Born Jan, 25, 1920, in Catawba County, she was the daughter of the late Leslie Burette and Daisy Setzer Sigmon.
She retired as a bookkeeper for Timmerman Manufacturing. She was a longtime member of Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, where she was in the choir for 50 years, taught Sunday school for over 50 years and was a member of the Women’s Group and the Social Ministry Committee.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, John Patrick Sigmon, Leslie Jackson Sigmon and James Burette Sigmon.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Cathy and Randall Banner of Conover; a son, Leslie Sigman of Hickory; three grandchildren, Matthew, Christina and Jonathan Banner; a sister, Daisy L. Sigmon of Claremont; three stepdaughters, Willie Pearl Yount and husband, Paul, of Conover, Carolyn Sigman of Hickory and Mary Frazier and husband, John, of Lenoir; a stepson, Martin Sigman and wife, Deanna, of Conover; eight nieces, Sharon and Steve Whisnant of Denver, Annette and Wayne Newton of Long Island, Jan and Ron Nugen of Idaho, Sharon and John Winden, Hallene Walker and Marie and Fess Combs of Washington, Sandra and Don Ross of Tennessee and Annette and Jim Burns of California; and five nephews, Mitchell Sigmon of Claremont, Leslie and Luella White and Al Brooks of Washington and Thomas Sigmon and Fred May of California.
A Service of Remembrance will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005, at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Claremont. The Rev. Dr. Charles Dickson will officiate, and the message will be delivered by the Rev. James Cone.
Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the service.
Pallbearers will be Mitchell Sigmon, Wayne Newton, Mickey Lineberger, Doug Miller, Mike Pannell and Ford Banner.
The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight, Wednesday, at Drum Funeral Home in Conover.
Memorials may be made to Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 579, Claremont, N.C. 28610.
Condolences may be sent to the Sigman family at www.drumfuneralhome.com.
The Sigman family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Conover.