Word has been received of the death of Jennie Ann Gayle Powell age 70, of Tipton, Oklahoma. Mrs. Powell passed away Thursday, May 23, 2019, at the Plantation Village Nursing Home in Altus, Oklahoma. There are no services planned at this time.

Jennie Ann Gayle (Cryer) Russell Powell was born July 25, 1948, on the family farm near Tipton, Oklahoma to Frank "Little Daddy" and Ruby Ruth (Adams) Cryer. She attended Tipton Public Schools where she lettered and was an all-star basketball player. On July 25, 1965, she and Larry Neal Russell were united in marriage at Tipton, Oklahoma. Mr. Russell preceded her in death on December 2, 1975. She was an inspector for the Oil and Gas Industry. She worked for Wilson Manufacturing in Wichita Falls, Texas for many years. Jennie later married Allen Ray Powell on May 20, 1989, in Tipton, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on April 3, 2019. She was a Baptist. Jennie loved spending time with her family. She enjoyed camping, fishing, being a mother and a homemaker and working in her garden.

She is survived by two sons, David Vincent Russell and his wife Kimberly of Tipton, Oklahoma and Ronnie Clyde Russell of Colorado Springs, Colorado; two sisters, Bobbie Stevenson and her husband Jimmy of Tipton, Oklahoma and Colleen Hill of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; six grandchildren, Sarah Russell, Parker Russell, David Russell, II, Jessica Russell, Stefan Contreras, and Joshua Contreras.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank "Little Daddy" and Ruby Ruth Cryer; her husbands, Larry Neal Russell and Allen Ray Powell; one daughter, Valarie Ann (Russell) Contreras; two brothers, Frank Cryer, Jr. and Ricky Dean Cryer; and three sisters, Ruth Purcell, Wanda Crownover and Phyllis Dale Rogers.