Lenora Powell

Lenora "Polly" McGalliard Powell, 75, of Colquitt, GA, passed away Thursday, February 17, 2011 at Magnolia Manor South in Moultrie, GA. The funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 20, 2011 at Fellowship Baptist Church with Rev. Stanley Phillips and Rev. Herman Hampton officiating. Interment will follow at White's Bridge Cemetery with Bo Morrell, Lynn Humphries, Darrin Harrell, Lamar Harrell, Greg Calhoun, and Richard Calhoun serving as active pallbearers and the John Watts Sunday School Class serving as honorary pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, February 20, 2011, prior to the funeral service at Fellowship Baptist Church. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to White's Bridge Cemetery Fund, c/o Norma Hornsby, 980 Brinson Road, Colquitt, GA 39837 or to a charity of one's choice. Mrs. Powell was born July 9, 1935 in Mitchell County, GA, the daughter of Elphus Clyde McGalliard and Mattie Celia Joiner McGalliard. She was a graduate of Pelham High School, Class of 1953 and worked for several years at Lewis Drug Company in Pelham, GA. Mrs. Powell retired from Miller County School System with over 20 years of service as an assistant cafeteria manager, and was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church. Mrs. Powell was preceded in death by her brothers, Jack McGalliard and Ronald McGalliard; her sisters, Velma Morrell and Lula Belle Huey; and her husband's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Powell. Survivors include her husband of 43 years, Windell Powell of Colquitt, GA; her sons, Garrett Powell of Bainbridge, GA and Jule Powell and his wife, Natasha, of Bainbridge, GA; her daughters, Marsha Greene and her husband, Mark, of Seminole County, GA and Wendy Barber and her husband, Brad, of Moultrie, GA; her brother, Roy McGalliard of Pleasanton, CA; her sister, Doris Humphries of Pelham, GA; her grandchildren, Tony Greene, Megan Greene, Will Barber, George Barber, Weston Powell, and Taryn Powell; and her two great-grandchildren, Mara Greene and Michael Greene.