Mary May Powell Bormann

April 30, 1923 - June 2, 2016

Mary May Powell Bormann, age 93, of Sharyland and McAllen, Texas, passed away in her sleep on the morning of Thursday, June 2, 2016. She was born to the late George Washington Mullen and Lillian McGuffin Mullen in San Marcos, Texas, on April 30, 1923. Mary May and her parents moved to the Rio Grande Valley in 1926, and she attended school in P.S.J.A. before her family moved to Salinas, California, in 1936. Returning to the Valley in 1939, she started working for Southwestern Bell while still a teen and was employed there for over 30 years. Mary May married her husband of 55 years, Harry Herman Powell, in 1947, and they spent almost all of their marriage living in a home just off south Taylor Road, in Sharyland, that Harry built entirely himself. Their only child, Rick Lee Powell, was born on October 12, 1952. Rick was the joy of Mary May's life, and she was so proud of all he accomplished and the man he became. Mary May attended the First Baptist Church McAllen for 59 years and was the president of her Sunday School class for 35 years. On October 2, 2004, she married Noah Labon “NL” Bormann. Their years together where some of the happiest of her life, until NL passed away in 2010. Mary May is survived by: her daughter-in-law, Marianne Davidson Powell, of Sharyland; grandson, Jason A. Powell, of Sharyland; granddaughter, Jennifer Overton (Drew), of Wayne, New Jersey; great-granddaughter, Parker Leigh Overton; and nieces, Lisa Powell, of Sharyland, and Jana Powell, of San Antonio. She was proceeded in death by: her parents; husbands, Harry Herman Powell and NL Bormann; son, Rick Lee Powell, and grandson, Kristopher Ryan Powell. A memorial service will be held at Kreidler Funeral Home, in McAllen, at 10AM on Monday, June 6, 2016, with Pastor Shannon Talley, of First Baptist Church McAllen, officiating. Special thanks to the members of Gracia Hospice Care.