MRS. SHIRLEY ANITA POWELL – Of Saginaw, Michigan and formerly of Summerville, Georgia was born on December 28, 1959 to her late parents, Paul Edward and Beulah Beatrice Underwood.
Survivors are her siblings, Bertha Adams, Steve Adams, Kenneth Underwood, Sandra (Ronald) Jackson, Jodie Underwood, Cynthia Underwood, Yolanda Cooper, and Kathleen Bates; special cousin, Doris Chaney; godson, Paris Phillips; best friend, Phyllis Phillips, Marilyn Daniels; special friend / ex-husband, Ricky Powell; other relatives, and friends.
Mrs. Powell was preceded by her parents, brothers, James and Ramon Underwood, Gerrod, Todd, and Mark Underwood, sister, Gail Shropshire, stepmother, Mary Helen Underwood, grandmother, Rosa Underwood, uncle, Joe Underwood, aunt, Edna Walker, and her bonus mother, Doris Cooper.
A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 1:00 P. M. at New Bethel Baptist Church, 281 Georgia Avenue, Summerville, Georgia with Pastor Kevin Roach as Eulogist. Arrangements entrusted to Willis Funeral Home, Inc.
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