Funeral Services For
ADDIE SCOTT POWELL
November 14, 1921 - January 10, 2012
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:30 p.m.
Trinity Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
2930 Glenn Hills Drive ~ Aueusta. Georuia 30906
Rev. Jeffery R. Thomas, PhD., Pastor & Eulogist

Obiturary
Ms. Addie Scott Powell was bom November 14, 1921 in Augusta, Georgia to the late Matthew Marion Scott and Tilly Lyons Scott, and raised by her aunt, the late Janie Scott Brown. Ms. Powell entered into rest, on Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at her residence, in the community that she loved.
Ms. Powell was a graduate of Paine College High School. She graduated from Paine College, the University of Iowa and Atlanta University (now Clark-Atlanta University), distinguishing herself at each institution of higher learning as a scholar. Mrs. Powell was one of the first women accepted into the creative writing program at the University of Iowa.
She was a professor of English, Writing and Literature at North Carolina State University, Raliegh, NC and Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA. Ms. Powell was a former correspondent for The Atlanta Daily World and the colored section of the The Augusta Chronicle and Herald. She was a reference librarian for the Wallace Branch Libray, in Augusta, GA. She was the lead district librarian at Brooklyn Public Library in New York, covering over nine districts in Brooklyn. Upon retiring from the Brooklyn Public Library she returned to her beloved Augusta, where she worked tirelessly for the historic preservation of communities like the Summerville Community in the CSRA, as well as restoration of the Bethlehem Community, a community that her family (the Scott family) was instrumental in building and residing in even prior to the Emancipation Proclamation.
Ms. Powell was the founder and the director of the Bethlehem Area Community Association and was a renowned community activist and historic preservationist who has been honored locally, state-wide and nationally. In 2000, she was honored in a house resolution by the Georgia Commission on Women and the Women's History Month Committee of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. One of her other noteworthy activities were her efforts to restore and revitalize the Bethlehem Community and historic Cedar Grove Cemetery in Augusta, GA, where Augusta's oldest and most influential African Americans are buried including her own family, the Scott and Lyons' families. Her grandfather, Judson Whitlocke Lyons, Georgia's first African American Attorney, and Augusta's first African American Post Master, was the leader of Georgia's Republican Party during reconstruction, and was appointed as the U. S. Register of the Treasurer.
Ms. Powell is survived by her daughter Mrs. Frances Powell Harris, grandson Mr. Charles G. Harris, III, granddaughter Ms. Frances Harris Rhodes and two great grandchildren, Joshua and Hannah as well as the remaining members of the Scott family and a close knit association of family.

ORDER of SERVICE Trinity Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Augusta, Georgia Wednesday, January 18, 2012
1:30 p.m.

Prelude Processional

Mrs. Doris Roberson Musician, Trinity>C.M.E. Church
Augusta, GA
"God Will Take Care o f You "

Solo Prayer Apostle's Creed

"His Eye Is on The Sparrow"

Mrs. Audrey M. Thomas Trinity C.M.E. Church, Augusta, GA

Rev. Stephen J. Delaine Pastor, College Park C.M.E. Church
College Park, GA

Old Testament Gloria Patri

Judges 4:1-9

Rev. Lola S. Russell Assoc. Minister, Antioch A.M.E. Church
Stone Mountain, GA

New Testament
Selection Obituary

I Thessalonians 4:13-18

Rev. Sarah C. Cooper Pastor, Rock o f Ages C.M.E. Church
Augusta, GA

"It Is Well"

The Voices of Trinity

Read Silently

Reflections & Acknowledgements

Hon. Betty Beard Former Comissioner & Mayor Pro Tempore
Augusta, GA

Solo Eulogy Recessional

"Precious Lord" "Going Up Yonder"

Mrs. Beverly M. Tarver Trinity>C.M.E. Church Augusta, GA
Mr. Jesse L. Norman Trinity/ C.M.E. Church
Augusta, GA
Rev. Jeffery R. Thomas, PhD Pastor, Trinity C.M.E. Church

Addie Scott Powell Quotes
As Published in Southern Exposure. 1996
"It's in the doing that you get your strength."
"You can sit around and say it's a shame the way they treat us, but if you know dam well something shouldn't exist, you've got a moral responsibility to point in the right direction.
The more you know, the more responsibility you have."
Addie Scott Powell Quotes As recalled by friends and family
"Keep your powder dry."
"When you talk about judging people, you need to realize that some people are taught, and some have native intelligence."
"You never know what you have by looking at a child. When you find extrodinary talent no matter how small, salvage them and pull that child aside and work with him."
The Fallen Limb A limb has fallen from thefam ily tree. I keep hearing a voice that says, "Grieve not fo r me. Remember the best limes, the laughter, the song. The good life l lived while 1 was strong. Continue my heritage, I'm counting on you. Keep smiling and surely the sun will shine through. My mind is at ease, my soul is at rest. Remembering all, how 1 truly was blessed. Continue traditions, no matter how small. Go on with your life, don't worry about falls 1 miss you all dearly, so keep up your chin. Until the day comes we're together again. "
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The family of Ms. Addie Scott Powell would like to express its sincere appreciation to those who have comforted and consoled our family during this time. We are grateful for your warm expressions of concern, prayers, visits and phone calls. You have been such a
blessing in our time of sorrow. God bless you all.
Thank you to:
W.H. Mays Mortuary
"Professional Service A Family Tradition Since 1922" 1221 James Brown Boulevard Augusta, Georgia 30901 (706)722-6401

OBITUARY
Mrs. Addie Scott Powell November 14, 1921 - January 10, 2012
Addie Scott Powell was bom Addie James Scott, the youngest child to Matthew and Tillie Lyons Scott on November 14, 1921 in Augusta, Georgia. Her mother died a few months after her birth. She was cared for by her grandmother, Frances Grant Scott, and her aunt, Alma Scott Bell, until their deaths. Most importantly, she was brought up by her aunt, Janie Scott Brown, who nurtured her throughout her life and encouraged her academic achievements. Mrs. Powell was brought up with her two older brothers, Matthew and Robert, and cousins: Charles Marion Scott, James Randolph Walton, Lola Scott Cohen, and Charles Warren Scott. All of the aforementioned preceded her in death.
Mrs. Powell's elementary education was in Augusta, Georgia at Nellieville School and Silas X. Floyd School. She attended Paine College "Laboratory" High School, Augusta, Georgia, from which she graduated in 1939. She attended and graduated from Paine College with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion in 1943. She subsequently attended and graduated from the State University of Iowa (now University of Iowa), Iowa City, Iowa, in February, 1949 with a Masters of Arts degree in Journalism. She then attended and graduated from Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, with a Masters degree in Library Science in August, 1949.
Mrs. Powell's journalistic work included The Augusta Chronicle's "Colored Notes", and The Weekly Review, Augusta, Georgia, and The Atlanta Daily Journal, Atlanta, Georgia.
Mrs. Powell was employed as a librarian at North Carolina College,

Durham, North Carolina, and Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, New York. During a brief leave of absence from Brooklyn Public Library, she was the branch librarian at the Wallace Branch Library of the Augusta Public Library. She returned to Brooklyn Public Library as supervisor of Adult Services. She retired in 1974 and returned to Augusta. Her deteriorating vision did not keep her from being an active and vocal part of the city and community. She fought for the rights of poverty-stricken communities to be heard and to receive the same quality of life as other communities. She looked upon the historic preservation as a need for many aspects of the city of Augusta. This was especially true of the historic Bethlehem community in which she and her family lived and died.
Throughout her life, Mrs. Powell was affiliated with many national, regional, and local civic organizations. Her desire in her obituary was not the listing of these groups and the numerous awards that have been bestowed upon her, but the impact that her life made upon the lives of others.
Mrs. Powell was the granddaughter of Charles M. Scott, Flag Bearer, 10th United States Cavalry, Spanish-American War. She was the grand-niece of Judson Whitlocke Lyons, the first African-American to pass the Georgia Bar in 1884 and Register of the United States Treasury (1898-1906).
Mrs. Powell was married to John J. Powell to which was bom one child, a surviving daughter, Frances Powell Harris. She is also survived by a grandson, Charles G. Harris, III; a granddaughter, Frances Harris Rhodes; a great-grandson, Joshua Gayle; and a great-granddaughter, Hannah Rhodes.