Everett Cameron Powell Jr.

TUSCALOOSA| Everett Cameron "Buddy" Powell, Jr., was born on November 13, 1944 in Tuscaloosa, and died March 23, 2014 in Tuscaloosa, surrounded by his family. Memorial Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Christ Episcopal Church with The Rev. David Meginniss and The Rev. Dr. Catherine Collier officiating and Heritage Chapel Funeral Home & Cremations, a Dignity Memorial Provider, directing. A reception will follow after the service in Randall Hall at the church.
He attended Tuscaloosa County High School and The University of Alabama where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, and graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He was deeply loved by his family and friends as a son, brother, father, and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents, Louise Kuykendall Powell and Everett Cameron Powell, Sr. He is survived by his beloved wife Catherine Coe Powell, his daughter Catherine Powell Stephens and her husband Kevin, his daughter Cameron Powell Hardin and her husband Chuck, and his son, Everett Cameron "Tripp" Powell, III, and his wife Lesley, his sister Camille Powell Cochrane and her husband David, his sister Marie Powell Wolfe and her husband Carl, and her children Lance Bailey and Shelley Bagwell, and his grandchildren Charles Hardin, Ross Hardin, Anna Hardin, Sarah Beth Hardin, Leigh Powell, Mallory Hoover, Elizabeth "Libby" Powell, Logan Stephens, and a Stephens baby due to arrive in October of this year.
Buddy grew up in the Tuscaloosa area, and the improvement of his hometown remained his passion for the rest of his life. He committed his life to community service through numerous, often anonymous, groups including the Tuscaloosa Chamber of Commerce, and serving as chairman of Tuscaloosa Parks and Recreation Authority. He committed himself to serve in his community to make the lives of young people better, and had a deep impact on all those that he knew.
In 1977, Buddy's entrepreneurial spirit led him to form Buddy's Food Mart, which has grown into a Tuscaloosa landmark. Shortly thereafter, he purchased Kuykendall and Powell Oil Company, a family business now owned and operated by the third generation of his family.
Buddy also had a deep love of sports, especially Alabama football and basketball. Saturdays in the fall with his family are some of our most precious memories of him, and he loved being a supporter of the Crimson Tide.
Pallbearers will be Scott Goldsmith, Michael Echols, Thomas Patton, Robert Monfore, Roger Taylor, Curtis Hall, Wayne Hutton, Gaius Whitfield, Hardy McCollum, and Walter Gary.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Bethany Village at Camp McDowell, c/o Christ Episcopal Church, 605 Lurleen B Wallace Blvd N, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401.
Condolences may be offered at www.heritagechapeltuscaloosa.com.