Obituaries

James Fred "Jim" Powell, 80, owner of Independent Lumber Co., Adair, Ok., died of diabetes Nov. 19 in Pryor, Ok.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and in 1946 purchased Lawrence Lumber Co. He moved operations to Pryor, changing the company name to Independent Lumber.

Ray W. Nunn, chairman of Simms-Moore Lumber & Hardware Co. and Simms Moore Bush Lumber, Frisco, Tx., died of a staff infection Jan. 13 in Frisco.

Born in Hereford, Tx., he worked at Kemp Lumber, Hereford, in his teens. He served as a U.S. Army captain during World War II before joining McCaslin-Scott Lumber, Amarillo, Tx. In the early 1960s, he went to work for Simms-Moore Lumber as manager, assuming ownership in 1963.

Mr. Nunn was president of the Lumbermen's Association of Texas in 1986 and two years later was named the association's Lumberman of the Year.

He was also president of the National Lumber & Buildins Material Dealers Association in 1994; president of the Dallas Lumberman's Association in 1983, and appointed to the American Lumber Standard Committee.

James Curtis Ball, 86, founder and owner of Ball Building Supply, Calhoun City, Ms., died of cancer Nov. 20 in Calhoun City.

A Calhoun City naiive, he served in the U.S. Army during WWIL He started a wooden boat paddle and two furniture manufacturing plants before opening Ball Building Supply in t952.

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