James Andrew Powell
Posted: June 15, 2009
AMORY — James Andrew Powell, 86, died June 12, 2009, at Riverplace Nursing Center in Amory. Services were Sunday at E.E. Pickle Funeral Home Chapel in Amory. Burial followed at Haughton Memorial Park. Mr. Powell was born June 17, 1922, in Becker to the late Robert Allen Powell and Mamie Hunell Powell Gosa. He lived in Becker before moving to Amory. He worked for Wilson’s Manufacturing, the city of Amory sanitation department and he was a farmer. He was a member of the Trace Road Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his brother, Robert Allen Powell Jr; half-brothers, Joe and Noel Gosa; sister, Mary Powell; stepdaughter, Paulette Gosa Miller; and three stepgrandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Louise Miles Powell of Amory. Pallbearers were Mike Edgeworth, Will Fowlkes, Neil Palmer, Jake Clement, Drew Edgeworth, Vincent Miles and Chuck Clement. Memorials may be made to the LeBonheur Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 42048, Memphis, Tenn., 38174.