Will Powers, 77, of Sumner died Saturday, December 29, 2012, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 1, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Glen Fussell will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Allen Cason, Joe Mayes, John Powers, Ansley Pitts and Jackson Smith will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Chip Bowen, Brian Powers, Dennis Powers, John Bowen, Julian Rowe and David Rowe. The family will receive friends on Monday, December 31, 2012, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mr. Powers was born on October 10, 1935 in Tifton and was the son of John Washington Powers and Annie Laura Smith Powers, both deceased. He was also preceded in death by his second wife, Juanita Barton Powers, who died in 1996; one son, Eugene Powers; and one brother, Johnny Powers. He was retired, but was a painter for over 50 years. He was a member of Midway Church of God in Ocilla.
Mr. Powers is survived by his wife, Mary Anne Lassen Powers of Sumner; one son, Will James Powers of Brunswick; two daughters, Marie Bowen and Teresa Carmichael, both of Ocilla; one brother, Lewis Powers of Tifton; one sister, Laura Lavonne Rowe of Tifton; his daughter Marie’s mother, Laura Virginia Blankenship Powers of Tifton; 12 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.