Vivian Powell's Obituary
VIVIAN POWELL, 87
Administrative Assistant
Lakeland - Vivian Flowers Powell, 87, passed away November 27, 2014, at LRMC of respiratory failure. Ms. Powell was born in Miami and graduated from Miami Sr. High in 1944. She also attended classes at Miami-Dade Jr. College and moved to Lakeland in 2005, from Hialeah. She was an active member of the Coral Rebekah Lodge #13 in Miami since 1945, I.O.O.F. Past President Rebekah Assembly of Florida, Past Regent and Recorder of Women of the Moose, Hialeah chapter #1231, and Woodmen of the World Chapter 689 in Miami and Chapter 78 in Lakeland.
She was preceded in death by son, Raymond Barrs; husband of 20 years, Darius B. 'Dee' Powell and is survived by son, John (Diane) Barrs, of Boca Raton, FL; daughters, Elizabeth (Bob) Rafford, of Lakeland, FL, and Barbara (John) Barker, Rougemont, NC; 10 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Thursday, December 4, 2014, at 4PM at Gentry-Morrison Southside Chapel with visitation from 3-4PM.
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