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GENERATION # 4 - FLORA LEE MULLINS POWERS

I SHALL PASS THROUGH LIFE BUT ONCE. LET ME SHOW KINDNESS NOW AS I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN - WILLIAM PENN


THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE AREN'T THINGS


FLORA LEE MULLINS POWERS WAS BORN MARCH 25, 1912 NEAR CLINTWOOD, VIRGINIA. SHE WAS THE FIFTH CHILD BORN TO GEORGE N. AND MARTHA GILBERT MULLINS. SHE GRADUATED FROM DICKENSON MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL AND RADFORD STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE. SHE TAUGHT FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN ONE ROOM SCHOOLS IN DICKENSON COUNTY, VA. SHE WAS MARRIED TO TEDDY MILTON POWERS APRIL 8, 1939. THEY LIVED IN COEBURN, VA. ALL OF THEIR MARRIED LIFE. THEIR SIX CHILDREN ARE HUBERT LEE, MARY NELL, BETTY ANN (GENERATION #5), GEORGE ROBERT (DECEASED), KENNETH DAVID, AND KYLE MILTON. FLORA LOVED TO WORK IN HER VEGETABLE AND FLOWER GARDENS. SHE WAS AN AVID READER. SHE LOVED TO SEW AND TAKE PICTURES. SHE DIED MARCH 23, 1994 AND IS BURIED IN THE POWERS FAMILY CEMETERY NEAR COEBURN, VIRGINIA. TED IS 89 YEARS OLD AND LIVES IN COEBURN, VA.
THE ABOVE PICTURE WAS TAKEN WHEN FLORA WAS AT RADFORD COLLEGE

TEDDY MILTON POWERS

FLORA POWERS

FLORA AND TED POWERS

FLORA AND TED WITH THEIR SIX CHILDREN
BETTY, MARY, HUBERT, KYLE, GEORGE AND KENNY


FLORA AND TED POWERS AND FAMILY
50TH ANNIVERSARY PHOTO



MAMA'S FRESH APPLE POUND CAKE
MIX TOGETHER:
2 CUPS SUGAR
1 CUP WESSON OIL
3 EGGS
1 TSP. SODA
1 TSP. SALT
1/2 TSP. CINNAMON
1/2 TSP. CLOVES
1 TSP. VANILLA
3 CUPS PLAIN FLOUR
ADD THE FOLLOWING WITH A SPATULA:
3 CUPS DICED APPLES
3/4 CUPS COCONUT
3/4 CUP OF WALNUTS
PUT IN TUBE PAN AND BAKE AT 350 DEGREES FOR 1 HR. 20 MINUTES.
FROSTING
3 OZ PACKAGE CREAM CHEESE
1 1/2 CUPS CONF. SUGAR
1 TSP. VANILLA
MIX AND SPREAD ON CAKE