John Coleman Powell

John Coleman Powell was born on August 24, 1894, in Perdue Hill, Alabama, to William Quincy Edward Powell and Nancy Crosby Davidson. He attended Mobile Business College and Mississippi State College. After college he enlisted in the United States Army during World War I. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1922. From 1929 to 1930, he served as the district attorney for Murray County. In 1949, he was appointed to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals by Governor Roy J. Turner.^[1]

He served on the court from August 14, 1949, to 1960. He was preceded in office by Bert B. Barefoot and succeeded in office by Hez J. Bussey. He was a member of the Democratic Party.^[2]