Her many volunteer efforts culminated in the Mississippi Legislature honoring as the 2009 Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year for the State of Mississippi. Also, Sarah took great pride in being a founding member of the Fondren Renaissance Board and the subsequent revitalization of the local community she and Phil called home. She also served on the board for the Mississippi Ballet where she proved to be a successful fundraiser and inspired innovation. Andrew’s School, Jackson Prep, and Piney Woods School. Those qualities led her to serve on boards at St. She was a woman with “big ideas” and a proven ability to get things done. Sarah was an active and sustaining member of the Junior League of Jackson as well as many other social, civic and charitable groups. Sarah was thrilled to win, but took greatest pride in the accomplishments of her “team” and the journey they went on together in winning the championship. One of her proudest moments came when she played in the finals for the Mississippi team that won the 4.5 women’s national championship in 1990. She was a competitive tennis player and she did not like to lose, just ask anyone who had the good fortune to be a couple points up on her during a match at the River Hills Club. Sarah was “active” in every positive sense of that word. Few people in life could make friends faster or keep them longer. While Sarah relished these travels, she most loved time spent with those close friends, catching up on life, laughing at small things, and offering words of encouragement when needed. Sarah and Phil had a happy and adventurous life, traveling on bicycle trips in Europe and North Africa and visiting the Caribbean, Florida, and various other spots in the United States with their close friends of many years. They enjoyed a forty-one-year marriage of devotion, joy, travel, and fun. Phil Otis Nelson, Jr., the love of her life. Clients valued her work, but also enjoyed the process of working closely with her to realize their shared vision. She had an eye for the right color or piece of furniture that would make a room just right. In her interior design work, which she loved, Sarah was a creative force, bringing new ideas from around the country to each of her assignments. After she and her then husband, William Timothy Jones, settled in Jackson, she soon opened her interior design business, Sarah Jones Interiors, which she successfully ran until retiring in 2012. Although Sarah found nursing fulfilling, she discovered a natural talent for interior design. Following high school, Sarah went on to earn her Registered Nurse degree in Memphis. She graduated from Lexington High School in 1957 as Miss Lexington High, in recognition of her spirit and contributions to the school community, traits that would show themselves time and time again throughout her life. Sarah, sometimes called Sarah Evelyn or Sut, was the eldest of two daughters. She grew up helping out in her family’s country store and on the family farm. Sarah was born on November 13, 1939, in Lexington, Mississippi to the late Louisa and Clemens O’Reilly Sudbeck, known as C.O. She passed after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Sarah Sudbeck Nelson passed away peacefully at home on August 31, 2022, surrounded by her loving family.
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