Barbara Powers

Powers, Barbara Faye, 80, of Christiansburg, VA, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2009. She was born in East Jenkins, KY on October 11, 1928, to the late Leffey and Flora Mullins Burke. She was also preceded in death by: brother, Arville Burke; sons: Dudley and Daniel Powers; daughter Sherrice Powers and great grandson Malaki Frith.

She is survived by her husband Gilmer Powers; daughter and son-in-law Pamela and Mark Frith; granddaughters: Jennifer Frith, Rachel Frith, and Lynda and Lee Hawley; great grandchildren: Stacie Frith, Christopher Haywood, Jr., and Trey and Dawson Hawley; sisters Christine and J.C. Akers of Christiansburg, Wanda and Eugene Glisson of Radford, and Lavon and Truman Conley of Jenkins, KY; and brothers: Granville and Learlene Burke of Jenkins, KY, Kenneth and Lois Burke of Versailles, KY, and Ronald and Bernice Burke of Radford; many nieces and nephews; and special friends: Selester and Katrina Bennet, and Ernestine Frith.

A funeral service will be conducted 1 p.m. on Monday, January 26, 2009, at Belview United Methodist Church with Rev. Aaron Fitch officiating. Interment will follow in Belmont Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 8:00 PM on Sunday, January 25, 2009, at the funeral home.