Rita Powell Obituary

Name: Visitation
Start: 2023-12-14T22:00:00
End: 2023-12-15T00:00:00
Location: R.'s. Lewis & Sons

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Rita Powell (Memphis, Tennessee), who passed away on December 5, 2023, at the age of 72, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Rita Powell to pay them a last tribute.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her father Jesse Fugh; her friend Gerald Powell; her husband Gerald Powell; her daughters, Jerita and Jeralyn (Lige); her grandson Ayden; her mother Dorothy "Madea" Fugh; her sister Gwen Dillihunt; her nephew Kevin Dillihunt; her niece Monica "Trece" Dillihunt; her siblings-in-law, Barry Dillihunt and Renee Powell; her aunts, Garnett Gray (Anthony) and Rhoda Gillespie; her friend Carla Patton (Alfred); her godchildren, Carmen, Amber, Sheria of Pamela, Joyce, Kirsten, Olivia and Taylor; and also, Jerita, Jeralyn and Ayden.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
R S Lewis & Sons Funeral Home

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December 14, 2023

Susie Hodge wrote a sympathy message

“My condolences to the family. Rita. She will be remembered as a kind, and very intelligent person who loved family and friends. Susie Hodge”

December 13, 2023

Jasper Hirsch wrote a sympathy message

“Sending sincere condolences to the family of Rita. I have known the families for years. Her husband, Gerald was my classmate,c/o'68 Hamilton High School.”