Margaret Esther Sasser Powell

Goldsboro – Margaret Esther Sasser Powell, 73, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 28, 2008.

Mrs. Powell was born in Wayne County on September 30, 1934 to the late William Albert Sasser and Minnie Killette Sasser Overton. She had worked with Belk in Downtown Goldsboro and also with Americal Corporation. Mrs. Powell was an active member of Belfast Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Steve Jones and Dr. Preston Heath officiating. Interment will be Friday at 11:00 a.m. at Wayne Memorial Park with Rev. Eddie McKeel officiating.

Mrs. Powell is survived by her husband of 53 years, John D. Powell; her son, John D. Powell II of Hendersonville; her daughters, Lovie Esther McKeel and husband Rev. Eddie McKeel of Goldsboro and Christia “Christy” Powell Smith and husband, Richard D. Smith of Sanford; her grandchildren, Allen D. McKeel, Lindsey McKeel, David Powell, Andrew Powell and Miles Smith; her sisters, Catherine Sykes of Goldsboro, Joyce Craft and husband Fred of Pikeville, and Alice Hartley and husband, Pete of Princeton; her brother, Charles Sasser and wife, Debbie of Woodstock, GA; her sister-in-law, Harlene Sasser of Fremont; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her brothers, David Sasser and Tommy Sasser; and her sisters, Loretta Sasser, Hazel Seymour and Rachel Martin.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 5216 Glen Allen, VA 23058; the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 1132, Fairfax, VA 22038-1132; or to Belfast Pentecostal Holiness Church, 3093 U.S. 117 North Highway, Goldsboro, NC 27530.

The family will receive friends Thursday following the service at Seymour Funeral Home and other times at her home, 101 Stoney Run Drive, Goldsboro.