Marie Powell's Obituary
Funeral services for Marie Powell will be held Thursday, January 21st at 10 am in the Labby Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Leesville, with Rev. John Lewing officiating. Burial will be at the Florien Cemetery in Florien, under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville.
Visitation will be Wednesday, January 20, 2016, 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on Thursday from 8 am until service time in the chapel.
Marie was the daughter of Luther and Mary Lou Coleman Foster, she was born in Morton, MS October 3, 1927 and passed away January 16, 2016 in Pitkin.
Marie retired from Bayne Jones Army Community Hospital after 25 years of work in nursing. She enjoyed hunting and fishing and anything outdoors and truly loved raising her chickens.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Robert Powell; son LeRoy “June Bug” Nugent Jr and his wife Debra; daughter, Pat Seay; daughter, Jan and her husband Mike Perkins; son in law Thomas Horton, Jr; grandchildren, Cindy Dickey and Amanda Nugent and Great grandchild, Kylar Hale
She is survived by sons, Robert (wife, Linda) Nugent of Elysian Fields, TX and Rickey (wife, Tami) Nugent of Midland, Michigan; daughters, Frances Alfursan of Pitkin and Rhonda Horton and Austin Brown of Hornbeck, LA; 23 grandchildren, 54 great grandchildren and 8 great great grandchildren.
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