Reverend Dr. Mildred Aldridge

Reverend Doctor Mildred Aldridge departed this life and entered eternal rest with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at 3:03 PM PST, just days after Easter Sunday. She was born to Jake Aldridge and Bernice Pauley on December 7, 1941, in Marengo County, Alabama. At the age of two, Mildred and her mother moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where she was raised and educated. She graduated from high school and pursued a career in nursing, earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Community College of Baltimore and the University of Maryland. She became a licensed Registered Nurse in Maryland, which opened many doors and improved her family’s quality of life. Seeking a safer environment to raise her children, she moved to North Carolina. There, she transitioned from Catholicism—formerly attending Saint Ann Church in Baltimore—to Apostolic Christianity, becoming a member of Morning Star Apostolic Church in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. She later earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from East Carolina University. Upon returning to Maryland, she joined First United Church on Baltimore National Pike, where she deepened her involvement in ministry and pursued a Doctorate in Theology. Rev. Dr. Aldridge’s calling was to serve both the spiritually and physically ill. Throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, she ministered and worked as a contracting nurse in hospitals and clinics across Baltimore, Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and southern Alabama. Her passion for evangelism led her to pastoral leadership. Under the guidance of Bishop Monroe Saunders Sr., she founded Redeem United Church in Mobile, Alabama. She was deeply devoted to her faith and spent many years serving communities in North Carolina, Maryland, and Alabama. Rev. Dr. Aldridge was a loving and devoted mother who created joyful memories through family trips and festive holiday celebrations. She was a woman of strong faith, a source of encouragement, and an advocate for education and disciplined, purpose-driven living to glorify God. She also enjoyed family events, traveling, movie theatres, amusement parks, recreational parks and attending sporting events with her children. She had a good sense of humor, and she was always excited to spend time with her family members when she traveled. The family thank her and honor her for all the love, support, wisdom, compassion and joy that she imparted to help us become successful, god-fearing and educated children – a gift that keeps on giving. She taught us to pray and to keep the faith in God and stand on his Word Following a moderate stroke in 2015, she lived with her son and two grandchildren until a house fire in 2019 prompted her relocation to Tacoma, Washington. There, she lived with her granddaughter until her passing at St. Clare Hospital in Lakewood due to respiratory distress and bradycardia. She was preceded in death by her ex-husband Warren Donald Jones and father of her five children - four of her five biological children (Warren, Charles, Nicholas, and Danielle), and one beloved stepchild (Pamela) preceded her in death; and five siblings (Gloria, Marie, Jake, Ruth, and Fanchon). She is survived by her son, Antonio, two stepchildren (Glenda and Pastor Warren), and six biological grandchildren (Gabrielle, Zachary, Adilia, Andrea, Baby Nicky, and Shirley). She also leaves behind four sisters (Rosetta [Levi], Viola, Queenie [Columbus], and Willie Nell), one brother (Earnest [Nicole]), and many loving god-children (Raymonda, Rolando), nieces, nephews, cousins, Tep-grandchildren, church family, and friends who will carry on her legacy of faith, compassion, and service to Jehovah God, and various noble ministries.

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Reverend Dr. Mildred Aldridge

December 7, 1941 - April 23, 2025