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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Lester Bundy Powers
Lester Bundy
Powers
d. Jan 7, 2011
Lester Bundy Powers' Obituary
Lester Bundy ??LB? Powers, Jr. of Lumberton, NC died at his residence on Friday, January 7, 2011. He was born in Robeson County on March 4, 1924 to the late Lester Bundy Powers, Sr. and Eupha Jones Powers. He worked as a salesman for Scarboro Building Supply Company.
Mr. Powers is survived by his wife, Annette T. Powers of the home; daughter, Brenda P. Daughtry and husband Doug of Clinton, NC; step-sons, Tony Howell and wife Cindy of Wilmington, NC, Jack Howell and wife Anita of Advance, NC, Benjie Howell and wife Christie of Fuquay-Varina, NC; step-daughter Tammy Howell of Pinehurst, NC; brothers, Oscar Powers and Ray Powers of Richmond, VA; sisters, Eupha Pulley of Greenville, NC, Lenora Musselwhite of Tolarsville, NC, Dura Ann Fipps of Lumberton, NC; three grandchildren, Wendy Daughtry of Denver, CO, Melissa Murrow and husband Jonathan of Shallotte, NC, and Christopher Daughtry of Clinton, NC; and seven step-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Bundy and Eupha Powers, Sr.; his step-mother, Louise Beck; his wife of forty-seven years, Mary Ruth Meares Powers; a son, Robert Glenn Powers; a brother, William J. Powers; his sisters, Kathleen New and Grace Moore; and step-brother, Liston Williams.
Mr. Powers was an army sergeant in WW II where he was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge and received the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.
He was a loyal member of the Ten Mile Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and sang in the choir, a lover of peacocks, guineas and chickens and an avid Carolina Tarheel fan.
The family would like to thank special caregivers, brother-in-law Billy Meares and wife Alice, Sharon Walters, and Southeastern Hospice.
A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Ten Mile Baptist Church in Lumberton with Rev. Frankie Bass, Rev. Vernon Britt and Dr. Michael Arnette officiating. Burial will follow in Ten Mile Baptist Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be on Tuesday evening, January 11, 2011, from 6:00-8:00 PM at Floyd Mortuary & Crematory, Inc., 809 E. 5th Street in Lumberton.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Ten Mile Baptist Church, 5176 Barker Ten Mile Road, Lumberton, NC 28358.
Mr. Powers is survived by his wife, Annette T. Powers of the home; daughter, Brenda P. Daughtry and husband Doug of Clinton, NC; step-sons, Tony Howell and wife Cindy of Wilmington, NC, Jack Howell and wife Anita of Advance, NC, Benjie Howell and wife Christie of Fuquay-Varina, NC; step-daughter Tammy Howell of Pinehurst, NC; brothers, Oscar Powers and Ray Powers of Richmond, VA; sisters, Eupha Pulley of Greenville, NC, Lenora Musselwhite of Tolarsville, NC, Dura Ann Fipps of Lumberton, NC; three grandchildren, Wendy Daughtry of Denver, CO, Melissa Murrow and husband Jonathan of Shallotte, NC, and Christopher Daughtry of Clinton, NC; and seven step-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Bundy and Eupha Powers, Sr.; his step-mother, Louise Beck; his wife of forty-seven years, Mary Ruth Meares Powers; a son, Robert Glenn Powers; a brother, William J. Powers; his sisters, Kathleen New and Grace Moore; and step-brother, Liston Williams.
Mr. Powers was an army sergeant in WW II where he was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge and received the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.
He was a loyal member of the Ten Mile Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and sang in the choir, a lover of peacocks, guineas and chickens and an avid Carolina Tarheel fan.
The family would like to thank special caregivers, brother-in-law Billy Meares and wife Alice, Sharon Walters, and Southeastern Hospice.
A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Ten Mile Baptist Church in Lumberton with Rev. Frankie Bass, Rev. Vernon Britt and Dr. Michael Arnette officiating. Burial will follow in Ten Mile Baptist Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be on Tuesday evening, January 11, 2011, from 6:00-8:00 PM at Floyd Mortuary & Crematory, Inc., 809 E. 5th Street in Lumberton.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Ten Mile Baptist Church, 5176 Barker Ten Mile Road, Lumberton, NC 28358.
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