Margaret Brignac Hartman

Margaret Delphine Brignac Hartman died Thursday, July 31, 2025, in Bay Saint Louis, MS, aged 91.

Margaret was the daughter of the late Paul Marion Brignac and Marion Lawless Brignac, sister of the late Mary Ellen Brignac Grenrood and Paul Marion Brignac, Jr., and mother-in-law of the late Donald W. Lawson.

Margaret was born in New Orleans, LA and lived in New Orleans most of her life. For many years, she resided both in Pass Christian and Bay Saint Louis, MS. She was affectionately known as "Maggie" and "Meg".

Margaret attended the Academy of the Sacred Heart, was graduated from Gulf Park College for Women (Long Beach, MS), and attended Loyola University.

Margaret is survived by six children, Mary Clare Hartman, H. Eric Hartman, Monica H. North (Earl T. North, II), Mary Elizabeth Hartman-Lawson, Emily M. Hartman and J. Matthew Hartman. She is also survived by her beloved nephews, nieces and cousins.

Margaret lived her life with a passion for interior design, fashion, art, architecture, literature and music, all of which she said nurtured the soul and which passion she encouraged in her children. She was a published poet. Margaret was an advocate for social justice and civil rights. Margaret was a pure creative and artistic spirit… a rich life very well lived.

In furtherance of Margaret's wishes, her funeral service was privately held. The family wishes to thank Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home for their generous and sensitive professional services, Father Robert T. Cooper for his lovely and inspirational homily and Dr. Charles C. Smith, III, whose extraordinary medical care provided our mother with an exceptional quality of life.

And to her most treasured friends, who provided our mother with many decades of true friendship, we are forever grateful.