Our sweet mother, Brenda Ann Heslep, 54, passed away at her home on Friday, May 14, 2021. She attended high school in Lake Placid, Fla., and made a home the best way she knew how for her children and at some times for other’s children. She loved her animals and made many friends through her puppies and thrifting.
She now joins those who preceded her in death: brother Curtis Heslep; mother Shirley Womack; father Charlie “Chang” Heslep; aunt Charlsie Smith; cousins Kevin, Raymond “Porky,” Jennifer, Tina, and Gary; grandparents Atlee and Ruby Frazier and William and Helene Heslep; and many, many others that she cherished deeply.
Surviving her loss is her devoted fiance of 15 years, Billy Vernich; her sister, Sherry Heslep; her brother, Tony Heslep; daughters Wendy and her husband, Brad Gibson, and Kristina and husband, John Dignan; her beloved son, Brandon Seagraves; and her cherished grandchildren, Zachary, Landan, Bailey, Jacob, Lilly, Magdalena, Mason, and ViviAnn; her aunts Carolyn and her husband, Russell Alls, Frances and her husband, Glen Perdue, Linda and her husband, Lonnie Vaden, Lucy Cox, and Betty Heslep; her uncle ,Jake Frazier and his wife, Madeline; nieces Georgina, Annie, and Cassie; many cousins, and so many very special friends.
A service was held Friday, May 21, 2021, at North Fork Baptist Church Cemetery in Ellett. Sp