EMPORIA, Va. – Lillian Ruth Powell, 47, of Emporia, VA  and formerly of Garysburg, died Friday, May 13, 2011 at Halifax Regional Medical Center, Roanoke Rapids. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 20, 2011 in the Roanoke Rapids Chapel of H.D. Pope Funeral Home, who is handling the arrangements. Burial will follow in the Rocky Mount Baptist Church Cemetery, Emporia, VA.