Jewel Crain Strange Bigger ROCK HILL - Family and friends are celebrating the life and mourning the loss this week of Jewel Crain Strange Bigger, 78, who died Saturday, December 13, 2014, at Westminster Rehabilitation Center in Rock Hill. A celebration of her life will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at First Baptist Church with Rev. Clay Waldrip officiating. The interment will be in Chester Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 5:00 - 7:00 PM Monday, December 15, 2014, at Barron Funeral Home. Born January 4, 1936, in Greenville, Mrs. Bigger was a daughter of the late Croel Mooney Crain and Elsie Collins Crain. She was a graduate of Taylors High School and retired with 32 years of dedicated service for the South Carolina Highway Patrol District 4 office in Chester. She was very active in the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Association, holding different state level offices. She was also a member and office holder in the American Business Women's Association. She was a long time member of First Baptist Church of Chester where she was very active and even worked in the church office before her employment with the Highway Department. She loved to travel and enjoyed spending time with her friends and family for whom she delighted in cooking and entertaining. She was an excellent cook, as those that knew her and had eaten at her table would agree. She is survived by her husband Walter Eugene Bigger and two daughters, Susan Strange Anderson and her husband, Leonard C., of Chester, and Angela Elizabeth Strange, of Rock Hill; her special "adopted" son, Clark Fennell; three grandchildren, Sarkis Zoubian, Clyde Thomas Zoubian, both of Rock Hill, and Leonard G. Anderson, of San Antonio, Texas; two great-grandchildren, Aiden Anderson and Carlie Anderson, of Collinsville, Illinois; and a sister, Elizabeth Crain Stephens and her husband, Gene, of Taylors. She was preceded in death by her son Clyde Nesbitt "Skip" Strange, Jr. and a granddaughter, Elyse Anderson. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church "Gift" Fund, PO Box 518, Chester, SC 29706. Online condolences for the family can be made at www.barronfuneralhome.com.
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I am sad that Jewel has been taken from her family and friends, although, you know she is not suffering now. Just know that my thoughts and prayers are for your family. I didn't know of her passing until today.
Merle Shelley
December 18, 2014
I am sad that Jewel has been taken from her family and friends, although, you know she is not suffering now. Just know that my thoughts and prayers are for your family. I didn't know of her passing until today.
Merle Shelley
December 18, 2014
To the Family of Jewel, I am so sorrow to hear of her passing, I have known her and her family for a very long time. It was always a joy to talk to her when we met. My thoughts and prayers are for you all. Take care and may God Bless you all
Ruby and Pat Doolittle
December 16, 2014
Gene, my heart bleeds for your sadness but Jewel is in a much better place. She is without pain or suffering in the arms of her savior.
Ella Bratton-Messer
December 15, 2014
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