Ernest Carlton Powell

Obituaries

Tuesday, 17 December 2024 07:32

Ernest Carlton Powell passed away on December 2, 2024. Funeral services were held on Friday, December 6, 2024 from the Grant Memorial Chapel. Floyd Powell and Rodger Powell officiated.
Mr. Powell is survived by his children: Michael (Regina) Powell, Susan (Doug) Sibley, Randall Powell, Charles (Martha) Powell, Carla Powell, Anna (Jeff) Lafarlett and Kevin (Kathryn) Powell; grandchildren, Jennifer Hurtley, Jonnathon Powell, Mary Beth Dunnam, Michael Powell II, Ellyn Smith, Shailyn Elvira, Madelyn Sibley, Tanner Sibley, Nathan Powell, Johnathon Hopper, Allen Hopper, Justin Lafarlett, Taylor Powell and Trent Powell; brothers; Floyd (Priss) Powell and Rodger (Darlene) Powell; his sister, Patricia Popwell; as well as a multitude of neices and nephews, spouses of his grandchildren; and great grandchildren, all of whom were well loved by him.
Mr. Powell was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Frances Elizabeth Jordan Powell; his father, Hubert Eugene Powell; his mother; Mildred Louise Harrell Powell; brothers; Richard Powell, Danny Powell, and Jackie Powell; and sisters; Imogene Powell, Muriel Powell and Judy Wood.
He was 88 years old and would have been 89 in January. Mr. Powell, known by his friends as Carlton or Carl was the eldest of ten children. He was born “across the creek” on a cold, icy and snowy day in January 1936, in Guntersville, Alabama. He was an employee of the City of Guntersville for many years, but for most of his adult life, he was a long-distance truck driver (though he was also a cook in his younger years and cooked for the Web Restaurant, Home Bakery and Gaither Driver’s Cafe. He also drove race cars when he was a young adult- a fact that surprised and delighted his children when they discovered this pastime in his later years.) Carlton gathered stories throughout his life, not only from the various placed he lived, but also from the places he encountered in his driving career from coast to coast, He was especially fond of sharing his colorful life stories with his family and friends, Mr. Powell passed along this love of storytelling to his children, many of whom are also fond of spinning a yarn of their own from time to time!