 After completing his Air Force enlistment and being honorably discharged in 1981, Sigmon returned home and began attending Lenoir-Rhyne College using the GI Bill benefits he had earned while enlisted.He then transferred to Western Carolina University and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a double major in Accounting and Economics in May, 1985.He married Melissa, his high school sweetheart, in August 1985, and the next week, they moved to Winston-Salem so Sigmon could attend law school at Wake Forest University School of Law.