NAME: JAMES PRESTON POWELL, AGE 75, OF ATOKA COUNTY, OK. BORN: AUGUST 17, 1921 AT WALTON, KS TO FRANK AND GOLDIE MAE (LAMB) POWELL. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 75 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IDAHO. MARRIED: BETTY GAMBRILL. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND FARMER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: DELORES SIMPSON AND HUSBAND BOB OF PONCA CITY, OK. SHEILA VANCE OF PONCA CITY, OK. ADOPTED SON: BUSTER YORK POWELL OF TUSHKA, OK. 7 GRANDCHILDREN, 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. FORMER WIFE: BETTY GAMBRILL OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: FRANK AND GOLDIE MAE POWELL. SON: JAMES POWELL, JR.

DATE OF SERVICES: THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SERVICES. JAMES DONATED HIS BODY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA ANATOMICAL RESEARCH BOARD.