CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Sidney A. Powers, 14 Feb 2001
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Sidney A. Powers

   KNOXVILLE -- Sidney A. Powers, 70, of Knoxville, died Wednesday, 
February 14, 2001.
   Mr. Powers was a native of Elizabethton, Tenn., and the son of Dr. 
Sidney O. and Frances Williams Powers, long-time owners of Taylor Drug 
Company on Elk Avenue, Elizabethton. He was a member of the Elizabethton 
High School Graduating Class of 1948.
   Mr. Powers received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Georgia 
Tech and was an Aeronautical Engineer with Boeing North American. After 
raduation, he was chosen by Werner Von Braun to work with him at Redstone 
Arsenal. He was a project manager/designer of the F-18 Fighter Plane and 
the X-31 Plane. He was selected for inclusion in "Who's Who in American 
Aviation." He was a member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church and a member 
of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
   Survivors include his wife, Rita J. Powers, Knoxville; a son, Patrick A. 
Powers, Palo Alto, Calif.; a daughter, Lynn F. Powers, Seattle, Wash.; two 
stepsons, Stephen Mairet, Placentia, Calif., and David Mairet, Duncanville, 
Texas; three stepdaughters, Susan Tankursley, Valercia, Calif., Jane Mairet, 
Waxahachie, Texas, and Nancy Rogers, Little Rock, Calif.; seven stepgrand
children; a sister, Fran Powers, Knoxville; and a brother, Richard D. Powers, 
San Francisco, Calif. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
   Rose Mortuary, Knoxville, (865) 588-8578, is in charge of arrangements.
   
   POWERS -- Funeral services for Sidney A. Powers, 70, of Knoxville, who 
died Wednesday, February 14, 2001, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, February 
18, at Ebenezer United Methodist Church with the Rev. Rowland Buck 
officiating. Family and friends will meet Monday, February 19, at Happy 
Valley Memorial Park in Elizabethton for a 2 p.m. interment service. The 
family will receive friends following the service at Ebenezer United 
Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the 
Ebenezer United Methodist Church Building Fund, 1001 Ebenezer Road, 
Knoxville, Tenn. 37922, or to St. Mary's Hospice, 7447 Andersonville 
Pike, Knoxville, Tenn. 37938. Rose Mortuary, Knoxville, (865) 588-8578, 
is in charge of arrangements.