Sheldon Ray Powell
Memorial services for Mr. Sheldon Ray Powell, 68, of Start, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at the First Baptist Church, Rayville, with Bro. Stacy Thomas officiating under the direction of Brown-Holley Funeral Home, Rayville.
Mr. Sheldon was born January 4, 1955, in Delhi, and passed away Friday, September 29, 2023, in Monroe.
Sheldon was born to Joseph and Mae Belle Powell on January 4, 1955, in Delhi, Louisiana. He spent 50 years married to the love of his life Sherlyn Powell. They had four children: Shalanda, Shondell, Shandon and Shadly.
After high school, he managed independent grocery stores for 35 years. In retirement he was an entrepreneur, and his favorite title, a deal maker.
The best words to describe Sheldon were hard-working and selfless. There was no limit to what he would do for those he loved, often giving more of himself than anyone should.
His most prized roles were husband, father and Pappaw. As the patriarch of the Powell family he instilled in his children and grandchildren the value of caring for others and keeping your word.
While we are devastated at the sudden loss of our favorite man, we are so relieved that he is now in Heaven with his sons Shondell and Shandon, and we are reassured that we will see him again.
Sheldon is preceded in death by his parents; children; Shondell and Shandon; his father and mother-in-law, Pearlie and Christine Ezell; sister-in-law, Cheryl Powell; and brother-in-law, Glenn Ezell.
Sheldon is survived by his wife, Sherlyn; his children, Michael, Shalanda, and Shadly; son-in-law Erik Stanley; daughters-in-law, Kimberly Powell and Brandy Stanfield; grandchildren, Eliza and Jake Stanley, Ella, Addi, Sam, and Hadley Powell and Carter Horne; his sisters, Sue Reyna and JoAnne Crosser; his sister-in-law, Kay Powell; his brothers, Wayne and Jimmy Powell; brothers and sisters-in-law, Earnest Ezell, Danny Ezell, Bruce and Laurie Ezell, Wanda and Mark Kelley, and numerous nieces and nephews.
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