Remembering Mariah Brymer, Coosa County Extension agent – coordinator
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Submitted by Mamie Ellis, J.D.T. Alumni Association
Women’s History Month is a time to celebrate and remember those that had an impact on our lives and our community.
Mrs. Mariah Brymer began her career in Coosa County as a Negro home demonstrator June 1, 1963, and retired in 1988. She passed away June 30, 2019. Brymer used her Extension Service and home economics training to teach the women in Coosa County baking techniques, as well as demonstrating food preservation of fresh fruits and vegetables by canning and freezing.
The title County Extension Agent did not limit Brymer to instructing women in the county; she was also active in the county schools, establishing 4-H clubs and working with the Coosa County school home economics teachers on teaching girls to sew and cook.
Brymer was a stern person, but she always greeted people with a big smile. The County Extension agent we knew as Mrs. Mariah Brymer touched so many lives before and after her retirement; she attended our weddings, family funerals, birthdays, graduations, and church services. She was a part of our family.
As we celebrate Mrs. Brymer, we also remember the ladies she touched who had an influence on us. Some of those women include, but are not limited to: Ellen Belle Turner, Eula Harrison, Lynda Belle Sellers, June Neighbors, Annie Lou Dobson, Harriet Dean, Velma Wilson, Odessa Leonard, Augusta Thomas, Mary Eliza Gamble, Earline Whetstone, Chlora K. May, Fannie Pearl Johnston, Myrtice Holloway, Janeth Peery, Josie Maxwell, Sadie Ransaw, Fannie Jackson, Ada Smoot, Phennie Hoyett, Annie Thomas, Maggie Mitchell, Kellie Mae Hardy, Sarah Thomas, Lillian Leonard, Virginia McClellan, Norma Bailey, and all the school teachers and various homemakers clubs.
We celebrate and remember the women of Coosa County and their legacy.