John Doyle Powell

Mr. John Doyle Powell, 86, of Waynesboro, Mississippi, died September 1, 2021, at his home. Mr. Powell was born near Baxterville, Mississippi, in Lamar County on July 8, 1935.

He was a retired 20-year veteran of the United States Air Force, having served in the Korean War and Vietnam War. After retirement from the Air Force, Mr. Powell worked for a time in the Oklahoma City Police Department and then worked several years as a pilot, based in Warner Robins, Georgia, for Zantop Airlines, a cargo airline, delivering auto parts to manufacturers and also delivering spare parts to military bases in the U.S. He was a Mason in the Tyrian Masonic Lodge #111 in Warner Robins, Georgia, and a Shriner in Al Sihah Shrine of Macon, Georgia.

Mr. Powell was preceded in death by his wife, Janie Trammel; parents, Adolph Powell and Floy Oswalt Powell; five brothers – Gary Powell, Louie Powell, W.N. 'Pat' Powell, Johnny Powell, and Wayne Powell, and three sisters - Vivian Beamon, Jimmie Ruth Rayburn, and Anne Griffith. He is survived by a sister, Nina Faye 'Tiny' Reihing, of Perrysburg, Ohio, ten nieces, and six nephews.