- Date Of Birth: July 14, 1939
- Date Of Death: March 19, 2021
- State: North Carolina
Milburn Eugene “Mel” Powers, Sr., age 81, died Friday at Wayne UNC Healthcare. Born in Mississippi County, Arkansas, he was the son of the late Fred and Geneva Henderson Powers and the brother of the late Daniel Powers, Kenny Powers and JoAnn Hovis. Mel was retired from the US Air Force and was a member of Oak Forest Church of Christ. He was a member of the Goldsboro Elks Lodge #139 and retired from the Pinewood Volunteer Fire Department.
Mel is survived by his children, Tanyau (Sam) Benton, Lynna (Steve) Chauncey, John (Lemy) Davenport, Kevin Powers, Kim West, Mel (Cheri) Powers, Jr., Stephanie (Eric) Hanson, Steven (Michelle) Powers; sisters, Rebecca Cameron, Margaret Powers-Whitehouse, Sharon McCarthy; twenty-one grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren; and his canine companion, “Sir Fenwick”.
