Daisy Ola Carpenter was the oldest of four children of Guy and Florence Wood Carpenter. Her mother often told how as a young girl, Daisy, would come in from school, grab a sweet potato and sit down at the piano and practice; her greatest intent being to escape doing chores around the farm. She played for church services at the Methodist church in Millry before her marriage. After she left school, Daisy worked at the Millry Post Office for Mr. McLemore.
In 1924, she married Edward Whigham, and they moved to Mobile where he worked for the Barnes Chrysler dealership until he opened his own business. They had two daughters, Sylvia Berniece and Joyce Maxine. After a divorce in 1939, Daisy supported her daughters as a seamstress at a number of different laundries and dry cleaners, including the Palace Laundry and Dry Cleaners, which was owned by two of Edward's cousins, Bob and Gray Whigham. She retired in the 1950's and spent the rest of her life taking in sewing at home. Daisy was an extremely talented seamstress who was much in demand. She loved needlework and made beautiful crocheted and tatted pieces for her children. She lived for most of her life at 1716 McGill Avenue in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, but spent the last five years in a nursing home.
In 1924, she married Edward Whigham, and they moved to Mobile where he worked for the Barnes Chrysler dealership until he opened his own business. They had two daughters, Sylvia Berniece and Joyce Maxine. After a divorce in 1939, Daisy supported her daughters as a seamstress at a number of different laundries and dry cleaners, including the Palace Laundry and Dry Cleaners, which was owned by two of Edward's cousins, Bob and Gray Whigham. She retired in the 1950's and spent the rest of her life taking in sewing at home. Daisy was an extremely talented seamstress who was much in demand. She loved needlework and made beautiful crocheted and tatted pieces for her children. She lived for most of her life at 1716 McGill Avenue in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, but spent the last five years in a nursing home.
Daisy Ola Carpenter was the oldest of four children of Guy and Florence Wood Carpenter. Her mother often told how as a young girl, Daisy, would come in from school, grab a sweet potato and sit down at the piano and practice; her greatest intent being to escape doing chores around the farm. She played for church services at the Methodist church in Millry before her marriage. After she left school, Daisy worked at the Millry Post Office for Mr. McLemore.
In 1924, she married Edward Whigham, and they moved to Mobile where he worked for the Barnes Chrysler dealership until he opened his own business. They had two daughters, Sylvia Berniece and Joyce Maxine. After a divorce in 1939, Daisy supported her daughters as a seamstress at a number of different laundries and dry cleaners, including the Palace Laundry and Dry Cleaners, which was owned by two of Edward's cousins, Bob and Gray Whigham. She retired in the 1950's and spent the rest of her life taking in sewing at home. Daisy was an extremely talented seamstress who was much in demand. She loved needlework and made beautiful crocheted and tatted pieces for her children. She lived for most of her life at 1716 McGill Avenue in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, but spent the last five years in a nursing home.
In 1924, she married Edward Whigham, and they moved to Mobile where he worked for the Barnes Chrysler dealership until he opened his own business. They had two daughters, Sylvia Berniece and Joyce Maxine. After a divorce in 1939, Daisy supported her daughters as a seamstress at a number of different laundries and dry cleaners, including the Palace Laundry and Dry Cleaners, which was owned by two of Edward's cousins, Bob and Gray Whigham. She retired in the 1950's and spent the rest of her life taking in sewing at home. Daisy was an extremely talented seamstress who was much in demand. She loved needlework and made beautiful crocheted and tatted pieces for her children. She lived for most of her life at 1716 McGill Avenue in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, but spent the last five years in a nursing home.
