Alan Powers

Mr. Alan Buchanan Powers, 73, passed away Saturday, June 30, 2018 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born in Newark, NJ on September 23, 1944 to the late Alan Buchanan and Joan Kelly Powers. Alan enlisted into the Army during the Vietnam War and became a flight instructor after he returned. Later he worked for Eastern Airlines in I.T. and then for Piedmont/U.S. Airways also in I.T. where he retired. Alan loved cruising and traveling. He was a loving husband and father. Surviving is his wife of 50 years, Lynn Wager Powers; two sons, Michael Alan Powers and Ryan Robert Powers; siblings, Marc Powers (Stella), Peter Powers, (Anne), Paul Powers, Sarah Ann Firth (Chris), Ann Clare Wiener, John Powers (Angela), and Daniel Powers (Alice); also surviving are numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews. A funeral mass will be held 11:00 AM Monday, July 9, 2018 at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church with Father Brian Cook officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home, 101 Hospice Lane Winston-Salem, NC 27103 or to the American Cancer Society, 7027 Albert Pick Rd. Suite 104, Greensboro, NC 27409.

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