LAKE PLACID -- Mr. Albert Junior "J.R." Powell of Lake Placid died of cancer Tuesday (Aug. 23, 2005) at home. He was 62.

Born in Bonifay on May 23, 1943, Mr. Powell came to Lake Placid from Eagle Lake in 1989. He was a self-employed mobile home repairman. He was a member of the Lake Placid Moose Lodge. He attended First Baptist Church of Venus.

Mr. Powell is survived by his wife, Lynn Powell; sons, Bobby McGuire, Winter Haven, Blane Birge, Lake Placid; daughters, Audrey Carter, Lake Wales, Missy Powell, Winter Haven, Jewel Powell, Lake Placid; brothers, John T. Powell, Winter Haven, Bobby Powell, Eagle Lake; sisters, Julia Worley, Eloise, Janie Hampton, Winter Haven, Mona Gainer, Tampa, Betty Hough, Lakeland, Paige Brooker, Lake Wales, Shirley Grimes, Winter Haven; four grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Oak Ridge Funeral Care, 2425 W. Havendale Blvd., Winter Haven. Burial will be in the Church of Christ Cemetery in Eagle Lake