
| Name | Esther Celestine “Tina” POWELL [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] | |
| Birth | 22 Aug 1936 | Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina |
| Gender | Female | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina ESTHER POWELL MIMS Posted Tuesday, April 18, 2023 6:00 am Esther "Tina" Powell Mims, 86, widow of Gleaton Edward "Ed" Mims, died Sunday, April 16, 2023, at Prisma Health Tuomey in Sumter. Born Aug. 22, 1936, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late J.C. Powell Sr. and Viola Degarhart Powell. She was a member of Midland Pentecostal Holiness Church and attended Crosswell Baptist Church. She served as the office manager at Cover Manufacturing for many years. Survivors include two children, Derrick Mims (Joye) and Sharon Ellis (Leonard), both of Sumter; four grandchildren, Rick Mims (Katie), Amber Watson (Kell), Jessica Fralick (Jeffrey) and Dillon Ellis (Brandi); five great-grandchildren, Kinsley Connor, Grayson Connor, Paxton Mims, Mary Ellis Fralick and Everleigh Kate Ellis; two sisters, Dorothy Hickson of Bishopville and Hilda Krieger (Don) of Sumter; one brother, George Powell (Frances) of Columbia; and a number of nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by seven siblings, J.C. Powell Jr., Daniel T. Powell, Margaret Price, Lewis A. "Louie" Powell, John Powell, Beatrice Lamkin and Clara Brink. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 19, in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by the Rev. Charles Owens. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Rick Mims, Kell Watson, Jeff Fralick Sr., Jeffrey Fralick Jr., Dillon Ellis and Cliff Derreth. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of Derrick and Joye Mims, 740 Lakewood Drive, and the home of Sharon and Leonard Ellis, 492 Cedarwood Drive. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. [4, 5, 6, 7] | |
| _UID | 010FA7E99A474A5897AEA2F7E43F01B1D642 | |
| Death | 16 Apr 2023 | Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina |
| Burial | 19 Apr 2023 | Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, 802 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina [1, 7] |
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| Person ID | I178368 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 19 Apr 2023 | |
| Father | Jasper Carl “J.C.” POWELL, Sr. d. Bef 7 Sep 2015 | |
| Mother | Kitty Viola /DEGERHART DEGARHART d. Bef 7 Sep 2015 | |
| _UID | 383DDD33440840029F1C39E1A5333B3E3932 | |
| _UID | 383DDD33440840029F1C39E1A5333B3E3932 | |
| Family ID | F203727 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Gleaton Edward “Ed” MIMS, b. 1933, Barrineau community of Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 4 Sep 2011, at his home (Age 78 years) | |||||
| _UID | 14EF277CCD7548859436AF06B1BD8CD50309 | |||||
| _UID | 14EF277CCD7548859436AF06B1BD8CD50309 | |||||
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| Family ID | F122964 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |||||
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