He was born in Decatur County, Parsons, and grew up in Decatur and Chester County, the son of Coach Floyd Powers and the late Rosemary Bishop Powers. He graduated Chester County High School in 1982. He made his home in Chester County. He had worked at Kilgore, Fred's Dollar Store and Aramark Food Services at Freed Hardeman University.
He is survived by his father Floyd Harvey Powers of Milledgeville.