Julia English

Julia Mack English was one of fifteen children born to the late George W. Sawyer and Maggie Brown on May 16, 1927, in Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. Julia better known as “Mack departed this life on Tuesday evening, September 29, 2009; she quietly went home to be with her savor.Julia was raised in a very loving Christian home where a great emphasis was placed on Bible study. Family prayer and church attendance were strict requirements. She accepted Christ at an early age and she was a life-long member of Shady Grove A.M.E. Church in Winnsboro. Throughout the years, Julia along with her husband, Charles H. English and other family members faithfully attended the Annual Summer and Fall Revivals in Winnsboro. Each year, on the third Sunday in August the family attended Shady Grove A.M.E. Church, and the first Sunday in September she fellowshipped with her husband’s at his home church, Sweet Prospect A.M.E. Church., also in Winnsboro. These events were very important t o her.It was 1944 when Julia Mack Sawyer married the love of her life Charles Hughes English and they relocated to Baltimore, Maryland. From this union three daughters and two sons (Carrie, Arnetta, Dorothy, Charles, and Bobby) were born. They were married for 51 years. Julia and her husband were members of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church for over fifty years. She faithfully attended church every Sunday and served with the Nurses Community for twenty years.Mrs. English received her early education in the church schools of Fairfield County in South Carolina. Later In 1967 she graduated from Dunbar Senior High School in Baltimore and attended Baltimore Community College and began a career in 1972 at Fort Howard Veteran Hospital. She retired in 1994.Highly regarded and respected by her coworkers, friends and neighbors, Mrs. English was warmly regarded as mom, grandmother, godmother, auntie, and confident to many. She maintained a loving relationship with numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. She had a winning radiant smile and presence as well as a forgiving nature; these beautiful traits will be greatly missed by her family and friends. In addition, her passionate and compassionate conversations about education, child-care, cooking and patience care will be missed as well.She leaves to cherish her memory, Three children: Arnetta Boyd, Dorothy Mangels and Bobby Alexander English of Baltimore Maryland; (Twp children’s preceded Mrs. English in death; Carrie Curry and Charles H. English) Two daughter-in-laws Mary English and Linda English of Baltimore, Maryland; Five sisters Maggie B. Green of Winnsboro, South Carolina, Sallie B. Green of Patterson, New Jersey; Mary L. Jones, Celia Jackson and Martha Woodward all of Baltimore, Maryland; Two brothers George W. Sawyer and John B. Sawyer of Baltimore, Maryland; Twelve grandchildren; Ten great-grand children; a host of loving nieces, nephew, cousin, aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends.

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Julia English

May 16, 1927 - September 30, 2009