Willie Powers

Willie Leon Powers of Lindsay, Oklahoma passed from this life March 19, 2013. He was born on September 9, 1921 in Wanette, Oklahoma. His parents were Willie Archie (Bill) Powers and Winnie Gertrude Newton Powers of Wanette. Leon was the oldest of nine children. His surviving siblings were: Deeiva Powers Purdy, Doris Darlene Powers Gillard, Patricia Ann Powers Hudson, Donnie Archie Powers, Gaila Sue Powers Spencer. Willie Leon Powers was raised and educated in the Wanette School system. He graduated in 1939. Leon spent two winter months in Colorado in the Civilian Corps CCC Camp. He worked in Ft. Worth, TX for William Dickies Mfg. Co. When World War II occurred he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. After completing Boot Camp in San Diego, California, he was in the South Pacific for almost two years. Leon was discharged in 1945 after being released from the Bethesda Navy Hospital with malaria and dingy fever. Leon met and married Juanita Shoemake April 7, 1945. Juanita was the daughter of Hix and Clara Shoemake of Lindsay. His occupation was with Rock Island Railroad and Kerr Dept. Store in Oklahoma City. He was an elder in the Church of Christ in Lindsay and Maysville. He served in the postal department in Lindsay for 19 years. He was an agent for the Oklahoma Farmers Insurance Company. Leon lived in Lindsay rural area and was a farmer and rancher. He loved his God, his family and country. Mr. Powers is survived by his wife, Juanita, one daughter, Linda Baker and her husband Elzie Baker of Bartlesville, OK, his son, Danny Powers and his wife Sandra Powers of Lindsay, grandchildren: Alyssa Foreman, Bartlesville, OK, Garey Reyes of Bartlesville, OK, Brett Powers of Edmond, OK, Kyle Powers of Lindsay and great-granchildren: Emma and Reid Griffin, Gabe Reyes, Eric Stoops, Liam Powers and Bryson Powers. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, sister, Oweeda Jean Powers and two brothers, Glyn Herbert Powers and Charles Roy Powers. Funeral services for Mr. Powers are set for three o?clock p.m. on Friday, March 22, 2013 at Green Hill Cemetery in Lindsay, Oklahoma. There will be a family visitation on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at B.G. Boydston Funeral Home, 308 S.W. 3rd St. in Lindsay, Oklahoma, from six o?clock p.m. to eight o?clock p.m. Services are under the direction of B.G. Boydston Funeral Home of Lindsay, Oklahoma. Condolences for the family may be made online at www.boydstonfuneralhome.com.

Willie Powers

September 9, 1921 - March 19, 2013

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