Lillian Walton Powell

May 15, 1925 - August 12, 2020

Lillian Walton Powell, 95, of the Whitmell Community went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. Lillian was born in Pittsylvania County on May 15, 1925 a daughter of the late Jim Walton and Etta Farthing Walton. Lillian worked for Dan River Mills for a number of years and was a member of Whitmell United Methodist Church. On June 13, 1942 she married, Herbert Isaac Powell, who passed on April 25, 2008. Survivors include two daughters, Brenda P. Sebra, Penny P. Haymore (Ronnie), a son, Kenny Powell (Connie); eleven grandchildren, Vonda Kelly (David), Phillip Starder (Denielle), Ron Haymore (Kim), Greg Haymore (Amy), Shannon Brady, Dustin Powell (Melissa), Kim Fritz (Billy), Brian Clayton, Robin Whitman (Mike), Dana Holt (Jeff), Ashley Crisp (Cullen), numerous great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by five sisters, Mildred Durham, Bessie Loftis, Belle Loftis, Elsie Hardy, Adele Morris, and five brothers, Earl, Paul, Oscar, Quincy, Clifton Walton and a son-in-law, Bill Sebra. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Wrenn-Yeatts Westover Chapel conducted by the Rev. Wayne Moore. Interment will follow in Highland Burial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial donations made to Tunstall Fire and Rescue. Wrenn-Yeatts Westover Chapel is serving the Powell family.