Iris Jones Powers

FLORENCE - Iris Jones Powers, 86, died Thursday, April 12, 2012, after a long illness. She was born August 15, 1925, in Coward, South Carolina, to Margaret Elizabeth Miles Jones. After her mother's death, she was adopted by her Uncle Walker and Aunt Fanny Miles, and was raised as one of their children. She attended J. C. Lynch High School in Coward, and on April 17, 1949, she married Charles Heath Powers, Sr. They were married 56 years at the time of his death in 2007.
She was a member of Central United Methodist Church, the Christian Family Sunday School Class, and the Sarah Blanton Circle.
She was predeceased by her husband, Charlie, and two sons, Charles Heath Powers, Jr., and Walker Stewart Powers; brothers, Archie, Wilbur, Ed, Henderson, and Lamar Miles; sisters, Nettie Mae Kirby and Loretta Turner, as well as step-grandson, Ryan Steverson.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Rex Huggins; grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth, Charlie, and Alek Huggins, all of Florence; sister, Mary Etta Stabler, of St. Matthews, SC; sisters-in-law, Ellie Powers of Gales Ferry, CT, Bessie Miles of Goldsboro, NC, Frances Miles of Florence, and Agnes Miles Kelly of Lexington, SC; brother-in-law, Mike (Frances) Powers of Lexington, SC; daughter-in-law, Carol Powers McIlroy, of Murrells Inlet; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank her dedicated caregivers who cared for her like their own mother and treated her like a queen, Eva Mae Hawkins, Evelyn Johnson, Doris Little, Niosha Williams, Lakeytria Malcolm, Priscilla Williams, Shanette Damen, Glendale Breeden, Tawanda Vereen, Judy Adams, Sandy Caples, and Eda Ramlal, and the staff of Comfort Keepers, and last, but certainly not least, Emily "E" Correll.
Mr. Charlie, her husband, used to say "if you can't get along with Miss Iris, you just can't get along." Miss Iris, as she was affectionately known was a true Southern lady and will be missed by all who had the good fortune to know her.
Funeral service will be 4:00 p.m., Sunday, April 15, 2012, in Central United Methodist Church with burial to follow at Pine Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, 3544 Timmonsville Hwy., Timmonsville, SC.
Memorials may be made to the Free Will Baptist Home for Children, P. O. Box 229, Turbeville, SC 29162; or to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 537 Long Point Rd., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464.
Waters-Powell Funeral Home is assisting the family of Mrs. Powers.