Mother Lula Mae Sutton

Pikeville - Mother Lula Mae Sutton, 93, was a faithful servant of the Lord & received her crown on Saturday, October 15, 2022 at the Wilson Health & Rehabilitation Center, Wilson, NC. The celebration of her life will be held on Friday, October 21, 2022 at 12:00 noon at St. James Church of Christ DOC, 514 Memorial Church Road, Fremont, NC. She will be laid to rest at the Fremont Cemetery, 174 Winding Branch Ave, Fremont, NC. There will be a church wake held on Thursday, October 20, 2022 from 4:00pm to 7:00pm with the family arriving to receive friends from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the St. James Church of Christ DOC, 514 Memorial Church Road, Fremont, NC. She was educated at the Pikeville Training School in Pikeville, North Carolina and later met and married the late Chester Lee Sutton, Sr. of Fremont, North Carolina. God added to their union nine children, who were a major joy of her life. She taught them a godly principle, that no one of them was any greater than the other and instilled in them a strong work ethic. Mother Sutton taught her daughters to be ladies and to always conduct themselves in a proper manner. God blessed her with a strong, independent, caring, and personable spirit. It was that loving and caring spirit that first impacted her immediate and extended family members and so many others over the years in her church, community, and various healthcare jobs. She retired from Wilson Memorial Hospital, Wilson, North Carolina and worked at WAGES Inc. in Goldsboro, North Carolina until her health declined at 86 years of age. She was an Honorary Norwayne Alumni Inc. Nonagenarian. Above all, Mother Sutton received Christ on July 9, 1971. Being called of the Lord unto good works, she applied her hands to support her church and to be a blessing. In particular, she ministered to the spiritual wellbeing of the women according to Titus 2:3-5, which instructs, “ The aged women likewise,… that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.” Mother Sutton enjoyed cooking, especially collard greens, shopping, and one of her favorite pastimes was frequent visits to yard sales; she never met a stranger, just loved people! She was a fashion expert and a sharp dresser. Mother Sutton was lovingly called Ma, Momma, Grandma, Grandma Lula Mae, Mae, Aunt Mae, Miss Mae, Sister Mother, Chet’s wife, and the Fox. Mother Lula Mae Sutton was born on July 5, 1929 (recorded) to the late Jonah and Easter Wilson of Eureka, North Carolina. She was preceded in death by two brothers: Louis and Jonah Wilson; three sisters: Sarah Tinsley, Georgianna Smith and Betty Benson). Cherished memories are left in the hearts and minds of her family: Veronica Artis of Wilson, North Carolina, Lady Gloria Yancey (Pastor Chris) of Wilson, North Carolina, Brenda Jacobs (Eddie) of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Chester Sutton, Jr. (Sandra) of Pikeville, North Carolina, Bishop William Sutton (Elder Lady Deborah) of New Rochelle, New York, Pastor Dianne Cooper (Bishop James) of Chester, Virginia, Pastor Tony Sutton (Lady Debbie) of Wilson, North Carolina, Jennifer Cannon (Grover) of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Kelly Sutton (Benessa) of Wilson, North Carolina; twenty-four grandchildren, twenty-nine great grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren, one sister (Doris Green) of Goldsboro, North Carolina, a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Services of caring, compassionate and distinguished class entrusted to J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home & Cremations of Goldsboro.

Mother Lula Mae Sutton

July 5, 1929 - October 15, 2022