Cherry Wiggins Powell Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Cherry Wiggins Powell of Edenton, North Carolina, who passed away on August 12, 2022, at the age of 89, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Lloyd Wiggins and Mary Elizabeth Newsome Laughbon; her husband Eldon Turnage Powell; and her brother James Wiggins. She is survived by: her children, Susan Elizabeth Powell of Edenton, Jeffrey Eldon Powell (Anna) of Nashville, TN and John Turnage Powell (Laura) of Richmond, VA; her sister Linda Bernhardt of Sherwood, OR; her grandchildren, Logan Manning Powell Milosevski (Steve), Emma Baxter Powell Swearingen (Kirk), Anna Cooper Powell Ogletree (Dawson), Jeffrey Eldon Powell, Jr., Claire Guthrie Powell and Graham Thomas Powell; and her great grandchildren, Emma Kate, Hampton and Manning.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions in her memory be made to Holy Trinity Church, P.O. Box 125, Hertford, NC 27944.
