Valeria Ann (Johnson) POWELL
October 19, 1943 – October 26, 2020

Devoted and loving daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend; dedicated teacher and children’s literature advocate; talented seamstress, quilter and graphic artist; skillful crossword puzzle solver; enthusiastic flower gardener; and champion of animals, especially dogs and cats.

Valeria (Val) Johnson was born in Columbus to Myrtle Mae (Dixon) and Cecil F. Johnson. She married Clyde LeRoy Powell, Jr. on June 18, 1966, and they lived in Smyrna and Conyers. LeRoy died in 1999.

Val was a graduate of Baker High School, Columbus College and the University of Georgia. She taught elementary school for 16 years in Muscogee County, Cobb County and Rockdale County.

She is survived by her children, Carrie Borgerding (Chris) of Suwanee, and John Powell (Kasandra) of Decatur; eight grandchildren (Henry, Gregory, Ellie, Charlie and Mary Borgerding; Denzil Mathis, Eden and Everley Powell); her sisters, Annette Kocian (Mike) and Gwenette Garner (Mike) of Columbus; her brother, David Johnson (Wanda) of Montgomery, AL; as well as nieces, nephews, other family and friends.

If you wish to send a card please send it to her daughter at:

Carrie Borgerding
219 Wooscliff Court
Suwannee, Georgia 30024

Carrieabg@bellsouth.net

A funeral mass will be held at 1 PM on Friday, November 6, at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 2621 GA-20, Conyers, GA 30013. In lieu of flowers, donations in Val’s name may be made to a local no-kill animal shelter.