NINTH GENERATION

138. Harvey Wayne POWERS was born on 5 Dec 1945 in Garfield Hospital, Washington, DC. He has reference number 0001. Harvey Wayne Powers graduated from Park View High School in 1964. He received his BA in Political Science from Randolph-Macon College on 02 Jun 1968.
Powers worked most of his adult life in broadcasting. In 1959, at the age of 14, he started with WJWS radio in South Hill (now WSHV). He also worked for WIVE in Ashland and WRVA in Richmond. In television, he was the Richmond news bureau for WDBJ Television. Later he served as Editor, Producer, News Director and Assistant Vice President - News for WWBT TV (NBC12) in Richmond.
In 2006, he was assigned to WWBT's parent company, Lincoln Financial Media, as internet content manager for the group's three television stations. He retired in 2008.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1968-1971, reaching the rank of Specialist 5. He was posted in Columbia, South Carolina, and Frankfurt and Heidelburg, West Germany. While in Frankfurt, he served with the Armed Forces Radio Network.
In 1992, he became interested in genealogy and is the author of this family history.

He was married to Lois Marie PAYNTER (daughter of John Thomas PAYNTER and Mary Ann WYNN) on 9 Jun 1968 in Ashland, Va. Lois Marie PAYNTER was born on 18 Mar 1947 in South Hill, Virginia. Lois Paynter is a 1964 graduate of Park View High School. She is a liscenced beautician and for nearly 30 years, operated a small day care business from her home. In 2006 she retired. Harvey Wayne POWERS and Lois Marie PAYNTER had the following children:

+268 i. Harvey Street POWERS.
+269 ii. John Thomas POWERS.
+270 iii. Timothy Claude POWERS.
+271 iv. Marci Wynn POWERS.