MILDRED MARIE POWELL

PUXICO -- Mildred Marie Powell, 83, of Puxico died Friday, Oct. 28, 1994, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff.

She was born May 4, 1911, at Leora, the daughter of Lewis O. and Ollie E. Christian Kitchen. On Sept. 3, 1931, she married John Powell at Poplar Bluff. He survives.

She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church at Puxico. She was a past Matron of the Order of Eastern Star #422 at Puxico.

Survivors include a son, Jerry Powell, of St. Louis; a daughter, Barbara Smith, Puxico; a brother, Nelson O. Kitchen of Dexter; a sister, Cassie Willson of Puxico; four grandchildren; six great grandchildren; and five great, great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter and a brother.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. today at Watkins & Sons Funeral Chapel in Puxico. The Rev. Marshall Link will officiate, and burial will be in the Puxico Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home until service time.