Powell Sr., Paul Allen

Paul Allen Powell Sr., 65, of Pearisburg, departed this life Friday afternoon, March 13, 2009, at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Pearisburg on March 11, 1944, he was a son of the late Robert A. and Mattie Martha Albert Powell.

He was retired from RAAP as a millwright and was a graduate of Giles High School, 1961.

Paul was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter-in-law, Amy Collins; and two brothers, Bobby and Rusty Powell. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Cindy Pillow Powell; his son and daughter-in-law, Paul Allen Jr. and Susie Powell, of Hopewell, Va.; his daughters and sons-in-law, Angie and Mike Burroughs, of Chesapeake, Va., Martie and Kevin Miller, of Blacksburg; his stepsons and daughter-in-law, Andy Collins, of Morgantown, W.Va., Matthew and Sherry Collins, of Radford; his brother and sister-in-law, Larry and Michelle Powell, of Pearisburg; his grandchildren, Olivia Powell, Tyler Collins, Seth Powell, Lauren Burroughs, Hannah Powell, Zachary Burroughs, Alanna Miller, Lyndsay Miller and Emma Powell; a special niece and her husband, Crystal and Jeremy Cultice, of Radford.

Funeral services will be conducted Monday, March 16, 2009, at 2 p.m. in the Kendall Funeral Home at 605 Snidow St. in Pembroke with the Jeremiah Murphy and the Michael Burroughs officiating. Burial will follow in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday evening from 5 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family requests that contributions be made to the charity of choice. Online condolences may be sent by visiting kendall funeralhome.com.