The Little Girl from Woodland

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Phyllis Powell was born August 10, 1957.  She was only five years old when she disappeared on January 11, 1963 from her neighborhood in Woodland, North Carolina.  She and her older sister had gone to a neighbor’s house to do laundry.  According to her sister, Joyce Powell Parker, it was an unusually warm day for January, so when her little sister asked if she could play outside, she didn’t see a problem with it.  It was around noon. 

They lived on Ashe Street in Woodland, North Carolina and in 1963 they were only a few houses on the street, occupied mostly by family.  Phyllis Powell was last seen walking down Ashe Street in the direction of NC35. 



Law enforcement, family and volunteers helped search for Phyllis.  The only trace of her ever found was a set of small footprints one mile from where she went missing.  The area where the footprints were found was bordered by thick woods. 

There are no photographs of Phyllis.  Every image of her is a composite sketch based off of what her family remembers about her.  Her siblings still wonder what happened to her all those years ago.  It’s been 57 years since Phyllis Powell went missing.  There has been no evidence of abduction or anything in that nature.  Her family says she would have never gotten in a car with strangers, even at the tender age of 5.  Could it be possible that little Phyllis’ curiosity got her lost in the woods and swamps that surrounded Ashe Street and she is still there, waiting to be found? 

M.

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