Bro. Milton Shields Sr.

March 8, 1926 - November 20, 2010

Milton Shields, Sr. was born on March 8, 1926, in Palmyra, NC to Bessie Mae Shields and Jessie Hyman. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lillie Bell Shields; his son, Milton Shields, Jr.; and his sister, Josephine Tillery. Milton moved to New York where he met and married Lillie Bell Addison. He worked hard as a construction worker to support his wife and four children. Milton symbolized his dedication to serve Jehovah in 1956. He faithfully served in the Baychester Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Bronx, NY. After retirement, he moved to Rocky Mount, NC to get away from the hustle and bustle of NY. Rocky Mount was a place that he enjoyed going fishing in the stillness of the early morning hours and reflect on the goodness of his God Jehovah. Milton served in the Meadowbrook Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses and was currently serving as an elder in the Gold Rock Congregation in Rocky Mount, NC. Milton, loved the ministry. Wherever he went he looked for opportunities to talk to others about the kingdom hope and about the paradise where sickness, pain, old age, and death will be no more. What a grand reunion we look forward to in paradise, when the last enemy, death, is brought to nothing. Until then, he will sleep until he hears, "the call". He is survived by: his two daughters, Dolores Hughes and Mildred Shields Adighiuzor of Bronx, NY; one son, Larry Shields, Sr. (Ardeana) of Mount Vernon, NY; one sister, Elizabeth Higgs of Scotland Neck, NC; five grandchildren, Harold Davis, Jr., Dwayne Jason Davis and Raymond Valshaun Hughes of Bronx, NY, Larry Shields, Jr. and Carl Evans Shields of Mount Vernon, NY, and Catrese Hughes Tetteh (Justice) of Dover, Delaware; great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives, and a host of spiritual brothers and sisters.