Mrs. Ona Mae Powers

August 29, 1946 - December 15, 2019

Funeral services for Mrs. Ona Mae Powers, 73, of Tatum, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 20, 2019, at Lakeview Baptist Church with Rev. Ted White officiating. Interment will follow at Chalk Hill Cemetery under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, December 19, at the funeral home. Mrs. Powers passed from this life on December 15, 2019, at Heritage at Longview. She was born August 29, 1946, in Singer, Louisiana and later moved to the Vidor/Beaumont area. In 1977, Ona Mae moved to Rusk County, near Lake Cherokee, and worked for Kilgore I.S.D. as a bus driver until her retirement in 1984. She enjoyed gardening and loved flowers as well as music, especially country music. She was a big coffee drinker and liked to travel to visit family and friends. Ona Mae dearly loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and loved to spend time with them. She was also a member of Lakeview Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her mother, Irene Buxton; grandparents, Lee and Mary Elizabeth Buxton; husband, Johnny Lee Powers, Sr.; grandson, Mickeal Powers; and her mother-in-law and close friend, Sue Johnson. Survivors include her children, Johnny Lee Powers, Jr. and wife Kaylynn of Avinger, Timothy Senn and wife Lois Faye of Gladewater, Tammy McLain and husband Randy of Tatum, Kavin Powers and wife Connie of Silsbee, Toby Glenn Senn of Kilgore, and Kelly Powers of Denton; 20 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; best buddy and sidekick, Genia Mizell; and a host of cousins and other family and friends. Pallbearers will be Klayton Senn, Brandon Senn, Ty Senn, Trevar Senn, Craig Glass, and Robert Moses. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Lakeview Baptist Church at 10522 FM 2011, Longview, TX 75603. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.