Sarah Frances Minor

November 22, 1930 - October 26, 2019

Sarah Frances Minor, born on November 22, 1930 in Mulberry Gap, TN, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, October 26, 2019 at the age of 88. Her family was by her side as she passed away peacefully. She was a member of Thompson Settlement Baptist Church in Jonesville, VA. Sarah was the fourth daughter of Lon and Grace Thompson. She graduated from Sneedville High School in 1948. She met her husband Carl at an ice cream supper at Mulberry Gap School in September of 1948 and was married on January 28, 1949. They built their home in Beech Grove where they raised their four children. Sarah was an excellent seamstress and gardener and was a great cook. She had a fierce love for her family and was blessed with 11 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Her cats kept her entertained in her later years. Sarah accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at the age of 11 and was committed to living her life in service to the Lord. She read her Bible daily as long as her eyesight allowed and was proud to have completed her 38th reading of the Bible. Thompson Settlement Church was like her second home, and she devoted her time to teaching Sunday School and Vacation Bible School classes, playing the piano for church services, holding weekly Bible study classes, and producing the church bulletin for many years, among other tasks she lovingly embraced. She was immensely grateful to her pastor, Steven Neff and her wonderful church family for their love and attention during her recent illness. Sarah will be forever remembered and sadly missed by her children, David Minor and his wife Jackie of Jonesville, VA, Brenda Minor and her husband David Fleming of Marblehead, MA, Marianne Berner and her husband Todd of Fairfax Station, VA, and Janet McCauley and her husband Joe of Seymour, TN; her grandchildren Julie Chadwell and Jonah Minor, Andy and Sam Fleming, and Jillian, Hannah, Aaron, Mollie and Jessie Berner; her great-grandchildren Harvey and Jackson Chadwell, Jacqueline and J.R. Hurd, Sophie Minor and Jacob Paiva; and her nieces and nephews, and many friends. She was predeceased by her four sisters Ruth Hopkins, Nan Bush, Margaret Smyth and Barb Macke, her beloved granddaughter Sarah Jade McCauley Paiva and her grandson Jason Hurd, and her husband Carl Minor who passed away twenty-four years ago to the day on October 26, 1995. Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 31 at Robinette Funeral Home in Jonesville, VA from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 1 at Thompson Settlement Baptist Church in Jonesville, VA at 11:00 am, with Pastor Steven Neff officiating. Burial will follow immediately after services at the Snodgrass-Minor cemetery. Pallbearers include: Jonah Minor, Andy Fleming, Sam Fleming, Harvey Chadwell, Jonathan Paiva and Larry Alford.