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DATE: THURSDAY, October 7, 1993                   TAG: 9310070356
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT POWELL, ALFRED S.

POWELL, Alfred S., ("Al"), 63, of Roanoke County, died Tuesday, October 5, 1993. Al served in the U.S. Navy on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Mindoro during the Korean Conflict, was a former Virginia State Trooper, served as a safety director for Tyson-Holly Farms in the Richmond area and was a retired inspector for the U.S. Department of Labor. He was a member of Graham Christian Church, Bluefield, Va., a member of Harmon Masonic Lodge #222, Bluefield, Va., and the Roanoke Scottish Rite Bodies. Surviving are his wife, Fryda Keyser Powell; his son, W. Kelly Powell, Roanoke; his daughter and son-in-law, Theresa P. and John Piurkowsky, Charleston, S.C.; a brother, H. Randolph Powell and wife, Kathy, North Wilkesboro, N.C.; two sisters, Alice P. Chambers, Daleville, Martha P. Dillon and husband, James, Roanoke; also several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at Oakey's South Chapel, Friday, October 8, 1993, 11 a.m., with the Rev. Jack E. Musick officiating. Interment will follow in Alleghany Memorial Park, Low Moor, with a graveside service at 2 p.m. Masonic grave rites will be conducted by Covington Lodge #171. The family will receive friends Thursday, 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Oakey's South Chapel. 


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