Source: Wayne County News. April 9, 1948 Jonas Powers, 75 years old, of Wayne R. 1, died at his home, April 2. Funeral services were conducted last Sunday at the Reger Chapel by Rev. Henry Mullins and Rev. L.E. Barnett, with burial in the Mount Vernon cemetery. He is survived by the widow; Mrs. Elizabeth Eves Powers; two sons, Burgan and Newell Powers; a step-son, Lakin Hatten of Huntington; two daughters, Mrs. Pearl Herring and Mrs. Inez Spurlock of Huntington; a brother, Joseph D. Powers and two sisters, Mrs. Eliza Newman and Mrs. Jarusha (Powers) Osburn of Huntington.