After a long illness, Sister Sadie Lee Jones entered eternal rest on Monday, November 9, 2026, at 1:55 p.m., at NHC Extended Care Facility in Milan, Tennessee. Our dear Heavenly Father sent His Angel of Mercy to escort her loving spirit home. A loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, and dear friend, her soul winged its flight from this world of sin, sorrow, and pain to a beautiful place of eternal rest and glory.
Sadie was born on June 29, 1934, in Mount Olive, Carroll County, Tennessee, to the late Lavern Jones and Vergie Milton. She was raised in Mount Olive, where she worked on a farm. She attended Mount Olive School and later earned her GED as an adult.
At an early age, Sadie professed a hope in Christ and joined Mount Olive Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She later transferred her membership to McLemoresville Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America in McLemoresville, Tennessee, where she remained a faithful member until her passing.
Sadie was employed on the assembly line at the Milan Army Ammunition Plant (MAAP) in Milan, Tennessee. She later worked for many years as a seamstress doing piecework at the Henry I. Siegel (H.I.S.) garment manufacturing plant in Trezevant, Tennessee, until the plant closed. During the 1980s, she also worked briefly at a garment manufacturing plant in McLemoresville, Tennessee, from which she ultimately retired.
A devoted church member, Sister Sadie sang in the choir for many years and served as choir president for an extended period. She also sang with the McLemoresville Fellowship Choir throughout its existence. She served as a Sunday school teacher until her health declined and faithfully gave her tithes each Sunday.
Sadie enjoyed tending to her plants and flower garden and visiting with family and friends, especially on Sunday afternoons after church. She loved burgers and fish sandwiches from local restaurants in McLemoresville and Trezevant. Her weekly grocery list included chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies and an apple or peach pie. She also enjoyed lighthearted movies, comedy shows, reading, working puzzles, and traveling. Above all, she loved the Lord, her church, her family, and her friends.
Her favorite hymns included “Pass Me Not,” “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms,” “What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” “Amazing Grace,” and “In the Sweet By and By.” Her favorite scriptures were Psalm 23 and II Chronicles 7:14 from the King James Version of the Bible. She also cherished “The Lord’s Prayer” and “The Serenity Prayer.”
In addition to her parents, Sadie was preceded in death by her grandmother, Liza Jones; and her sisters, Ruthye Armstrong, Barbara Jones, and Mary Louise Jernigan.
She leaves to cherish her memory her son, Robert (Emma) Jones of Cleveland, Ohio; her brother, Odell (Darlene) Jones of Cleveland, Ohio; her grandchildren, Ethan Jones of Los Angeles, California, and Hannah Jones of Columbus, Ohio; and a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins, and friends.
