Lucy Page Wilson

WILSON WINSTON-SALEM - Lucy Page Wilson, 88, died January 1, 2011 at Arbor Acres in Winston-Salem. Born in Columbus, Ohio, July 3, 1922, she was the daughter of Catharine Field and Jerome Foote Page. Mrs. Wilson graduated from Bexley High School in Bexley, Ohio in 1940 and from Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York in 1944. On May 12, 1945 she married Peter Thomas Wilson, junior from Winston-Salem who was a Navy pilot and later an executive with Reynolds Tobacco Company. He died in 1964. Mrs. Wilson was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church, past President of the Winston-Salem Junior League, and for twenty-seven years the Business Manager for the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. After her retirement in 1992, she served for fifteen years as emeritus member of the SECCA Board of Directors. Mrs. Wilson treasured her many friends, young and old, enjoyed parties, and was known for her generosity and optimistic outlook. She traveled widely throughout her life and loved to tell stories of her adventures in far corners of the world where few tourists ventured. In her later years she especially delighted in her great-grandchildren: Fleet, James, Grace, and Thomas Wilson and Leighton Culp. In addition to the great-grandchildren, Mrs. Wilson is survived by her son, Peter Wilson III (Mary Lou); her daughter, Catharine Culp (Dr. Harry); and five grandchildren: Greg Wilson (Liza), Fletcher Wilson (Lara), Royer Culp (Katherine), Wilson Culp (Kelly), and Emily Kraper (John). She was preceded in death by an older sister, Kelsey Robinson; and is survived by a brother, Jerome Page, Junior (Constance) of Naples, FL. Visitation will be held on Friday, January 7, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall on the campus of Arbor Acres. A private Family Memorial Service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 8, by Dr. Peter Graves in the chapel at Centenary United Methodist Church with burial to follow at Salem Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, 101 Hospice Lane. Winston-Salem, 27103; Arbor Acres Methodist Retirement Community, 1240 Arbor Road, Winston-Salem, 27104, or SECCA, 750 Marguerite Drive, Winston-Salem 27106.