Stella married George Velpo Claud on September 7, 1922 in Yell County Arkansas.
Obituary (Yell County Record Newspaper, Danville, Arkansas, July 13, 1989): Mrs. Stella Claud, age 86 of Burlington, IA, formerly of Danville [Arkansas], died July 8, 1989 in Burlington, IA. She was the daughter of the late Houston and Sally Powers. She was a member of the West Hill United Methodist Church.
Survivors include one son, Norman Claud of New London, IA; one daughter, Norma Claud of Burlington; one sister, Mrs. Thessie Wilson of Ola; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Services were Wednesday at Lunning Chapel with Rev. Wesley Lawrence officiating. Burial was in Burge Cemetery in New London, IA.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKKZ-8KG : accessed 25 August 2021), Stella Powers in household of Huston Powers, Herring, Yell, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 158, sheet 4B, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 68; FHL microfilm 1,374,081.
"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDFY-65Y : 31 January 2021), Stella Powers in entry for J Huston Powers, 1920.
"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM17-K6F : 9 March 2021), Stella Powers in entry for George V Claud, 7 Sep 1922; citing Marriage, Yell, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 2,069,531.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ22-P7F : 8 January 2021), Stella Claud in household of George V Claud, Belleville, Yell, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 75-14, sheet 1A, line 6, family 2, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 182.
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