Hosken Powell

Hosken Powell was born May 14, 1955 to the late Wilmore and Mary Powell in Selma, Alabama. He accepted Christ at an early age joining Oakfield Baptist Church. He attended public school in Escambia County Florida and was a 1973 graduate of W.J. Woodham High School.
As an avid sportsman he loved baseball, fishing, and hunting. He played all sports but excelled at baseball and signed a baseball scholarship at Chipola Jr. College. He then was drafted #1 third pick in the country by Minnesota Twins. His favorite coach was Mr. Fred Waters. He was an "All-Star Right Fielder" who played 1978-83 in the Major Leagues for the Minnesota Twins and the Toronto Blue Jays. After scouting for the league, then retirement he delighted teaching and coaching young boys and girls as the Director if Athletics for the Boys and Girls Club of Escambia County. Many of them still visit, kept his spirits lifted and looked to him highly. He loved them as his own. He was Head Baseball Coach for the Pensacola High School Tigers and an assistant football coach during the (PHS) State Championship (2009) and wore his ring proudly. Saving time for fishing and hunting... his best friend said "If he wasn't fishing, he was hunting If he wasn't hunting, he was fishing Then repeat.
Hosken loved his family. He was joined in marriage to Kimper Bradley in 1984 and they were happily married for 41 years. He enjoyed watching his nieces and nephews grow. He attended any event possible to support them. "Uncle B/Uncle Hos" (as he was lovingly known to them) was their joy.
Preceding him in death is his father and mother Wilmore and Mary Powell and step-mother Lula Powell, his brothers, Willie James and Napoleon, Sr. A nephew, Napoleon, Jr. and a niece DaeShavon Powell.
He leaves to cherish and celebrate his life, his loving, devoted wife, Kimper Bradley Powell, his sister, DeBorah Powell, his brother, Cedric (Marie) McDougal, three aunts, Lola Smith (Detroit, MI) and Ruth Bradley Armstrong (Tallahassee, FL), one uncle, Nathaniel (Connie) Bradley, Sr. (Aurora, CO) three sister-in-laws, Winifred Bradley (Pensacola, FL), Ruby Edwards (Tallahassee, FL) and Arryal (Howard) Middleton (Tallahassee, FL), two Goddaughters, Talayka LaShan McQueen (Orlando, FL), and Tawana Miller (Jacksonville, FL), and a host of special nieces, great nieces, nephews, great nephews, loving cousins and reliable friends.
A visitation will be held on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at Allen Chapel AME Church, located at 500 N Guillemard Street, Pensacola, FL 32501, beginning at 9:00am with services immediately to follow at 10:00am.