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Catherine Webster Powell

June 24, 1917 — January 19, 2015

Catherine Webster Powell, 97, passed away Monday evening, January 19, 2015, at Morehead Nursing Center.

A funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, January 24, at Immanuel Friends Church. Burial will follow in Danview Cemetery.

Mrs. Powell was born June 24, 1917 in Rockingham County to the late Hillary and Beulah Webb Webster. She was a nurse and trained at Leaksville Hospital where she worked for several years. Catherine later worked as a sales clerk for the local Belks.

She is survived by her three sons, Robert D. Powell and wife, Jean, of Reidsville, Donald W. Powell and wife, Gail, of Reidsville, and Reverend J. Rodney Powell and wife, Julie, of Eden; brother, Ted Webster of Eden; and sister Orena Taylor of Leesburg, FL; six grandchildren, Kelly Rassette, Kristy Hussey, Andrew Powell, Thomas Powell, Kayla Powell, and Alexis Powell; three great-grandchildren, Austin Lemons, Ryan Rassette, and Brooks Powell; and one great-great-grandchild, Elizabeth Lemons.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Spencer Powell; her brothers, Latcher, James and Tom Webster; and sisters, Frances Stone and Nell Marie Fryar.

The family will receive friends Friday evening, 7 - 9 PM, at Fair Funeral Home and other times at the home of her son, Robert, 601 Stokes Rd. in Reidsville.

Memorial contributions may be made to Immanuel Friends Church, 502 S. Fieldcrest Rd., Eden, NC 27288

Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.fairfuneralhome.com
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