Royden Nathan Powell Jr.

Royden Nathan Powell, Jr. of Centreville died on Friday, October 6, 2000 at Corsica Hills Rehabilitation Center, Centreville, MD. He was 80. Born June 9, 1920 in Centreville, he was the son of the late Royden Nathan and Anna Mae Hunter Powell. After graduating from Centreville High School in 1937 he established a trucking business, doing mainly general hauling. He married the former Roxanna Palmer Lane on January 18, 1941 prior to serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. In 1953, he incorporated the business, focusing on milk transportation for Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers and Interstate Milk Producers. He retired in 1983. He was the Treasurer of Queen Anne’s County from 1958-1966; he was the Personnel Administrator of Queen Anne’s County; was a Past Director of the Centreville National Bank and a Past Director of the Delmarva Data Center. He was a life and charter member and past president of the Centreville Lions Club, where he received the Melvin Jones Fellow Award; a member of the American Legion-Jeff Davis Post #18, the Corsica River Yacht Club where he had been Past Commodore for two terms; a Past Commodore for the Kent Island Yacht Club; he had been a charter member and Past President of the Queen Anne’s Sportsmen’s Club and he was a member of the Centreville United Methodist Church where he served on the Board of Trustees, chairman of the Sanctuary Building Committee and a member of the Methodist Men. In addition to his wife, Mr. Powell is survived by two daughters, Jane Powell Coppage and her husband, Marvin B. Coppage of Centreville and Anne Lane Powell of Berlin, MD; a son, Royden Nathan Powell, III and his wife, JoAnn Anthony Powell of Centreville; five grandchildren, Marvin “Chip”Bowen Coppage, Jr. of Chestertown, David Powell Coppage and his wife, Vicky Larrimore Coppage, of Centreville, Susan Coppage Miller of Salisbury, Kerri Coppage Russell and her husband, Shane Russell of Centreville and Royden Nathan Powell, IV of Centreville; six great-grandchildren, Michael Coppage and Joseph Coppage, both of Easton, Kendall Coppage, Jordan Coppage, Alex Bradley and Cheyanne Russell, all of Centreville. Funeral services will be held at the Centreville United Methodist Church, Centreville at 2:00 PM on Monday, October 9, 2000. Friends may call at the Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, Centreville on Sunday, October 8, 2000 from 3:00 5:00 PM. Burial will be at Chesterfield Cemetery, Centreville, MD. Memorial donations may be made to the Centreville United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 608 Church Hill Road, Centreville, MD 21617.