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     Earl Wharton Powell was buried at Roselawn Burial Park, 103 Clearview Drive, Martinsville, Virginia.^2,3 He was born on July 16, 1914 at Pelham, Caswell Co., North Carolina.^1,2,3 He married Mary Alice Johnson, daughter of Charles Shelby "Charlie" Johnson and Mary Byar Hardy, on October 7, 1942 at Sutherlin, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.^1,3 Earl Wharton Powell died on October 21, 1981 at Martinsville, Virginia, at age 67.^2,3

     Leon Nelson Powell was buried at Hardy Cemetery, Mountain Lane, Keeling, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.¹ He was born on June 27, 1958 at Martinsville, Virginia.^1,2 He died on June 28, 1958 at Martinsville, Virginia.^3,1

     Byar Ann Powell was buried at Roselawn Burial Park, 103 Clearview Drive, Martinsville, Virginia.³ She was born on August 20, 1943 at Danville, Virginia.^4,1,3 As of June 20, 1964,her married name was Steele.² She married Larry Eldridge Steele on June 20, 1964 at Martinsville, Virginia.² Byar Ann Powell died on December 7, 1986 at West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Co., Florida, at age 43.^5,4,3

     Her Social Security Number was 070-20-8272.² Her married name was Glesinger.³ Gertrude Harriette "Trudy" Huppert married Dr. Arthur Froehlich Glesinger at Austria.^3,4 Gertrude Harriette "Trudy" Huppert and Dr. Arthur Froehlich Glesinger were divorced.³ Gertrude Harriette "Trudy" Huppert was born on May 25, 1905 at Bielitz, Austria (now Bielsko-Biala Poland); On her original Social Security application, Gertrude listed her birth date as May 25, 1912.^1,2 She Glad to Be Alive, Says Vienna Refugee. Dr. Glesinger, Wife Find Christmas Happiness In America. Just being alive in America compensates any lack of Christmas pleasures for Dr. Arthur Glesinger, once an established Vienna specialist. "We do not expect anything, isn't it enough that we are in America?" chorused his comely blonde wife, Gertrude, who was a concert singer and music teacher in Europe before the couple fled Austria in 1938. They came to Charleston two months ago to be with a cousin, Mrs. Nannie Schaffer (the Glesingers were sponsored by my grandfather, Dr. Phillip Schaffer, a cousin of Gertrude), 1528 Lee street, after living with friends in Italy. Glesinger, a Jew, said he took with him from Vienna the equivalent of $10 in German marks, a few clothes and his furniture, leaving behind his home, his 12-year-medical practice and his wife’s career. Dr. Glesinger temporarily is a masseur. “Our people are still in Germany and Czecho-slovakia.” said Mrs. Glesinger. “We do not hear from them since the war. But let’s not speak of that. You in America just cannot appreciate what it is like in Europe. “Next Christmas maybe we will have gifts for all our friends.” on December 24, 1939.⁵ She Mrs. Gertrude Glesinger gave a recital of vocal music over WCHS and dedicated it to Dr. Philip Schaffer, a relative, who aided her in escaping from Austria after the Nazi invasion. on October 1, 1940.⁶ She died in January, 1982 at New York at age 76.²