Location: W-Drahn

Born: October 1, 1929 Mosheim, Bosque County, Texas

Died: September 20, 2008 Bosque County, Texas

Parents:
Joseph W Powers (1905 – 1975)
Alice Mabel Lawrence Powers (1912 – 1999)

Children:
Vinson Gerald Powers (1958 – 2001)

Husband of June Geraldine Smith Powers

Earl “Sonny” Powers, 78, of Mosheim, passed away Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008.

Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, at China Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors.

Vinson Earl was born in Mosheim, Texas, to the late Alice Mabel (Lawrence) and Joseph Williams Powers. On Oct. 20, 1951, he married June Smith. Sonny was a fisherman, gun enthusiast and knife collector.

He was preceded in death by a son, Vinson; and grandchildren, Dennis and Chase Conway.

Left behind to cherish his memory are his wife of 57 years, June Powers; sons, J.T. Powers, of Mosheim, and Bruce Powers and wife, Summer, of Hewitt; daughters, Lydia Wells and husband, Keith, of Ft. Smith, Ark., Alicia Norman and husband, Tommy, of Kempner, Texas, and Tara Conway and husband, Dennis, of McAlpin, Fla.; 13 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three brothers; three sisters; many other loving family members and friends.