Pearlie B. Freeman

The seasons of her life began at birth and ended at death. Pearlie BigSBy FreeMan was born to Booker T. and Katherine Bigsby on August 17, 1938 in Anniston, Alabama. Pearlie attended South Highland Elementary High School and graduated from Cobb Avenue High School in Anniston, Alabama. Following high school, she attended Alabama State University, receiving the Bachelor of Arts Degree. She received the Masters of Education Degree from Virginia State College (now University), Petersburg, Virginia. As a professional and dedicated educator, she taught in public schools in Quincy, Florida, Anniston and Talladega, Alabama. Her teaching career extended to Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Petersburg, Virginia; Leavenworth, Kansas; Harford County, Maryland; and Baltimore City. The Department of Defense Schools in Nuremburg and Stuttgart, Germany were included in her educational career. She retired in 2001 as a Curriculum Specialist in the Baltimore City Public Schools Administration. Pearlie was initiated into the Petersburg Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. Later she was a Charter Member and Founding President of the Harford County Alumnae Chapter. She served as President of the Maryland Council of Deltas and Advisor to the Morgan State University undergraduate chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. She was an active member of Baltimore County Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. Her community organizations included: Baltimore Chapter of The Moles, Inc.; National Coalition of 100 Black Women, and Leahy's Book Club. She was a faithful member of Payne Memorial A.M.E. Church and attended regularly until her health declined. She was preceded in death by grandson, Terrell E. Curry; father, Booker T. W. Bigsby; mother, Katherine Boswell Bigsby; grandmothers, Pearl Wilson Knox and Gertrude Carter; grandfather, Dock Bigsby; great-grandfather, Kenyon Wilson; and aunts, Christine Bigsby Dixon, Virginia Bigsby Byrd, and Sarah Scroggins. She leaves to cherish her memory: a devoted husband, Lt. Col. (Ret) Eugene A. Freeman; son, Travis Curry (Lorna); grandsons, Travis Manning, TChano Curry, and Tamar Curry; one great-granddaughter, Kia Curry; two sisters Dr. Barbara Bigsby Boyd and Frances Bigsby Morris; a godson, William Warren Hubbard, Jr.; three sisters-in-law, Edith Freeman Hayes, Dr. Erma L. Freeman, and Rosalind Jones Freeman; two brothers-in-law, George M. Freeman and Norman E. Freeman, Sr.; and a host of nieces and nephews.

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Pearlie B. Freeman

August 17, 1938 - August 29, 2014