Janie Lucille Powers, age 81, went to be with the Lord on July 5th of 2023. She was born in Robeson County, NC on October 20th of 1941 to the late William Jessie Anderson and Bessie Conner-Anderson. She loved her family, baking, and devoting her time to the church as a member of the hostess committee at Tar Heel Baptist church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Emory Powers, Sr., and her sister, Rosa Stone.

She is survived by her daughter, Deborah Powers Sealey (Ronnie) of White Oak, NC; her stepson, Donald Emory Powers, Jr. (Phyllis) of Abbottsburg, NC; her sisters, Gayle Dowless (Steve) of Tar Heel, NC and Frances Mancos (Stephen) of Tar Heel, NC; her brother, Jessie Anderson, Jr. (Johnna) of Tar Heel, NC; her grandchildren, Cindy Underwood (Danny) of Lumberton, NC and James Donald Sealey (Jessica) of Orrum, NC; her step-grandchildren: Kandace Ramsey (Allen), Megan Bailey (Stephen), and Donald Powers (Amanda), all of Abbottsburg, NC; and her 4 step-great-grandchildren. The family would like to thank her caregivers, Stacy Jones and Mary McMillan, and her Liberty Hospice nurses: Krista Hardee, Crystal Simmons, and Amy Dudley.

A time of visitation will be held on Saturday, July 8, 2023 from 6:00-8:00PM at Tar Heel Baptist Church, 521 Tar Heel Ferry Road in Tar Heel, NC.

A funeral service will be held on Sunday, July 9, 2023, at 2:00 PM at Tar Heel Baptist Church, 521 Tar Heel Ferry Road in Tar Heel, NC. Burial will follow in the church's cemetery.