Lucia Peel Powe Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Lucia Peel Powe of Williamston, North Carolina, born in Smyrna, Georgia, who passed away at the age of 91, on January 10, 2023. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her parents, Badgely Hutchinson and Lucia Gertrude Hutchinson; her daughters, Lucia Claire Peel of Williamston, Mimi Peel of Hillsborough, Sydney Eldridge Peel Woodside (Joseph "Woody") of Knoxville, TN and Elizabeth Chase Peel (David Solow) of Durham; her grandchildren, Lucia, Lindsey Marie Elkins (Erin Renee Myers) of Denver, CO, Lily Peel Elkins (Christopher Blake Schilling) of Durham, Stewart McKamey Woodside, Joseph Redmond Woodside of Knoxville, TN and Ruby Marlette Solow of Durham; her great grandchildren, Oliver Myers Elkins and Rowan Myers Elkins of Denver; her former spouse Junie; her stepdaughters, Louise Kelly (Clinton) of Woodland Hills, Josephine Powe (Tom McGuire) of Santa Barbara and Katherine Dauchert (Eugene) of Durham; and her grandchildren, Katherine Kelly Berlyn, Ashley Kelly Ainsworth, Jonathan Dauchert, Stephen Dauchert, Christopher McGuire and Matthew McGuire.

During the pandemic, when Lucia was under quarantine while living at Croasdaile Village, she fulfilled her need for nature, movement, and beauty by walking around Bowles Lake pushing her scarlet walker "Lulu" at least twice every day.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that gifts in Lucia's honor be directed to: Kidznotes, Attention: Shana Tucker, PO Box 200 Durham, NC 27702; OR Roanoke River Partners, Attention: Anne Lunsford, PO Box 488, Windsor, NC 27983.

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January 23, 2023

Susan Zilber wrote a sympathy message

“I had the great good fortune of meeting Lucia shortly after I moved to NC from New York City five years ago. No one could have been more welcoming or more determined than Lucia in making sure that I was introduced to people and places that would make me feel at home in the Triangle. How lucky I was to have had her as a friend. There was no one else like her and I will miss her terribly. Susan Zilber”