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THE BONHAM DAILY FAVORITE • Bonham, Texas, $untjoy> Qc*. 17,1982 Page 2
Mystery man wants to unlock past
AUSTIN, Texas — The
old man’s eyes widened at
the question. He smiled as
he rubbed his chin and
tried to pull the answer out
of the past.
He opened his mouth as if
to speak and moved his
tongue and lips. The
answer simply wouldn’t
come. As he had done
many times, Harry Powell
buried his head in his hands
and managed, “I, I, I try,
but I can’t tell you plain.”
He is either 68 or 70.
Sometime between 1959
and 1975, he apparently
adopted the name Harry
Powell and quit being
Thomas Henry Hoover.
The reasons — and the
rest of the mystery of
Harry Powell — are locked
deep in his mind, and even
he can’t bring them to the
surface.
Powell suffered a stroke
May 16, 1980, while living
and working at the Salva-
tion Army in Austin. A few
weeks later, he was taken
to a nursing home, where
has lived since.
He now suffers from
aphasia, a condition that
makes it difficult for him to
speak or to understand
what is said to him.
Powell’s struggle to
remember his past has
gained him several allies
trying to help him break
through his memory and
find the two daughters he
says he has.
“It’s impossible not to be
charmed by him,” said
Lynne Hays, a speech
pathologist who has work-
ed with Powell since his
stroke.
The search for Powell’s
past is more difficult
because for years before
his stroke he had inten-
tionally obscured his past,
refusing to talk about his
family or his personal life.
Nursing home ad-
ministrators tried to trace
Powell’s past, but got no
further than his recent
employment with the
Salvation Army.
“He wanted to wipe away
his past,” said Elaine Hall,
one of his employers at the
Salvation Army. “We knew
he was not telling the
truth.”
This is what is known
about him:
He has two daughters
whom he hasn’t seen since
they were children. He
would like to find them.
He may have been born
in Kingsville. He was mar-
ried three times. He served
in the Army in the mid-
1930s and the late 1940s. He
lived in Houston, where he
was arrested once in 1959.
He worked in Dallas in the
1970s.
There is no conclusive
proof that Harry Powell
was once Thomas Henry
Hoover, although military
and social security records
he has suggest it.
Birth and military
records have been lost or
destroyed, so much of the
information cannot be con-
firmed.
Hoover reached the rank
of technical sergent in the
Army, and was court-
martialed, Army officials
said. Powell showed no
recollection of the court-
martial and insisted he had
been a colonel.
He said he went to Texas
A&I, but the school has no
record of Hoover or Powell.
He said he had been mar-
ried once, but military
records and his arrest
record in Houston indicate
he has been married three
times.
He remembered the ar-
rest but denied it was for
the charge indicated by
Houston police. Police said
he was not jailed.
Available records con-
firm the fact about two
daughters. One was named
Tommie Jean Hoover, the
other Alice May Hoover.
According to incomplete
military records, it ap-
pears they were born in
Tennessee.
Powell mentioned Cor-
pus Christi, but his'
responses varied on
whether he lived there
before or after Houston.
“Oh, shucks,” he said,
beating his fist lightly on
the arm of a chair. “Oh, I
can remember, but I can’t
tell you plain.”
In the nursing home,
Powell developed a close
relationship with a woman
resident. When she left
several months ago to
move closer to her family,
Powell asked Hays to help
him find his daughters.
As a result of inquiries by
the Austin American-
Statesman, Powell
discovered that he may be
eligible for veteran’s
benefits.
That and other small ac-
complishments cheer him.
When visited by people
who haven’t seen him in a
few months, he proudly
shows his ability to walk
without his wooden cane.
“Keep trying for me,” he
says.
Fannin County students attend ETSU
COMMERCE,Tex-
as—Eight students from
Bonham High School at-
tended a Youth Leadership
Development Conference
for teachers and officers of
vocational youth programs
in northeast Texas on Oct. 2
at East Texas State
University.
The conference gave
teachers and high school
leaders in such organiza-
tions as the Office Educa-
tion Association and the
Future Homemakers of
America training in the
duties, responsibilities and
activities of these organiza-
tions. Separate sessions
were conducted for
teachers and students.
Attending from Bonham
High School were Kim
Ruark, Dana Sewell, San-
dra Orndorff, Lori Albert,
Kerry Kennedy, Cheryl
Fry, Dene Reed, Kelly
Nelson and Billie Manhart,
adviser.
The conference was
sponsored by the ETSU
Center for Vocational
Education.
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Rainey, John. The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Ed. 1 Sunday, October 17, 1982, newspaper, October 17, 1982; Bonham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth847896/m1/2/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Fannin+County%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site.