Carolyn Genevra Biggerstaff

Carolyn Genevra Coop Biggerstaff passed away on January 19th, 2025 in Montgomery, Texas. Carolyn was born September 26th, 1945 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Leander Morrow Coop, and Genevera Crawley Coop. Her family had one more daughter, Sylvia, also born in Chattanooga. She graduated from Red Bank High School, just outside of Chattanooga, in 1963. She graduated from University of Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1967, receiving a Bachelor's Degree cum laude in English Literature and French. She was in Alliance Francaise, Alpha Scholastic Honor Society, Mortar Board, Pi Delta Phi, the French Honor Society, the National Honor Society and UC Student government, and was Outstanding Senior Woman of '67. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity and served as Treasurer. She then continued her studies at Florida State University, Tallahassee, receiving a Master of Arts in French in 1969. In 1980 she married Brice Biggerstaff and they had three wonderful children; Sarah, Caitlin, and Luke. She is survived by her husband of 45 years, her children, two precious grandsons and her sister, Sylvia Coop Colvin. She retired from United Space Alliance, the Space Shuttle Operations contractor, as a Senior Financial Analyst in 2011 after STS-135, the last Shuttle mission. She earned several awards for outstanding work during her time at multiple NASA contractors. She was active in the Weston A. Price Foundation, a health and nutrition education non-profit, joining as a member in 2009. She founded the Houston-Galveston Chapter of the Foundation in 2010, declaring it wasn't right for the fourth largest city in the country not to have a Chapter. She was awarded an Activist Award by the Foundation in 2016 for her efforts to promote the Foundation and it's principles. She became a member of the Foundation's Board of Directors, and was Secretary to the Board for a time. She remained a Chapter Leader, Board Member, activist and a dedicated researcher on health and nutrition issues until her passing. She will be sorely missed. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, please make any donations to any of the following organizations that she supported – the Weston A. Price Foundation www.westonaprice.org, the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund www.farmtoconsumer.org , or the Farm And Ranch Freedom Alliance www.farmandranchfreedom.org . And she would tell you to check out what they do, because she believed in them.

Carolyn Genevra Biggerstaff

September 26, 1945 - January 19, 2025