Powell Lloyd Shirley, age 78, of Gordo, AL passed away September 12, 2023 at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa.  Funeral services will be 11:00 am Friday, September 15, 2023 at Mt. Olivet "Beaver Dam" Presbyterian Church with Rev. Ryan James officiating.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Judy Lane Shirley; his parents; four brothers, Dudley, Donald, Danny Ray and Howard Shirley and sister, Dorothy Pogue.
Survivors include his daughter, Krystal Harbin (Jason) of Moundville; son, Lloyd Shirley (Missey) of Gordo; brother, Edward Shirley (Jean); sisters, Donnie Nell Jones and Jane Holman; sisters-in-law, Annette Shirley and Mary Lou Shirley; four grandchildren, Challise Shirley Bolam (Jesse), Kylar Driggers (Amery), Jayci Harbin Drake (Trent) and Lyndsie Harbin Cook (Jake) and six great-grandchildren, Miles Bolam, Reid Bolam, Dean Drake, (soon to be) Deacon Drake, Saylor Cook and Jac Cook.
Powell was born August 5, 1945 in Gordo, Alabama to the late Charlie Shirley and Sarah Fife Shirley.  He was a member of Flatwoods Baptist Church and a retired employee of Peco.
Pallbearers are Kylar Driggers, Eddie Shirley, Mark Shirley, Drew Shirley, Timmy Shirley, Jesse Bolam and Mickey Jones.
Honorary Pallbearers will be the Lewis and Faye Manderson Cancer Center, Amedisys Home Health, Gene and Wanda Wilson, Peco Feedmill employees and past and present friends of the Benevola community.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to Mt. Olivet "Beaver Dam" Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fund.