Johnnie Powell Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Johnnie Powell of Gulfport, Mississippi, born in Thayer, Missouri, who passed away at the age of 77, on September 11, 2021. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Johnnie Powell to show support.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Toliver Morris Sellers and Anna Evelyn Groves Sellers; and her siblings, Toliver Shelby Sellers and Rosamae Scoggins. She is survived by: her stepson Brett Lasswell; her husband Jeff A. Powell; her children, Shawn Thomas Lasswell Sr. and Mary Louise Chrusciel; her grandchildren, Yolonda Butcher, Joel E. Lasswell and Terry Lasswell; her sisters, Martha Sellers, Louise James, Margaret Sellers and Helen Nash; her grandchildren, Kevin Lasswell, Justin Smelcer, Toliver Lasswell, Jessie Lasswell-Diemer, Joshua Gurschler, John Chrusciel, Gabriele Lasswell and Jamie Chrusciel; and her great grandchildren, Shawn Lasswell, Natalee Lasswell, Kimberlynn Lasswell, Dean Diemer, Lincoln Strong, Waylon Chrusciel and Adalynn Grace Chrusciel.

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