As the minister, he was featured in an article in 1950 about theUniver sity Avenue Baptist Church in Laramie, WY, one of the firstchurches he s erved:
"Rev. Glenn Powell, pastor of the church for the past three and onehal f years, is practically a native of this community. He came toLaramie f rom Ft. Colins at the age of seven and grew to manhood onranches in th is area, attending local schools. Reverend Powellstated that his call t o the ministry came when he was 21 years ofage. Preparing for the mini stry was a slow, disconnected process.However, in the course of time, h e earned a degree in theology fromthe American Bible college at Chicag o. In the meantime he served asa machinist for the Union Pacific rail road, working in Omaha,Cheyene,
Rawlins and Laramie. Reverend Powell was employed by the Alaskarailro ad at Curry, Alaska, when he resigned to enter the Gospel workin full- time service. He was ordained a Baptist minister at theGreeley Baptis t temple in November, 1947. Reverend Powell remarkedthat before his c onversion he had played for a dance and had alsoengaged in wrestling m atches in the WOW building. He said, 'At thattime little did I think t hat I would be preaching the Gospel in thissame building.'
When Reverend Powell accepted the call to the church it wasburden ed with indebtedness, and had an active attendance ofapproximately 25 o r 30. There are now 198 members registered on theSunday school roll a nd a record attendance of 210 was attained lastOctober.
Reverend Powell is a busy pastor officiating in five to sixregula r services each week at the local church besides speaking atBible conf erences in southern Wyoming or neighboring states nearlyevery month. I n addition he endeavors to spend several hours weeklyin personal evang elism. He recently held a revival meeting in RockRiver and is the fou nder of the new Calvary Baptist church there. Heprints a monthly Chri stian publication, 'The Baptist Trumpet,' whichhas a rapidly increasin g circulation. Reverend Powell is a boardmember of the newly organize d Fletcher Park Baptist Youth foundation
(Camp Grace) in the Laramie Peak area."
1952 He accompanied his father back to Sullivan, IL, for the Powellfa mily reunion.
The Everett, WA, newspaper, in 1986, carried a photo of him joggingwit h the following: "Glenn Powell, 80, got a birthday partycompliments o f the Everett Mall and Everett General Hospital onOctober 30. Powell h as run the mall as part of his daily routinesince 1980. He participat ed in the Mall's HeartWalk program since itbegan on February 13, 1982. ...Powell had his birthday party at 7 a.m.along with General Hospital' s cardiac rehabilitation class. He plansto just keep on running."
Another newspaper reported on the same event with a photo of himcuttin g his cake:
Everett (WA) Senior Runs for His8 0th Birthday
"When Glenn Powell celebrated his 80th birthday on October 30 hek icked up his heels for about a mile and a half. Approximately 45frien ds and co-runners, including Everett Mall and Everett GeneralHospital e mployees, joined Powell in a 'Happy Birthday' exercisesession and run i nside the mall at 7 a.m. that day---the exact hourof his birth.
Powell has been running four miles a day, three days a week,insid e the mall since 1980. The south Everett resident and retiredBoeing m achinist also competes in 10K (10,000 meter) races and canfinish the c ourse in approximately 60 minutes. This year, hecaptured first place w ithin the 70-year group in a 5,000 meter run atSeattle's Senior Olympi cs.
'Glenn is a wonderful person--an inspiration,' said Maria LamarcaA nderson, Everett Mall assistant marketing director. 'We wanted tohono r him personally and we wanted to salute senior citizencommitment to f itness.'
'Glenn was one of the first people to take advantage of our offer( in the HeartWalk Program),' said Lamarca Anderson. 'Since the shopsar e closed at that hour he says he does high-speed window shopping.'Powe ll, who started a running routine in 1970, has logged more than3, 900 m iles over the mall tiles.
Besides the cake and the exercise, Nike (the sports shoemanufactu rer) gave Powell a new pair of running shoes and the staffat Everett G eneral hospital presented party participants withT-shirts marking the e vent."
Accompanying the article was a photo of him sitting on the floor withh is small grandson, both preparing to jog by doing stretchingexercises.
He lived in Washingto for 30 years, 25 of which were at Everett.
