HENRICO — God sent His angel to quietly remove a beautiful rose from His garden and welcomed Lula Mae Fields, 90, of Macon Road, Henrico, into His opened arms on Friday, July 24, 2009.

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A wife, a loving grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, opened the “Book of Life” on Feb. 1, 1919, in Northampton County. She was the fifth of 13 children born to the late Tilmon and Betty Johnson.

At an early age she joined Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Henrico. She later joined New Jerusalem Holiness Church, where she also attended  Lily Chapel and attended The Heavenly Train Station in Gaston, until her health stopped her from traveling out. She was a virtuous woman, a homemaker who reared 15 children with a strict hand and a loving heart. She was married to William Junior Fields and unto this union 15 children were born. Her husband, William, and their fours sons, Albert, Andrew, William Henry and James Lewis, preceded her in death. Her oldest son, Linwood, passed on July 27, 2009.

Ten loving sisters, Catherine, Ella, Pauline, Luebelle, Queenie, Pinkie, Marie, Decolia and Mary Estelle; and two brothers, Eugene and Logan, will embrace her as she enters her heavenly home.

She leaves to cherish the memory of her love 10 children, Nathaniel Fields (Brenda) of Rocky Mount, Raymond Johnson (Odell) and Thomas Fields (Patricia), both of Gaston, Lillie Bell Turner, Nancy Lindsay and Joseph Fields (Vickie), all of Henrico, N.C., Alice Fields and Tillman Fields (Willie), both of Washington, D.C., Jimmy Fields of Richmond, Va., and Queen Porter (Gary) of Gaston; 53 grandchildren and 84 great-grandchildren; two daughter-in-laws, Nancy Fields of Elam and Jo Ann Fields of Richmond; three sisters-in-law, Geraldine Fields of Henrico, N.C., Freida Johnson of Henrico, Va., and Marybelle King of Lawrenceville, Va.; and a host of nieces, great-nieces, nephews, great-nephews, cousins and many, many dear friends.

A viewing will be held from 1 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 29, at Coleman Funeral Home in Garysburg, which is handling the arrangements.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, July 30, at General Assembly Giving Grace Church, Highway 301, Garysburg, with Bishop Genie Perry officiating. Burial will follow in the Lily Chapel Holy Church Cemetery in Garysburg.