Powless, Cecil James 'Kayo'

1910 - 1982  (71 years)

• Name	Powless, Cecil James 'Kayo'
  Birth	9 Nov 1910	Wayne County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	POWL.C002
  _FGRAVE	19420470
  Death	2 Mar 1982	Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois
  Person ID	I32629	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Powless, James Lewis,   b. 1885   d. 31 Dec 1938 (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Guyott, Daisy L.,   b. 15 Aug 1888, Mill Shoals, White County, Illinois d. 8 Oct 1979, Flora Nursing Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F10463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Parish, Mildred M.,   b. 20 Sep 1912, Clay County, Illinois d. 1 Jun 2002, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 89 years)
  Children	1. Powless, John Dale,   b. 1932   d. 2021 (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F18418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Nov 1910 - Wayne County, Illinois Death - 2 Mar 1982 - Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Cecil J. "K.O." Powless, 71, of Flora died Tuesday (March 2, 1982) in Fort Myers, Fla. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in Flora Methodist Church. Visitation will be 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday in John T. Frank Funeral Home, Flora. Burial will be Elmwood Cemetery, Flora. Mr. Powless was born in Wayne County, son of James and Daisy Powless. He and his son were the owners of Throg-Morton & Powless Pharmacy, Flora. He married Mildred Parish. Surviving are his wife; sons, John of Madison, Wis.; Bob of Flora; daughter. Kay Stauffer of Champaign; brothers, Elmer and Floyd, both of Flora; Roy of Evansville, Ind.; sister, Ruby McGammon of Oklahoma City, Okla.; seven grandchildren. The Herald & Review Decatur, Illinois Thursday, March 4, 1982, p. A-9

  
  

• Sources

  [S6659] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Powless, Daisy L. and James L., (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33103126), none. (Reliability: 2). [S6660] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Powless, Daisy, 90, (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33103135), none. (Reliability: 2).