Louise Powell

Mrs. Louise Knox Powell, age 88, of Atoka, Tennessee, passed away from this life on July 29, 2013, at Wellington Healthcare Properties in Millington. Funeral services for Mrs. Powell will be conducted on Thursday, August 1, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home of Dyer with Dr. Ray Carroll officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery of Dyer. Mrs. Powell was born August 25, 1924, in Dyer; the daughter of the late Joseph W. and Ruth Irene Gladhill Knox. She retired as Office Administrator at Gibson General Hospital. She was Presbyterian by faith. Mrs. Powell is survived by sons, Mike Powell and wife Brenda of Olive Branch, MS., John Powell and wife Sandra of Atoka, TN; siblings, Irene Knox, Joann Knox, Helen Davis, and Joe “Peck” Knox; grandchildren Brandon Powell (Candy), Kayce Powell Fry (Matt), Kevin Powell (Danielle), John Powell, II; and also four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Guy William Bennett Powell, and three sisters, Emagene Barron, Rosemary McGill, and Nancy Hooper. The family will receive friends from 5:30-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31. Karnes & Son Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Louise Knox Powell.