Linda Denise

Powell

Linda Denise Powell, was born to Eddie Powell and Ella Lou Dorothy Murphy in Toledo, OH on March 3, 1953. She was a graduate of Jesup W. Scott High School (Class of 1971). She started her career at Chrysler and retired after 35 years of hard work. She accepted Christ at an early age and attended St. James Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Bishop W.J. Murchison.

She was an avid sports fan and played softball and basketball in her younger years. She loved spending time with her family and friends. She also enjoyed cooking and took pride in her sweet potato pies, as well as, her famous greens which she always made for her youngest granddaughter. In her leisure time she enjoyed playing the lottery, spending time at the casino and outdoor concerts. She had a fun and loving spirit and had friends on every side of town. She never met a stranger that she couldn't talk to. She also had no problem speaking her mind and she never left a room "unread".

She departed this life surrounded by her loving children, at the Cleveland Clinic, on May 25, 2025.

She was proceeded in death by both maternal and paternal grandparents, her father Eddie Powell; mother, Ella Dorothy Murchison and sisters Karen Moore and Patricia Buckson.

She leaves to cherish her memory, daughter Verlana Powell, son; Damion Powell; granddaughters DaVae Powell and Madison Guy; great-granddaughter Shiloh Powell; brother Marcus Powell; lifelong partner and friend; Nathaniel Street; all of her "adopted" children from Old West End and Horizon and a host of loving family and friends.