Mimp was a devoted member of the Woman’s Auxiliary at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Hamlet. (And while she) …was short, Mimp stood tall to advocate for the poor, the mistreated, the prisoner, and those in need. Once she protested to city officials about placing youth “run-aways” on chain gangs. During World War II the Birmingham house offered a haven for military families. Over the years, Mimp’s cakes, marmalades and casseroles for the sick and shut-ins became famous

(Source: “By Word & Example” profile of Mildred Virginia Milham Birmingham, posted to the website of the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of North Carolina, December 4, 2015.)