Background
Powell, Carolyn Wilkerson was born on October 9, 1920 in Hamburg, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Claude Kelly and Mildred (Hall) Wilkerson.
Powell, Carolyn Wilkerson was born on October 9, 1920 in Hamburg, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Claude Kelly and Mildred (Hall) Wilkerson.
AB, Central Methodist University, Fayette, Missouri, 1942. Master of Arts in Teaching, University North Carolina, 1970.
Choral director, Maplewood-Richmond Heights School, St. Louis, 1943-1945; private piano teacher,, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1951-1963; organist, Presbyterian and Methodist churches, Greensboro, 1950-1961; director, church youth choirs, Greensboro, 1958-1961; choral and humanities teacher, Page H.S., Greensboro, 1963-1967; choral director, Githens Junior H.S., Durham, North Carolina, 1967-1980; organist, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Altavista, Virginia, 1981-1983. Chairman District Choral Festival North Carolina District, 1968-1978. Accompanist and music director Altavista Little Theatre Altavista, Virginia, 1981-1983.
Den mother Boy Scouts American, Greensboro, 1951—1957. Member Chapel Hill Preservation Society, from 1985. Volunteer, chapel organist, pediatrics tutor University North Carolina Hospitals, 1984—1989.
Member Chapel Hill History Society. Sunday and vacation schools teacher, organist Grace Methodist Church, Greensboro. Organist St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Altavista, 1981—1983.
Organist Episcopal church service Carol Woods Retirement Community, Chapel Hill, from 1999. Member of American Association of University Women, National Education Association, Classroom Teachers Association, American Organists Guild, Music Educators National Conference, Ackland Art Museum Association, Carolina Club, National Federated Music Club Euterpe, Chapel Hill Country Club, University Woman's Club, Delta Kappa Gamma.
Married Charles Luke Powell, December 12, 1923. Children: Charles Luke Junior, James Davis, Mark Wilkerson, Robert Hall.