CHARLOTTE POWERS

Charlotte Yates Powers, 82, of Wise, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at the Norton Community Hospital in Norton, VA.

She was of the Christian faith and an angel to us all.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Richard Powers; her parents, William Carl and Alta Blanche Lane Yates; and four brothers, Daryl Yates, Billy Yates, Tollie Yates and Emory “Butch” Yates.

Surviving are her son, Richard Carl Powers; sister, Judy Sexton; two brothers, Eddie Yates and Steve Yates; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services for Charlotte Yates Powers will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, April 9 at the Sturgill Funeral Home chapel in Wise with Matt Hill officiating. Burial will follow in the Powell Valley Memorial Gardens in Big Stone Gap. Family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. until time of services. In lieu of flowers, family requests memorial contributions be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital - 501 St Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105 or Shriners Hospitals for Children, Processing Center - PO Box 863765 Orlando, FL 32886.

We will be following state mandated social distancing and occupancy. Masks will be required and will not be supplied by the funeral home or the family. Please visit www.sturgillfuneral.com to leave online condolences for the family.

Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise is in charge of arrangements.