It is with great sadness and very heavy hearts that Anne Poole and Roberta Estes, directors of the Lost Colony Research Group, convey the heartbreaking message that we have lost our own Jennifer Gabriel Powell. Jenn is the archaeologist for the Lost Colony Research Group, but she was so much more. Jenn met Andy Powell, now Andy Gabriel Powell, retired mayor of Bideford, England, on our dig in 2012. Three months later, she went to England to visit Andy, and suffice it to say she never came back, except to get her visa and her cat. She and Andy married on January 19, 2013.
Jenn was just 34, completed her BS in archaeology in 2012, was lovely, brilliant and joyful. She had her whole life in front of her. We all loved Jenn and remember her laughing in her signature tie dye t-shirts that she made herself. Jenn and Andy are both members of our Lost Colony family.
Yesterday, Jenn suffered a brain hemorrhage and today, after her mother arrived from the US, life support was discontinued and Jenn slipped away. Our hearts grieve for two of our own, Jenn’s passing and Andy’s terrible loss. Please light a candle and say a prayer for Jenn, Andy, Jenn’s parents and family. We will have a memorial article for Jenn in the upcoming Lost Colony Research Group newsletter.
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