Funeral services are scheduled for 11 am Tuesday, November 18, 2014, at Eubank Funeral Chapel with Bro. Bobby Deets officiating. Interment will follow in the Oaklawn Cemetery in Cooper. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
Eddie was born on July 16, 1933 in Enloe, Texas to Everett and Mary Jo Powers. His Step-father was Herman L. Martin.
He graduated from Cooper High School in 1951. Eddie served in the National Guard and in the US Army from 1953 – 1956 during the Korean War with the Fifth Armored Division. He attended East Texas State Teacher’s College in Commerce. He retired from Quintana Oil Co. in 1995. Eddie married Panzy Raye Wakefield Marshall on September 6, 2005.
He was preceded death by his parents; step-father; grandparents, Leeander Jackson Edwards and Mary Elizabeth Russell Edwards; son, Robert Edward Powers; sister, Janice Thurman and husband Earl.
Survivors include his wife, Panzy Powers, of Canton; daughters: Debra Kay Powers, Sharon Lee Splane; stepchildren: John Marshall, David Marshall and wife, Dana, Mechelle Marshall Johnson and husband, James; Grandchildren: Shawn Clements, Ryan Ilski, Kelly Grace Splane, Twins: Jonathan & Joshua Trosclair; Step-grandchildren: Willard Paden Marshall and wife, Heidi, and their baby Murphy Mae, Troy Dean Johnson, Garrett Spencer Johnson; sister, Debbie Garcia and husband, Alex; niece, Amanda; and great niece, Sierra.
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