With her loving husband Joe by her side, Harriett Corrina Teshara passed from this life on Friday, May 15, 2020 at her home. She was the daughter of the late Victoria N. "Vic" and Thomas E. "Cody" Jones. Born on November 13, 1937, Harriett was the fifth of fifteen children. She was raised in the Lambert's Point section of Norfolk.

She was educated in the Norfolk Public School system and attended Booker T. Washington High School. She later attended Tidewater Community College (TCC). Her nurturing ways and love for children led her to a long career in child development working at the Child Development Center of Tidewater and as the program coordinator at Norfolk Naval Station Child Care Center.

Although she and Joseph were in the same homeroom at Booker T. Washington, they would not date until after high school and would marry at the age of 22, blessed in a union of marriage for 60 years. She left her childhood church home at St. Mark RZUA in Norfolk to join her husband at First Baptist Church Berkley where she was a faithful and dedicated member. Her testimony that she shared often is how she prayed to God that if He would allow her to have children, she would raise them in the fear and admonition of the Lord. She was blessed with three: Joyce, Joseph Jr and Annie.

Harriett could often be heard declaring boldly, "I know who I am and whose I am" and that is how she lived her life as a child of God. She was at peace with the Psalms and was blessed with the gift of music as she played the piano without any formal training. Her nieces, nephews, brothers and sisters could count on being blessed with a beautiful "Happy Birthday" duet sung by Harriett and Joe on their respective birthdays.
Harriett was predeceased by five brothers Thomas Jones Jr., William Jones, Isaac Jones, Judge Christopher Jones, and Derrick Jones; five sisters Ella Watson, Georgia Bullock, Thomasine Carter, Ursula Banks, and Hattie Williams. She leaves to cherish her memory her husband Joseph Teshara, Sr; daughter Joyce Teshara-Tartt (Kent), son Joseph Teshara, Jr. (Regina), daughter Annie Teshara; sisters Kay Jean Mack and Francena Nixon (George); brothers Edward Jones and Russell Jones (Gloria); two in-laws Lionel Bullock and Myrtle Jones; grandson Justin Teshara; bonus grandchildren Kendall Tartt, Taylor Tartt, and Litishia Salary; and a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, relatives and friends.

Viewing will be held from 9 am until 10:45 am Saturday at Pretlow and Sons Funeral Home, Chesapeake. Services are private.