Juliette "Julia" Ruth Powers Rainero

June 30, 1978 - February 13, 2019

Juliette “Julia” Ruth Powers Rainero, age 40, passed away on the morning of Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at Oakmont at Gordon Park in Bristol, VA surround by her family. She was the oldest of four children born to Jud Powers and Lynn Godsey Powers. She was a native Bristolian, an alumnus of Tennessee High School and Virginia Tech. She was a beloved member of the Bristol community, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, and Sullins Academy. She is survived by her husband John V. Rainero; son, Joseph ‘Judson’ Rainero; daughter, Mary Lynn ‘Milly’ Rainero; parents, Erbie Judson ‘Jud’ Powers and Lynn G. Powers; sister, Audra Jones and husband, Blair; brothers, Ed Powers and wife, Becca and Nat Powers and wife Leigh; grandfather, Ezra H. Powers; grandmother, Juliette W. Callahan; father and mother-in-law; Charles J. and Mary Beth Rainero; nieces, Adilyn and Emma Ruth Jones and Hattie and Paige Powers, and a large, loving extended family. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 P.M., Sunday, February 17, 2019 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church with Rev. Joe K. Dunagan officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations are encouraged to Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 700 Cumberland Ave., Bristol, VA 24202 or to the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke, 20 Duke Medicine Circle, Clinic 3-1, Durham, NC 27701. Condolences and memories may be left for the family at akardfuneralhome.com Akard Funeral Home, (423) 989-4800 is serving the Rainero family.