Sadie T. Jones

Sadie T. Jones, daughter of Ralph Thomas and Dovie Brown, was born on February 19, 1926 in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her education in the Baltimore City School System and she furthered her education by attending the Community College Of Baltimore.Sis. Jones gained employment by the Baltimore City School System from 1969 until 1992 as a substitute teacher. After which, she worked for the State of Maryland from February 1997 until February 1999 as a Senior Aide, and then served as the Ward Clerk on the Pediatrics Unit at Bayview Medical Center and was blessed to retire in July 2000.Sis. Jones began her Christian journey with Christ at the young age of 12 years old. She accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her personal Savior at the Israel Baptist Church of Baltimore City, and there stated a journey that would shape her life and the lives of her family for generations to come. She was a member of the choir and the Junior Usher Board for many years. After the passing of her mother in 1946 and her father in 1950, she began attending many churches seeking to find a church home. She attended the Southern Baptist Church in the early 1960’s, where by she eventually joined the fellowship. Sis Jones actively attended Sunday school, joined the Senior Usher Board, member of the Courtesy Guild, a member of the Church Wide Institute, Christian Education, and a delegate to the National Baptist Convention, Inc.Sis Jones enjoyed some good gospel preaching and teaching. Her hobbies were music, writing plays and skits, which were performed at churches and conventions. Two of those plays ere entitled, “When The Great Book Is Open”, and “The Journey”. She also took pleasure in raising plants and gathering “collectibles”. She enjoyed singing with the Men and Women’s Day Choir and Pre-Convention Choir of the W.B.M.C. Her greatest joy was teaching the Word of God to little people and to have then responded with so much enthusiasm and excitement.On Sunday, May 6 2007, God, in His infinite wisdom, sent an angel for Sis. Jones saying, “You have fought a good fight, you finished the course, you kept the faith”. She departed from her earthly temple to be present with her Heavenly Father. She would like to be remembered as a child of God doing His will-loving the Lord. She will be truly missed, but never forgotten.She leaves to cherish her fond and loving memories: five children, Carolyn Mitchell , Jacqueline Goodman, Timothy Bowman, Joyce Tucker and Wendy Barnes; three sons-in-law, Ronald Mitchell, Thomas Goodman and Walter Tucker; one daughter-in-law, Deborah Bowman; fourteen grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren and two godchildren; a devoted friend of many years, Daniel Day; a host of cousins, other relatives, loving friends and her Southern Baptist Church Family.

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Sadie T. Jones

February 19, 1926 - May 8, 2007