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Well Known Negro, Once a Constable, Died on Tuesday
Powell Harvey, well known Negro of the Fountain Switch community west
of Bryan, died at his farm home in that community Tuesday at 6 o'clock
after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m.
with interment made at Canaan cemetery 7 miles west of Bryan. Powell
Harvey was one of the leading Negro citizens of Brazos County and owned
his farm home and was always energetic and dependable. He was constable
in Precinct NO.5 for a long period of years and held the confidence of
all, both white and black, by being a faithful and efficient officer of
the law.
Bryan Weekly Eagle, 15 May 1930, p.2.