Stuart Powers

Stuart Blackwell "Blackie" Powers Stuart Blackwell "Blackie" Powers always marched to the beat of his own drum, but that drum was silenced when he passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2013, at age 66. He was born on July 11, 1946, in Petersburg, Virginia, to Elizabeth Williams Powers and Stuart Emmett Powers on July 11, 1946. He moved to Charlottesville at the age of two and graduated from Albemarle High School. He attended Virginia Commonwealth University and returned to Charlottesville, to manage King Lindsay Printing with his father and his sister, Nancy Breeden. Concert posters and tickets were regularly printed by the company, providing Blackie the opportunity to be actively involved in the local concert scene. His love of music and the connections he made even got him press passes to Woodstock. After this experience he spent a number of years producing wearable art and pottery, and was a founding member of the McGuffey Art Center. He continued to live in Albemarle County, surrounded by the countryside he loved, until his passing. He is survived by his daughter, Jessica Edge; granddaughter, Savannah Edge; son-in-law, Chad Edge, and former wife, Deborah Lingon, all of Richmond, Virginia, as well as his sister, Betty Tunstall of Roanoke, Virginia. A memorial service will be held for family and friends later this summer. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the Charlottesville SPCA. In the words of one of his favorite bands, the Grateful Dead, "What a long, strange trip it's been". Keep on truckin'.

This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.