Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....POWERS, THOMAS J. January 19, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006026 January 23, 2011, 8:43 pm News Star World - January 21, 2011 THOMAS J. POWERS Funeral services for Mr. Thomas J. Powers, 73, of West Monroe will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, January 22, 2011 in the chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe. Father Frank Coens will officiate. Interment will follow at Kilpatrick's Serenity Gardens under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe. Mr. Powers was born August 1, 1937 in Little Rock, Arkansas and passed away January 19, 2011 in West Monroe. He retired from the United States Navy after serving 3 years active duty and 25 years Navy Reserve. He retired after officiating for 50 years at the high school and college level in football and basketball. He was presently serving as the Assignment Secretary for Monroe Football Officials Association. He retired as a manager from Graphic Packaging after a lengthy career. Mr. Powers was preceded in death by his parents, John Patrick and Grace Mitchell Powers; his first wife, Anne Barkley Powers; brothers, Pat and Dick Powers; a sister, Mary Ann Powers; step-mother, Edna L. Powers. Mr. Powers is survived by his wife of 30 years; Wilma Williams Powers; son, John Vincent Powers and wife Sheri; daughter, Lisa Halley and husband Stephen; granddaughters; Stephanie Powers, Hannah Griffin; brothers, Ed Powers and wife Susie, and Don Powers and wife Marcia of Little Rock, AR. He is also survived by a host of nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held Friday, January 21, 2011 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/p/powers967nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb