF THE U.S. ARMY, HAVING SERVED IN EUROPE AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, EVELYN LEE COGDILL POWELL OF THE HOME; SON, JOSEPH RALPH POWELL, JR. OF THE HOME; DAUGHTERS, MARIE HICKS OF ALEXANDER AND BARBARA ROGERS OF VIENNA, VA.; 10 GRANDCHILDREN; 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND A LARGE NUMBER OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 A.M. MONDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REV. ANDERSON COFFEY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN ASHELAWN GARDENS OF MEMORY WITH MILITARY GRAVESIDE RITES CONDUCTED BY THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY VETERANS COUNCIL VOLUNTEER MEMORIAL TEAM. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7-8:30 SUNDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME.