Irene Barksdale Power Fry

GRETNA-Irene Barksdale Power Fry, age 88 of 1357 Hickeys Road, Gretna, died Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at Lynchburg General Hospital.

Born December 31, 1921 at her beloved home Greenwood in Pittsylvania County, she was a daughter of the late, William Albin (Fisher) Barksdale and Belle Lillian Imhoff Barksdale. She was predeceased by a sister, Thelma Lamanca; three brothers, Louis Bryce Barksdale, William Barksdale and Joseph Thompson Barksdale, Sr. Mrs. Fry was a member and Senior Warden, for over twenty years, of St. John's Episcopal Church in Mt. Airy. She was a member of the Thomas Carter Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution where she served as Regent, a member of the National Society of the Colonial Dames XVII Century, a member of the Rawley Martin Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, a member of the Pittsylvania County Historical Society, and was a retired employee of Coates and Clark Zipper Factory in Newport News.

She is survived by her husband, Charles M. Fry of the residence; two sons, Chris Power and wife, Nancy of Gretna and Michael Power and wife, Lori of Itasca, TX; one daughter, Bonnie Carleton and husband, Pat of Gretna; 7 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.

A Service of Christian Burial will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 27, 2010 at St. Johns Episcopal Church by the Reverend Dr. David Smith and The Very Reverend Cleon M. Ross. Burial will follow in Greenfield Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Fry will be carried to her home, Greenwood on Friday morning where the family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m.

The family will also hold a memorial service to celebrate Irene's life on May 15, 2010 at her home, Greenwood.

Colbert-Moran Funeral Home, Gretna is assisting the family.

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