Mr. Powell was born in Gates County. He was retired from White and Woodley Mechanical Contractors in Ahoskie after 33 years of employment, and was a member, deacon and Sunday School teacher at Cool Spring Baptist Church, a member of the Eure Volunteer Fire Department and a former member of the Gates County Rescue Squad.
Preceded in death by his parents, William Henry and Avie Lowe Powell and a sister, Ollie Brown, he is survived by his wife of 34 years, Kay Taylor Powell; a son, Lonnie David Powell of Eure; two sisters, Ellen Carroll of Norfolk and Nell Long of Eure; seven brothers, George "Cordie" Powell of Elizabeth City, James Randolph "Pete" Powell of Chesapeake, Sam Henry Powell of Portsmouth, William Roland Powell, Thomas Madison Powell Sr., John Frank Powell and Mack Vernon Powell, all of Eure.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Cool Spring Baptist Church by the Rev. Jack Edge and the Rev. Gilbert Crawford. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville, in charge. Friends may join the family at the residence.
Interment will be held at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery. Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville, is in charge. The family asks that flowers be omitted and memorial contributions be made to the Salvation Army, 203 W. 19th St., Norfolk, Va. or to any local Alzheimer's Chapter.
Mrs. Taylor was a retired bookkeeper and dispatcher with Superior Trucking in Chesapeake, Va. After moving to Gates County, she had written a column for the Gates County Index "Anne's Way" and had written several books on Genealogy. She was a Baptist.
Survivors include a daughter, JoAnne Merell of Hampton; a son, Gene Taylor of Virginia Beach; a brother, John Hatcher of Charlottesville; nine grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Return to Obit Index
Hertford County's Leading Lawyer and Man of Public Succumbs After Illness.
FUNERAL AND BURIAL LAST WEDNESDAY
For Many Years Represented County in General Assembly; A Vigorous Attorney.
On Monday, February 24, at a Richmond, Virginia, hospital, former Judge Brodie B. Winborne, and leading lawyer of Hertford county, died after a few weeks of intense suffering, brought on by a hemmorhage at the head. The burial and funeral took place at the old burying ground near Murfreesboro on the following Wednesday. Hertford county Superior court, which is in session at Winton this week, adjourned Wednesday in honor of his memory; and Judge Connor and the entire county bar, as well as other attendants in a body attended the burial.
Judge Winborne was sixty-five years of age when death claimed him; and up until a few weeks ago was actively engaged in the practice of law at his old home in Murfreesboro. Associated with him in his practice was his son, Hon. Stanley Winborne, at present county representative of this county. During his life time, he was one of the most vigorous lawyers and jurists in this section of the state. He was several years judge of the county court, has been prominently mentioned for Superior Court Judge, Attorney-General and other high state offices. For many years he was Hertford county's Representative at the state legislature. In the practice of law he was recognized as the leading authority on points of law in Hertford county, and the adjoining sections.
Surviving him are: his wife, and two sons, Hon. Stanley Winborne, and B. B. Winborne, Jr., both of whom make their home at Murfreesboro; also one brother, Mr. S. P. Winborne, of Como, and the present chairman of the county board of commissioners. His ancestry numbers some of the most prominent and influential personages of Hertford county; and among them, Judge Winborne was one of the strongest, ablest, and most vigorous of them all. In his death the county has suffered the loss of one of its leading public men, North Carolina one of its able defenders, and the bar one of its most learned members.
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As a legal adviser he has for many years stood at the top rung of the ladder in Hertford County and in North Carolina. For over thirty years and during the years intervening the wise and prudent layman carried his tough legal tangles to Judge Winborne. His name was the synonym of good legal advice. His word and counsel was sought not only by the layman but the less experienced members of his own profession have often gone to him for expert advice. In court judges, juries and all attendants have from time to time as he appeared paid close and strict attention to what this man of law said and the advice he gave was always depended upon in and out of the court room. In the eyes of the layman what he said was "the law." In the court room, both at his home and abroad this man will be mised most of all.
Judge Winborne was also a lover of local history. In former years he has writen an authentic history of Hertford County. As in his law practice, his writings were of the most exact nature; both comprehensive and minute to the smallest detail. Many of his historical articles, especially the histories of individual families, were published in his County paper, appearing in the Herald from time to time a few years ago.! His opinions were sought by those who would gather historical information upon which they could rely.
As a man he was always strong, vigorous, robust and ready to do battle in the arena of any legal conflict. Until a short while ago he vigorously upheld and prosecuted the biggest legal battles fought in the courts of Hertford and adjoining counties, as well as appearing before the State's Supreme Court. However, notwithstanding all of his former vigorousness during the past few months he was forced to give way to the ebbing tide of energy. With the passing of this man Hertford County and North Carolina loses a valuable human asset.
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