Sarah Cole Cathey

Sarah Cole Cathey left this world to be with her beloved Jesus, her Lord and Savior on May 13, 2020. A week or so before she passed on, Sarah had vision of her earthly father, who is now in heaven, in a choir robe with a beaming smile and open arms, beckoning her to her heavenly home.
Sarah leaves behind her mother Juanita, her children and their families: Joe (Tara), Valentina (Ryan), Michelle (Justin), John, Mia (Bobby), Jerry, Eric, Chris (Breanna), Billy and Antonio; her sisters Joy and Carol; brother in law Mike; nieces Chrystal (Chris) and Diane (David) and their families; nephew Joel; numerous grandchildren and many other family and friends, far and near. Sarah was preceded in death by her father Gene and her son James, both of whom she was eager to see in heaven.
Sarah had a brilliant mind. She completed Mathematics projects at the regional level in Boolean Algebra at a young age, and graduated from high school early due to her advanced academic accomplishments. She studied Religion and German Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz and at St Andrew’s University in Scotland. Later she completed an additional BA degree in Nursing at California State University, San Francisco. Sarah enjoyed being a nurse and served with compassion and skill while working in Florida, Pennsylvania, California and Texas.
All who knew Sarah understood that her true mission and profession in life was as an evangelist and missionary. The unique thing about this part of her life was that Sarah did not wait for someone else to organize a sanctioned group effort. Although she participated in church activities, she would also enthusiastically start outreach programs when she saw the need.
Sarah was tireless for many years in creating children’s ministries through schools and churches. Sarah also ministered to nursing home residents, leading Bible studies and playing her 12-string guitar for some memorable, rousing sing-a-longs. She could also play the piano and her sisters remember sitting with her singing at home and also going along to nursing homes at Christmas time to play carols to the lonely seniors there. Before her illness made her too weak to be able, she volunteered at John Peter Smith handing out blankets for new babies. She fearlessly distributed her own testimony as a tract in public venues, including most recently the Fort Worth Stockyards. Sarah produced her own U-tube videos about healing scriptures, praying in tongues and other topics that she knew were significant to educate Christians and answer questions for future Christians. Her U-tube video on praying in tongues got over 11,000 views. As Sarah liked to say, not all were “fans” but she was happy to get the subject out of the closet!
Sarah was beautiful inside and out. She had a lovely physical presence and was known in her family for dressing up, not down. She loved to travel, and while attending St Andrew’s in Scotland, led her sisters through an 11 week youth hostel adventure and also took her mother through a whirlwind tour of most of Europe. Later Sarah traveled to Israel, Egypt, Moldova and returned to Europe to tour Germany and surrounding countries again. In Spring 2019 Sarah went back to Scotland and spent hours handing out tracts about the importance of having a personal relationship with Jesus. God put Africa on Sarah’s heart in recent years, and she anticipates still getting to serve there as a heavenly worker.
Sarah has many friends in the Christian community, and a few very special friends who are like family to her who she would want to reach out and comfort today. She would also want to acknowledge the support and fellowship she has been blessed by at CenterPoint and CrossWalk churches during the past few years since she returned to live in the Mid Cities, with special thanks to her Home Team groups. Thanks also from Sarah and her family to Vitas Hospice compassionate and professional care during Sarah’s last days on earth. She would want to let all know that she will be back, working just as hard in the Millennium and “Onward Christian Soldiers” will be her theme. No formal service is planned at this time. In lieu of flowers or charitable donations, Sarah would want each person reading this to take time today to really talk with Jesus and deepen that relationship above all other distractions in life.