Jerry Lynn “Boots” Powell, 75, of Jewett, passed away on December 21, 2022, at the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. He was born March 25, 1947, in New Cumberland, West Virginia, the son of the late Leonard Powell and Lola Gaskins Powell Raines.

Jerry was a contractor carpenter by trade. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.

He was preceded in death by his brother Edwin Powell and sister-in-law Carol Powell.

He is survived by Sandy Chittenden Carter, his love for 26 years; his two sons, Jeffery (Cindy) Powell of Washington State and Ronald Powell of Newell, West Virginia; his two daughters, Milissa Petrella Davis of Newell, West Virginia, and Amber DeWitt Williams of Florida; Jerry had 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and two brothers Leon (Barbara) Powell and Larry Powell. 

Calling hours will be held on January 27 from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at Clark-Kirkland-Barr Funeral Home, Cadiz, where the funeral service will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at Center Unity Church Cemetery, Jewett, Ohio. Military honors by the Cadiz American Legion.

The memorial guest book may be signed at www.clark-kirkland-barr.com.