Mable Powers

Mable Ruth Davis Powers, 87 of Tazewell, Va. died Sunday, December 21, 2008. Her husband, Lemuel D. Powers preceded her in death. Born May 8, 1921 in Virginia, she is the daughter of the late Lee Milburn Davis and Victoria Desta Yates Davis. A life long homemaker, she loved gardening, flowers and canning. Her family was the most important part of her life. A daughter Cathy and husband Terry Schwedler of Hickory; three sons, Michael and his wife Norma Powers of North Tazewell, Va., Terry Powers of Pasadena, Ca. and Kenny and wife Margie Powers of Rocky Point, N.C. ; a sister, Aileen Senter of Coeburn, Va. ; two brothers, William McKinley Davis and Cruce Davis both of Coeburn, Va. ; six grandchildren, Tammie Goodwin of Lynchburg, Va., Angela Holliday of Burgaw, N.C., Candice Gunter of North Tazewell, Vincent Powers of Pounding Mill, Va., Stephanie Schwedler of Hickory, N.C., and Joshua Powers of Wilmington, N.C. and two great grand â??children, Christina Gunter of North Tazewell and Addison Powers of Pounding Mill, Va. In addition to her husband, a sister, Mary Goodson preceded her in death. A graveside service will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Grandview Memory Gardens in Bluefield, Va. Rev. Terry Davis will officiate. Memorials may be made to Davis Chapel in Coeburn, Va. Condolence messages may be sent to www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The Powers family have entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Newton.