Signed, Sealed & Delivered: Longtime Evans City postmaster retires
EVANS CITY — Dorothea Epps is better known to employees of the Evans City Post Office as “Big Mama.”
“It came from how everybody's welcome in Big Mama's house. That's how she makes you feel,” said Josie Amerson, Epps's longtime coworker who works as a rural carrier at the Slippery Rock post office. “I can't stress enough that she has a heart of gold.”
But this Friday, after 21 years as Evans City's postmaster, Epps is retiring. Her coworkers and family threw her a surprise celebration at the post office Tuesday morning.
“I've been blessed with so many very, very good people here,” Epps said. “My staff has been wonderful over the years. It makes your job a lot easier.
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