Earnest Ray Powers

HE ATTENDED BELTON HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED IN 1969. AFTER GRADUATION, HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IN 1971. EARNEST WORKED AT THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE AS A CLERK AND MAIL CARRIER WHERE HE LATER RETIRED IN 2016.

ON MAY 20,1972, HE AND MARCIA YVONNE MARRIED IN FORT WORTH. WHILE SERVING IN THE AIR FORCE, EARNEST AND MARCIE AND THEIR GIRLS TRAVELED TO OKLAHOMA, LOUISIANA, & LONDON. .

AS A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN AND MEMBER OF HERITAGE OF FAITH, HE SERVED AS A NEW VISITOR GREETER AND A MEMBER OF THE THRIVE GROUP.

EARNEST ENJOYED WATCHING SPORTS AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, HE WAS A L.A. LAKERS AND CHICAGO BEARS FAN.

EARNEST JOINED HIS WIFE MARCIA POWERS IN HEAVEN ALONG WITH: HIS PARENTS FLOYD GARRETT, RAYMOND AND MARY SHORES, HIS IN-LAWS JAMES AND FANNIE JONES, HIS GRANDMOTHER MATTIE POWERS, HIS SIBLING MARY LANELLE POWERS,HIS UNCLE RAYMOND POWERS, AND HIS GRANDSON ELLIS LANDRY.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS GIRLS MI’SHON LANDRY (DAVID), MIAKA BROWN (WALTER), MORNEE BROWN.

HIS GRANDCHILDREN: ERAYN POWERS, ALEX LANDRY, CHELSEA LANDRY, MCKALL KINNEY, BRYCE BROWN, CAMERYN KINNEY, BRYLEE BROWN, JESSICA BROWN, AND KARLOVE PALMER JR..

HIS GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN MCKINLY KINNEY, E’LECIA AND E’LEAH LANDRY, AND SEMAJ MARABLE.

HIS SIBLINGS, IDA BAILEY, MARIE GARRETT, CARMEN HENRY, LINDA DARBY (ANDRE) RAYMOND SHORES, JR., AND JAMES SHORES. HIS NIECES CHAKA POWERS, SANDRA JOHNSON(MARCUS), MARAINA JONES, CATHERINE CARTER, AND TRINITY SHORES, NEPHEWS LONNIE BAILEY,JR (LORENA)., JACKSON SHORES, BRAYLN SHORES AND JOSEPH SHORES. HIS AUNT MOLLIE POWERS, IN-LAWS GERALDINE POLK AND MARY FRANCES JONES AS WELL AS A HOST OF RELATIVES AND CLOSE FRIENDS.