TRUE POWERS

ADVANCE -- True V. Powers, 91, formerly of Advance, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 1997, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

He was born July 24, 1905, at Parma, son of John W. and Nebraska Stratton Powers. He and Wilma Bryant were married Sept. 24, 1924, at Parma. She died Jan. 25, 1990.

Powers was a retired farmer. He was a member of Brownwood General Baptist Church and the Galilee Association, and served as an honorary deacon.

Survivors include five sons, John, Dwight, David and Chet Powers, all of Cape Girardeau, J.C. Powers of Advance; a daughter, Doris Swindell of Salem; a brother, Jay Powers of Elwood, Ind.; a sister, Nola Zubek of West Plains; 21 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by three sons, two daughters, a grandson, and two great-grandsons.

Friends may call at Morgan Funeral Home from 4:30-8 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Vyron Yount and Gary Cooper officiating. Burial will be in Morgan Memorial Park.