January 7, 2021
Thomas Tucker Powell, 77, of Millsboro died Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, at his son’s home in Greenville. He was born Dec. 17, 1943, in Selbyville to Wilson Powell and Alice Ransone Powell.
Tom grew up in Selbyville and graduated from Selbyville High School in 1961. After high school he worked for Showell Poultry, which included time in DeFuniak Springs, Fla. He returned to Delaware in 1976 and joined his mother running Alice’s Clothes Tree, a staple of the Millsboro business community until 1991. Tom then worked for Jim Carey Nationwide Insurance, and later joined the Cape May-Lewes Ferry. He loved working on the bay and the camaraderie of his colleagues.