OBITUARY
Houston Samuel “Tex” Powell
11/21/1926 – 12/12/2023
Houston Samuel “Tex” Powell, 97, died December 12, 2023, following a short illness in Holly Hill, Florida.
Houston was born on Nov. 21, 1926, in Tallassee, Alabama. He graduated from Southern Industrial Institute in Camp Hill, Alabama, and then served in the Merchant Marines during WW II from 1944 until 1946. He married Concetta Castellano in Brooklyn, NY, who preceded him in death in 1983. His second wife Rose Karl Powell also preceded him in death in 2005.
Houston is survived by two children Anthony Powell and Stephanie Schmitter and their spouses, Bonnie and Ronald; two grandchildren Joshua Schmitter and his spouse Kristin, Jeremy Schmitter and his partner Cara, and one great granddaughter Persephone Schmitter; a stepdaughter Mary Gottman, step granddaughter Elizabeth Hanrahan, spouse Craig and their two children.
Houston was a resident of Merrick, NY since 1951 and retired from a career in data processing at the King Kullen grocery chain in 1988. A long-time Mason, he was devoted to the organization and held several prominent posts over 60 plus years. He loved to read, smoke his pipe, watch old-time Western movies, and enjoyed trips to play the one-armed bandits in Atlantic City and Tampa. He was a nine-year resident of Ormond Beach and Holly Hill, Florida, and was an avid fan of the Dallas Cowboys and Alabama “Tide”.
Houston will be interred on Friday, January 5, 2024, with his first wife Concetta at Pinelawn Memorial Park in Farmingdale, NY.
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FINAL RESTING PLACE
Friday, January 5, 2024
Pinelawn Memorial Park
2030 Wellwood Ave.
Farmingdale, New York 11735
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