Funeral arrangements are set for a mother, daughter and son who died in a wreck on Friday.
29 year old Patricia Bigger, 7 year old Caroline Bigger and 4 year old Anthony Bigger will be buried in Terre Haute, Indiana on Thursday. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 5 to 7pm at Park Street Baptist Church, 114 Robinson Avenue in Easley where services will be at 7pm with Reverend Terry Going officiating.
Master Trooper W.R. Stinson of the North Carolina Highway Patrol says that 29-year old Patricia Bigger, of Liberty, and her two children, 7-year old Caroline and 4-year old Anthony died at different hospitals following the accident. Stinson says that a 1999 Plymouth van driven by Brent Bigger, the husband and father, went off Pickens Highway, just south of Rosman, and into a pond. Bigger made his way to the road where he managed to flag down help.
Stinson says that authorities responded to the scene within minutes of the initial call and that rescue crews managed to get Patricia Bigger and the two children out of the car and water. The mother and children were in full cardiac arrest before they were transported to different hospitals. The two children later died at Greenville Memorial Hospital, while the mother died at Transylvania Hospital.
Linda Cater knew her neighbors only through passing but is heartbroken for Brent Bigger. “I can’t imagine what he is going through,” she said. “God bless you and help you,” Cater said.
Cater say Caroline and Anthony would play outside all the time. “Everyday their daddy would come home and they would run out there and get his lunch bag and take it into the house,” she remembered.
Highway Patrol says that they are still trying to "piece together what happened," and that state and federal authorities have been called into assist with the investigation. Several members of the dive team were also treated due to hypothermia.
Memorials may be made to: Shaohannah’s Hope, P.O. Box 647, Franklin, TN 37065.
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