Evelyn B. Brigman passed away on Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 at the Presbyterian Home of Hawfields in Mebane, North Carolina.
Evelyn was born Dec 1, 1909 in Fork, South Carolina to Marvin W. Brigman and Helon Gaddy Brigman. She spent the early part of her childhood in St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri before returning to South Carolina.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years Robert E. Brigman of Dillon, South Carolina; 2 children Archie Brigman of Falcon, North Carolina , and Alexander Brigman of Pace, Florida; and 1 grandson Robert Randall Brigman of Falcon, North Carolina.
She leaves behind her daughter Dorothy Brigman Sutton of Mebane NC, 2 daughters-in-law Virginia Brigman of Falcon, NC and Joann Brigman of Gulf Breeze, Fla; 9 grandchildren, Linda Argentieri of Fayetteville, NC, Sue Brigman of Falcon, NC, Cheryl Stalvey of Mullins, SC, Tina Schmidt of Pace, Fla, Alexander Brigman of Fayetteville, NC, Bill Sutton of Wood Acre, CA, Bob Sutton of Herald, CA, Betsy Vaughn of Burlington, NC, Ann Ferri of Wake Forest, NC, and Alexander Brigman of Fayetteville, NC; 10 great grand children and 3 great great grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews around the country.
Visitation will be Friday, October 12th at 5:00 p.m. at Kannaday’s Funeral Home in Dillon, South Carolina. The funeral service will be held Saturday, October 13th at 2:00 at Kannaday’s as well.
Evelyn was a farm wife and quilter. She was a leading member of the Homemakers Extension group in Dillon, S.C. and a quilting square that she designed and made was selected to represent the state of S.C. in a display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It now hangs in the National 4-H Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She was a member of Little Rock Baptist Church in Little Rock, SC and later the oldest member of the First Baptist Church of Dillon SC where she greatly enjoyed participating in her Sunday School class each week.
For many years she was the matriarch of her extended clan providing a place for everyone to gather at her home in Dillon, SC. Gatherings there during the holidays and other occasions were times of sharing and great fun.
Laughter would inevitably ring out as story after story was remembered from the tenant farming years from the 1920s to 1950s.
Mrs. Brigman’s early adult life was spent in maintaining the family household for her husband’s extended family on the farm. After moving into town she was instrumental in helping to raise her grandchildren, nieces and nephews. According to family, her biggest role in life was providing a foundation for the children. Her grandchildren count time spent during holidays and their “summer week with Mema” as some of the most important learning and loving experiences of their lives.
