Dicie Ellen Lucas Presnell

Dicie Ellen Lucas Presnell, age 86, of Asheboro passed away on February 8, 2026 at her home.

Mrs. Presnell was born in Randleman on December 10, 1939 to Albert and Ruby Lamb Lucas and was a 1958 graduate of Randleman High School. During her senior year, Dicie married Joe Presnell. She retired from the Randleman Post Office with over 20 years of service. Dicie loved her Heavenly Father and church family at Whynot Wesleyan Church. She served as a Sunday School teacher for more than 40 years. She was very active in CUOC of Southern Randolph County and was always giving to numerous organizations. Dicie collected cookbooks, teapots, ginger jars, pottery, and piggy banks. Dicie loved all animals and took in whatever showed up at her home, even peacocks. She had a fond love of butterflies. During lunch on Sunday, Dicie would wander off and talk to the animals. Dicie loved cooking, especially for her family and would occasionally send home frozen homemade biscuits for those she cooked for. In her early years, she enjoyed camping. Dicie was a loving, caring, and giving lady. She loved to put a smile on someone’s face and never wanted anyone to go to bed mad. She loved to read uplifting books, especially her Bible. You would often see her in deep concentration with her tongue stuck out. Dicie knew everyone and you could never take her anywhere without running into someone she was acquainted with. Dicie was a devoted wife to her sweetheart, her loving husband Joe, with whom she loved to sing duets. Tom Selleck was her secret celebrity crush.

In addition to her parents, Dicie was preceded in death by Joe, her husband of 57 years.

She is survived by her daughter, Katherine Presnell Atkins of Asheboro; granddaughter, Crystal Renee Davis (Kenneth) of Asheboro; great grandchildren, Jordan, Holly, Alex, and Cameron (Kess); and her great great grandchild, Tate; brothers, Robert R. Lucas (Lucy) of Asheboro, Randy A. Lucas (Sue) of Randleman, and Mark A. Lucas (Angela) of Asheboro; sisters, Ruby Lucas Hunter of Asheboro and Brenda Lucas Karella (Rusty) of Fairbanks, Alaska; and multiple nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends on Friday, February 13, 2026 from 5:00-7:00 pm at Pugh Funeral Home, 437 Sunset Avenue in Asheboro. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 11:00 am at Whynot Wesleyan Church, 1402 NC Hwy 705 in Seagrove with Rev. Darrell Rabon officiating. Burial will be held in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Whynot Wesleyan Church, P.O. Box 48, Seagrove, NC 27341.

Pugh Funeral Home in Asheboro is proud to serve the Presnell family.