Ola Eugene Powell was born in Wolfe City, TX to the home of Drew Andrew Jackson Powell, and Mary Elizabeth Shockley on October 31, 1935 and was sent into eternal rest on August 4, 2014 at the age of 78. Left to cherish his memories is his wife Edith Powell, children Shirley Wilburn, and husband Jeffery, Dennis Powell and wife Della, step-children David Walker Jr., Deborah Gooch, Timothy Walker, Christopher Walker, and Brian Walker, twenty-one grandchildren, and sixteen great grandchildren, and other family members. He is preceded in death by three brothers, and four sisters.
Memorial service is 10:00 A.M. Saturday, August 9, 2014 at Moorhead Epps Funeral Home.