All of shifty powers metals9/7/2023 ![]() ![]() GOd Bless and thanks you for your service, I hope that this country can maintain the values that you fought for. may you soar with all the angels in Heaven! They all laid it on the line for our great country. I can't begin to explain the gratitude I have for soldiers like Shifty. The world became a better place because of you. Shaking his hand and sharing some time is something I will never forget. Online email condolences may be made at Funeral Home and staff are serving the Powers Family. Graveside services with Military Honors will be conducted by Francis Marion VFW post 4667 at Temple Hill Cemetery. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday Jat 1:00 p.m., with Pastor Randy Moore officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday June 19, 2009, from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m., followed with a song service at 7:30 in the Mullins Funeral Home Chapel, Clintwood Va. Honorary pallbearers will be Ben Sutherland, Claire Sykes, Tim Thomas, Wayne "Pappy" McCowan, Shang-Hi Nichols and Mickey Taylor. Pallbearers will be Jake Johnson, Luke Johnson, Clay Powers, David Robinette, Johnny Sykes, Mike Strouth and John Wesley Hawkins. ![]() four grandchildren, Clay (Kayla) Powers, Dove Powers, Jake (Dawnyale) Johnson and Luke (Amanda) Johnson two great-grandchildren, Caden Powers and Cooper Powers several nieces and nephews several great-nieces and nephews and special family friends the Robinettes, Carol, David and Tammy and Suzanne Axtell. sisters-in-law, Ann Powers of Clintwood Va., Betty Powers of Greenville, Tenn. Survivors include his loving wife of sixty years, Dorothy son, Wayne (Sandy) Powers of Clinchco, Va., daughter, Margo (Seldon) Johnson of Bristol, Va., sister, Gaynell (Clair) Sykes of Roanoke,Va. ![]() He also participated in all of Easy Company's battles including Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge, and the capture of Hitler's Eagles Nest.ĭarrell was preceded in death by his parents Barnum and Audrey Colley Powers brothers, James, Barnum and Frank Powers and a great-grandson Gavin Johnson. Shifty dropped behind enemy lines in Normanday on D-Day. He was a member of the famed Easy Company whose exploits received worldwide recognition in "Band of Brothers," a book by historian Stephen Ambrose, and miniseries produced by Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg. Shifty was a veteran of World War II, having served in the 101st Airborne, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment. He was a charter member of Clinchco Missionary Baptist Church. Darrell "Shifty" Powers, 86, of Shifty Lane, Clinchco, Va., passed away Wednesday Jat Wellmont Regional Hospital, Bristol, Tenn., after a courageous battle with cancer. ![]()
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