Mrs. Dacia Lewis King

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 Sunday, August 29 in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church.

Dacia was born August 20, 1926 to Daphne Waters and Richard Henry Lewis. She graduated from Greensboro Senior High School in 1943 and attended the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. She received her Master’s degree from Columbia University in New York City. After three years on Guam working with arts as recreation, she began a career as a public school art teacher. On August 27, 1960, she married Paul Noble King (her beloved “P.K.”) of Greensboro. Dacia and Paul lived in many areas of the country including Pueblo, Colorado, New Bern, N.C., Stamford, Connecticut and Columbia, S.C., before retiring in Greensboro.

As a member of First Presbyterian Church, Dacia was a leader of the Adult Electives Sunday School Class, various arts groups, and the Currie Library Book Club.

A gentle yet compassionate advocate for the arts, the environment, and sustainable agriculture, Dacia was a loyal supporter and board member of numerous organizations including, but hardly limited to, the Weatherspoon Art Museum, The Center for Education, Imagination and the Natural World, The Weston A. Price Foundation, The Rural Advancement Foundation-International-USA, Pickard’s Mountain Eco-Institute, Carolina Farms Stewardship Association, the Greensboro Library Art Committee, and the Eastern Music Festival. She was a life long learner who reached out to people of all ages and interests.

Dacia was preceded in death by her husband Paul King, her sister Daphne Rudolph, and her devoted dog, Frosty.

Dacia is survived by her sister Dora Lewis Lane (Paul) of Bloomington, Indiana, and sister-in–law Nancy King Smith of Davidson, N.C.. She is also survived by her loving nieces and nephews: Mary Mig McEntire of Greensboro, N.C., Graham Smith of Charlotte, N.C., Nancy Gardner of Davidson, N.C., Curtis Smith of Dallas, Texas, C. Shaw Smith, Jr. of Davidson, N.C., W. Winburne King III of Beaufort, N.C., Elizabeth K. Prickett of Atlanta, Georgia, Charles Y. King of Princeton, N.J., Daved Levitan of Dayton, Ohio and Daniel Levitan of Brooklyn, New York. In addition, she is survived by 17 grand nieces and nephews and 7 great-grand nieces and nephews.

Memorial gifts may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro Urban Ministry, or the Weatherspoon Art Museum.