Edith Brannock was a life-long Alamance County Resident, born in May of 1918, to Elon professor, Ned Brannock and his wife Mary. Brannock was raised in the Alamance County school system and went back to become a teacher at many of the local schools after graduating from Elon University in 1939. During her time at Elon, Brannock served on the Social Service Committee of the Student Christian Association, the Program Committee for the Senior-Junior Banquet of 1938, as well as serving as the Chairman of the Social Service Committee for Home Economics Club. Brannock was also a member of the Tau Zeta Phi Sorority that is now known as the Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority. In 1946, Brannock became the Vice-President of the Alamance County Alumni Chapter, and continued to serve in this chapter for at least the next twenty years. In 1962, she began working at Elon College as a Home Economics Professor, and was widely regarded as a driving force behind the program. While at Elon, Brannock taught both psychology as well as home economics classes. In 1967, Brannock completed her master’s degree in Home Economics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Brannock retired from Elon College in 1980, the same year the Home Economics Major was terminated as a result of her retirement. Brannock passed away September 26th, 2017 after a brief illness.