Velma Lee Powell was born in Cotton Missouri 7-DEC 1906. Her father was Joseph Brant Powell (1883–1961) and her mother was Lillian Ethel Stephens (1887–1938). She had three sisters Norma Matilda (1908-1994), Helen Irene (1911-2008) and Forest Lorene (1913-2004). Velma graduated from Aurora High School in California, Missouri in 1925.
Velma was awarded a Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Scholarship and attended Warrensburg State Teachers College (now Central Missouri State University). Her first teaching job was in a one-room schoolhouse in Pilot Grove, Missouri. Velma was Principal at Marthasville School in St. Charles County where she taught for 13 years.
Velma would go on to serve 20 years.
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