Richard Charley Powell

Today is Brother Richard's Birthday...He would have been 70 years old today.He was a hard working family man. He had worked since he was 14 till the day he died. He could really tell a story and was always good to me. He loved his Family but I think his wife Barbara, was his life.

Daddy and Richard often butted heads but don't you know on the day Richard was born Daddy must have been so proud..

I know I have heard Daddy 100 times tell us girls while we were trying to do something like fix fence around the Farm..."I'd trade all three of you girls for one boy..." He must have thought a lot of Richard or Clayton because those were the only two boys he could compair us with at the time...You know that statement from Daddy never really hurt my feelings...I usually thought...I wish you had a boy too and I would not have to be here doing this...