Della Fields

On December 26, 2015, at Trinity Nursing Home, Columbus, MS, Della Fields, 98, finished her race and went to be with Jesus in her heavenly home. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 29, 2015, 9:30-11:00 AM at First Assembly of God, 2401 Military Road, Columbus, MS A celebration service of her life will follow at 11:00 AM with Rev. Jesse Ray officiating. Interment will follow at Memorial Gardens.

Della was born August 31, 1917 in Montezuma, IA to Gustave and Margarete Krueger. As a teenager, she accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior which opened the door for her to attend Southeastern Bible College in Atlanta, GA. After graduation, she worked in the cafeteria of the college. She spent a big part of her life traveling with Evangelist Mamie Williams establishing churches throughout the Southeast. She became a LPN and moved to Tuscaloosa, AL. She then moved to Columbus, MS and became the director of the Chi Alpha Ministry of First Assembly of God at Mississippi University for Women. She attended First Assembly of God where she met Jim Fields and they married in 1974. She was a faithful wife who cared for her husband until he passed away in 1990. She continued her service to the church as a long time Sunday School teacher until in her 90's, when her health declined and she moved to Trinity Nursing Home.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her sisters, Peggy Johnson and Margaret Conner, and her step-children, Floyd Fields, Jack Fields, Houston Fields, and Lois Fields.

She is survived by her sister Lucie Wehr of Sigourney, IA, step-daughter Peggy Askew of Henderson, NC, step daughter-in-laws Madge Fields and Elaine Corser both of Columbus, MS, 10 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren, 18 great-great grandchildren, and 2 great-great-great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Brian Lane, Ashley Denton, Dusty Fields, Hunter Fields, and Austin York.

Honorary pallbearers will be the Overcomers Sunday School class, staff of Trinity Nursing Home and Dr. Bradley Brown.

In lieu of flowers, she requested any memorials be made to missions through First Assembly of God, 2401 Military Road, Columbus, MS 39705.