Mildred O. Gordon, 84, of Dameron, MD died January 9, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospital.

Born August 7, 1925 in Scotland Neck, NC, she was the daughter of the late John Henry Powell, Sr. and Jennie (Lambertson) Powell. She was the fifth of fifteen children.

Mildred is survived by her sisters, Corinne Powell and Theosia Douthett of Bronx, NY, and Minnie Afari (Jack) of Cambria Heights, NY and brother, Aubrey Powell (Ada) of Scotland Neck, NC, and a host of other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John Gordon, brothers, John Henry Powell, Jr., Joe A. Powell, Edro Powell, Caswell Powell, Vernice Powell, David Powell, and Nathaniel Powell, sisters, Eleanor Bradley, Gloria Powell, and Arrealers Wheeler.

Family will receive friends on Friday, January 15, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 16922 St. Peter Claver Road, St. Inigoes, MD 20684. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. with Reverend Scott Woods officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A, Leonardtown, MD.