Robyne Leann Powell, age 55, of Acworth, GA., passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. Robyne was born on March 9, 1961 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a daughter to Chauncy Braucher, and Gene and Deann Ruffin.
Robyne was raised in Houston, Texas, she is a Graduate of Sam Houston University where she received a degree in Accounting and she was a member of the Chi Omega fraternity.
On September 26, 1986 Robyne married the love of her life, David Powell. In 1993 the young couple would make their way to Lawrenceville, Georgia where they would continue to grow and raise their family. Robyne was very blessed to be able to stay at home and be a remarkable mother raising her two children Michael & Kayla. Her favorite memories raising her family were the weekends they would spend enjoying activities on the lake boating and camping and attending her children's sporting and school curriculum functions. In her spare time she could be found scrapbooking, playing with her two precious dogs, Milo and Heidi, and spending time with the people she loved. Robyne was a wonderful daughter, wife, mother, and friend; she will certainly be missed by all who knew and loved her.
Robyne is preceded in death by her grandfather, Frank Wheatcraft (papa) and her step-father, Gene Ruffin.
Robyne is survived by her dedicated husband of thirty years, David Powell; Mother, Deann Ruffin; Father, Chauncy Braucher; two children, Michael David Powell and Kayla Marie Powell both of Acworth; siblings, Randy Ruffin of Dallas, TX and Kari Helm of Katy, TX; and several nieces, nephews and precious friends.
A funeral service to honor the life of Robyne Leann Powell will be held at eleven o’clock in the morning on Monday, February 27, 2017 in the Chapel of Winkenhofer Pine Ridge Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Pine Ridge Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from two o’clock in the afternoon until five on Sunday, February 26, 2017 at the funeral home.
Please visit www winkenhoferpineridgefuneralhome.com to share memories and leave condolences with the family.
Winkenhofer Pine Ridge Funeral Home, 2950 North Cobb Parkway Kennesaw, GA 30152, has charge of arrangements for Robyne Leann Powell.
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