Place of birth

Chester, SC

Parents

Robert Wylie Bigham and Elizabeth McKeown Bigham

Education

Graduated from Morganton High School and received a degree from Catawba Valley Technical Institute as an operating room tech

Roles

Homemaker, Sunday school teacher, youth leader, secretary, sterile processing manager, society editor for a local newspaper, hospitality volunteer at church

Hobbies

Loved to entertain, sing, play the piano, decorate the house, engage in arts and crafts, needlepoint

Predeceased family members

Husband Ken, siblings Hugh Bigham, Betty Bigham Rowe, Warren Bigham, Martha Bigham Stephens, Anne Bigham Evans

Surviving family members

Son Michael Joseph England and his wife Jill; daughter Candace England Surratt and her husband Michael; grandchildren Kara England Hinkle and her husband David, Meredith England Madden and her husband Michael, Benjamin Carroll England and his wife Hannah; great grandchildren Ryan, Drew, and Elizabeth Hinkle, Savannah and Jacob Madden

Thank you note

Special thanks to the staff at Briar Creek Health Center at The Barclay at SouthPark for their care of Jeanne over the past couple of years

Funeral arrangements

The family will receive friends on January 31, 2024, at Hankins & Whittington Funeral Service in Charlotte, NC. A celebration of life will follow with Pastor Gayle Montgomery officiating. Interment will occur at Sharon Memorial Park in Charlotte after the service

Donation request

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in Jeanne's memory to the teammate fund at Briar Creek Health Center, which helps teammates in need after a catastrophic event

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