Beulah P. Jones

Life began for BEULAH P.JONES on August 25, 1915 in Middlesex, North Carolina. She transitioned to a new life on February 2, 2011. She was the oldest daughter of five children (all have passed on) born to Edgar and Sadie Powell. The Powell family moved to Baltimore, Maryland in the year 1920. Beulah was educated in the Baltimore City Public School System and was a graduate of Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School. Later she met and married Benjamin Jones who preceded her in death after forty years of marriage. Beulah’s church affiliation was the central part of her life. She joined Faith Baptist Church in 1932 (seventy-nine years ago) and was baptized by the late Dr. Simon Williamson and has remained a faithful and committed member and worker all these years. She was involved in ministries within the church: the Courtesy Guild, Family Life Committee and Senior Missions. She was also busy with outside organizations, such as being a thirty-five year member of the Eastern Star Electra Chapter I, Golden Circle, J. Murray Ralph No. 5 Heroines of Jericho, Queen Esther Assembly No. I, The United Baptist Missionary Convention Women’s Auxiliary and Lott Carey Foreign Missions. She’s had many accomplishments during her lifetime. A forty- seven-year plus work history. Her work included working for Edgewood Arsenal for fifteen years, graduating from the Apex Beauty School in 1945, thus holding a ten-year job at Mr. Griffin’s Beauty Shop on Pennsylvania Avenue and retired from Max Rubin Clothiers after twenty-two years. After retiring she worked a few hours a week answering telephones for a small business and drove her car until age ninety “A Remarkable Woman”. She was known for her love of beautiful hats and suits of which she had many. Her favorite colors were red and white. Aunt Beulah was a people person. She would hold a conversation with anyone and loved too talk. She was always willing to help others. Whatever the need she was there with prayers and words of comfort. She legacy of compassion, giving, caring, sharing and love. She leaves to cherish her memory: a devoted nephew, Isa Shah (Tauheeda) of Baltimore and nephew, James of New Jersey; nieces, Mary, Zelda, Sauda all of Baltimore, Tywanda presently in Iraq, Terry of Pennsylvania, Tynita and Miagra both of Baltimore; great-niece, Michelle of Baltimore; sister-in-law Ann Powell of New Jersey; devoted cousin, Phyllis and William of Pennsylvania; the Boykins of Baltimore; and many other nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. A special blessing for Mr. Keith Figg who made her days pleasant at Future Care-Charles Village.

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Beulah P. Jones

August 25, 1915 - February 2, 2011