Eva Lou Powell

October 7, 1935 - May 31, 2022

Eva Lou Powell, 86, of Tishomingo, passed away on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. Eva was born in Marietta, Oklahoma on October 7, 1935 to William Clyde and Ruby Florence (Beams) Henderson. She attended Hughes High School and spent her working years as a social worker for the Department of Human Resources. Eva married the love of her life, Lester Powell, on April 3, 1953 in Ada, Oklahoma and the two spent 67 years of marriage together until his passing on June 28, 2020. Eva loved traveling with Lester as well as her friends and going to the casinos. She also loved to shop. Her biggest joy in life was her family; especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Eva was preceded in death by her husband, Lester Powell; parents, Clyde and Ruby Henderson; sister in laws, Doris and Carolyn Henderson. Those she leaves to cherish her memories are her children, Lester James Powell and wife Donna; Charlotte Manley and husband Marion, Dawanda Nail and husband Vance and Debra Glover and husband Jim; 11 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren; siblings, Lonnie Henderson and wife Peggy, Cecil Henderson, Kennith Henderson, Joan Abbott, Delorse and Jim Ward; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. No services are scheduled. The family will hold a private inurnment at a later date at the Tishomingo Cemetery where she will be laid to rest next to her husband Lester.