GASTON – David Powell, 69, of Gaston died Friday, June 24, 2011 at Halifax Regional Medical Center, Roanoke Rapids. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 in the Roanoke Rapids Chapel of H.D. Pope Funeral Home, who is handling the arrangements. Burial will follow in the Butcher’s Family Cemetery, Gaston.