William Stanley "Stan" Power

William Stanley “Stan” Power, 76, passed away, August 21, 2025, in Mesa, Arizona surrounded by his loving family.

Stan was born to William Harold and Betty Dale (Templeton) Power on January 9, 1949, in Laurens, South Carolina. Stan was raised in Clinton, SC and graduated from Clinton High School in 1967. After attending a year of college at Clemson University, he enlisted in the United States Air Force and served from 1969 to 1972. He served two tours in Vietnam as a linguist specialist/interpreter. He spent time in both Danang, Vietnam and Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, completing over 250 missions and earning 3 Air Medals with Oak Leaf Clusters and one Distinguished Flying Cross. He later attended 3 years of night school at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC.

Upon returning from Vietnam, Stan began his career as a draftsman at the B.F Shaw, a pipe and fabrication firm in Laurens, SC. He spent several years working for firms in both NC and SC, eventually he worked at the Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant in Southport, NC for 8 years as the Manager of the Pipe Support Group. After leaving the Nuclear Power Plant, Stan held various contracting positions before landing in Carlsbad, NM working for Western Environmental Management, which later became Tessenderlo Kerley Services (TKS), a part of Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. (TKI). Stan held several positions within TKS, before becoming the General Manager and Vice President in 2005. Following a nearly 50 year working career he retired from TKI in 2021.

Stan and Patricia “Amy” (Sirmon) Power were married July 23, 1983, in Clinton, SC and made their home in North Carolina before moving to Carlsbad, NM in 1990, for what was planned to be a 2-month job. Twenty-five years, 2 homes, what seems like at least 17 cars, 2 boats, 3 dogs, endless youth sporting events, car shows, church activities and social events, he transferred with his job at TKS, in 2015, to Mesa, AZ.

In his spare time Stan enjoyed collecting cars, both large and extremely small, building cars and bringing classic cars back to their days of glory. He spent many hours showing off his labor of love in car shows all over NM, TX and AZ. Although he had moved to the desert southwest, he never lost his love for the beach and kept it close via his home décor and love for all things “Tommy Bahama”! He had been a longtime member of the C.A.R.S. Club of Carlsbad, the “Elks Club” B.P.O.E. #1558, the Carlsbad Department of Development and the First United Methodist Church of Carlsbad.

Stan is preceded in death by his parents.

He survived by the love of his life, Amy of Mesa, AZ; sons: Jeremy Power of Winston Salem, NC, Jordan Power and wife May Wu of Redmond, WA and Corey Power of Scottsdale, AZ; brother, James Timothy “Tim” Power and wife Dianne of Myrtle Beach, SC: sister Mary Beth (Power) Shealy and husband Brian of Clinton, SC, sisters-in-law and brother’s-in-law: Gail and Clark Britt of Asheville, NC and Cindy and Richard Sirmon of Birmingham, AL, as well as numerous nieces and nephews, two aunts and many beloved cousins.

A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, September 11, 2025, at the new United Methodist Church, 401 S. Alameda St., Carlsbad, NM with Rev. Laird Cross officiating and Dudley Jones assisting. A second Memorial Service will be held in Clinton, SC at a later date.

The family request memorials in Stan’s honor to Carlsbad Shrine Club, PO Box 134, Carlsbad, NM 88221 or a charity of your choice.

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Gray Funeral Home of Clinton is assisting the Power family with services.