Mrs. Mary Nell Powers age 78 of Tyus Carrollton Road, Carrollton, Georgia, passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008. She was born January 17, 1930 in Carroll County, Georgia the daughter of the late Myrtic Barnes Alford and Perry C. Alford. Mrs. Powers retired from Bremen - Bowdon Investment Company in 1992 after 33 years of service and had been a member of Tyus Baptist Church where she joined in 1947. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, P.C. Alford, Jr., and Wayne Alford; also a sister, Margaret Johnson. Survivors include her husband Ray Powers to whom she married on November 29, 1947; sons and daughter in law, Donald and Linda Powers of Carrollton and Randall Powers of Decatur; two grandchildren Michelle Green and Nick Powers both of Carrollton; a sister and brother in law, Betty Jane & Roger Landers of Bowdon; sister in law, Doris Alford of Anniston, AL; as well as four great grandchildren, one great, great grandchild and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon September 23, 2008, at 2:30PM from the Tyus Baptist Church with Rev. Justin Richards, Rev. Quinnion Duncan and Rev. G.W. Burson officiating. The body will be placed in state at 2 PM until the funeral hour. Pallbearers will be David Griffith, Jeff Lee, Paul Landers, Roger Landers, Mickey Richards and Lynn Joyner. Honorary pallbearers will be the Friendship Sunday School Class. Music will be provided by Heavens Echoes. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Messages of condolences may be sent to the family at www.martin-hightower.com. Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel of Carrollton has charge of the arrangements.