Mrs. Rhonda Faith Satterfield, 63, went Home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Monday morning, March 27, 2017.
A Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, April 2, 2017, 2 p.m., at Canaan Baptist Church, 5581 Salem Road, in Covington, with Pastor Gary Satterfield, Dr. David McCoy, Dr. Joe Arthur, and Dr. Billy Ingram officiating. Burial will follow the service in Lawnwood Memorial Park, 1111 Access Road, Covington.
Mrs. Satterfield was preceded in death by her father, Charlie Bowen; and grandmother, Ossie Bell Moore.
Mrs. Satterfield was a faithful pastor’s wife and partner for 45 years serving with her husband Gary at Canaan Baptist Church in Covington (28 years); Indian River Baptist Church (a church they founded) in Edgewater, FL (8 years); Second Baptist Church in Festus, Missouri (5 years); Antioch Baptist Church in Jonesboro (2 years); and Shining Light Baptist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina (.5 years). She worked at Steele Jones Insurance Company (Covington), in food services for Newton County School System (GA), at Livingston Elementary for 21 years, and most recently at Shining Light Academy (Greensboro, North Carolina). Rhonda loved collecting owls and cameos, growing flowers, and cooking. She particularly loved taking sermon notes from her favorite preachers, which she accumulated over 45 years.
She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Pastor Gary Satterfield; son, Dr. Thomas Satterfield, and wife Jennifer, along with their children, Danny, Samuel, Emma, and Julia, of Shining Light Baptist Church in Greensboro, NC; son, Travis Satterfield, and wife Katie, along with their children, Hayden and Ashlynne, of Heritage Baptist Church in Woodbridge, VA; mother, Hazel Bowen, of Covington, GA; sister, Sharon Meeks, of Rome, GA; as well as a host of family and friends whom she loved.