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Billie Jo Brinsmaid
1930 - 2025
BORN
1930
DIED
2025
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Billie Brinsmaid Obituary
Aug 27, 1930 - Oct 25, 2025
Billie Jo Brinsmaid passed in hospice care in Marietta, GA surrounded by the love of family and friends. Billie Jo was born in Jacksonville, FL to William F. Esser and Bertha Lane Esser. After high school, she worked for the Internal Revenue Service in Jacksonville.
In l954, she joined the U.S. Information Agency in Washington, DC. It was here that she met George M. Brinsmaid and they were married in St. Paul's Catholic Church in Jacksonville in 1956. They moved to Winston-Salem when George joined Western Electric. Billie Jo worked for 22 years at her church, St. Leo the Great, with the last five as Parish Liturgy Coordinator. After retiring, she collected and exhibited antiques and worked as a MESDA Museum Guide in Old Salem. George died in 2017 after more than 60 years of a marriage filled with love, trust and support for one other.
Billie Jo is survived by her son, Matthew (Laura) of Marietta, GA; grandsons, Jack, of New York, NY, and Joey, of Marietta, GA; her sister, Mary Ann Danese of Winston-Salem; her sister-in-law, Jean Brinsmaid of Cincinnati, OH; as well as five nieces and nephews, and 12 great nieces and nephews.
A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at Holy Family Catholic Church, 4820 Kinnamon Road, Clemmons on November 28 at 1 p,m. Donations in her memory may be made to Holy Family Catholic Church, PO Box 130, Clemmons, NC 27012.
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Carole Scagnelli
November 4, 2025
My sincere condolences to Billie Jo's family. I met Billie Jo when she was exhibiting at an antiques show. We shared 2 loves, the love of God and the love of English Ceramics. It became normal for us to share our "finds" during set-up time at shows. I cherish my memories of those times. May she rest in eternal peace. Carole Scagnelli
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