Catherine H. Brisbon

Mrs. Catherine Hough Brisbon was born April 30, 1929, in Bishopville, SC, the only child of the late Hezekiah and Lycenia Murphy Hough. Catherine quietly departed this life to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, in Columbia, SC.

She was the wife of the late William Brisbon Jr., they were married for many beautiful years and blessed with the births of ten children. Catherine worked for many years in the Lee County School System as a paraprofessional with primary students. She was very active in her community by selflessly giving to charities, cooking and feeding everyone she could, and providing a place of refuge as needed. The neighborhood children loved her biscuits so much that they would call to place their order prior to returning home from school breaks. Her love for flowers allowed her to grow beautiful gardens and maintain the best landscaping in the neighborhood. She loved to travel to many different places to gain memories and experiences that she could share with her family.

Mrs. Brisbon was a dedicated member of St. John AME Church where she sang on the choir, participated in the Missionary Ministry and many other auxiliaries.

Catherine was very active in the Women’s Empowerment movement and also attended the 1977 International Women’s Year Oral History Collection where she was interviewed. The Interview was placed in the Oral History Collection (digital.library.sc.edu) where she advised that Women should be empowered to care for themselves, and she was inspired to never retire. She was a faithful member of the Cantey Chapter #178 Eastern Star for more than 65 years; and the Rite of Adoption for the State of South Carolina and Jurisdiction.

In addition to her parents and her husband, she was also preceded in death by her son, William Brisbon II; daughters, Mary Lee Bradley, and Catherine Patricia Brisbon; sister’s granddaughter, Dr. Lisa Curry; brother, Willie James, Edgar Thomas; sisters, Lillie B. Thomas and Ada Bell Hickman.

Catherine Brisbon is survived by her children, Sylvia (the late David) Evans of Columbia, SC;  Barbara (Howard Walker) Isler of Columbia, SC; Dorothy Brisbon (Henry) Faison of Blythewood SC; Lycenia (the late David) Evans of Chester, PA;  James (Bonita) Brisbon of Columbia, SC;  Richard (Katrina) Brisbon of Stafford, VA; and Christopher Brisbon of Bishopville, SC; one daughter-in-law, Deborah Brisbon of Columbia, SC; two sisters, Thelma Lee Scarborough of Bishopville, SC and Mary Helen Thomas of Pennsylvania; 25 Grandchildren; 51 Great-Grandchildren; 17 Great-Great Grandchildren; 1 Great-Great-Great Grandchild; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, grandnieces, grandnephews, and special friends, all of whom love and will miss her dearly.

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