Eulah Burch Jones was born in Bermuda in the Parish of St. George's. She was the second child of the late Carl and Venetia Reid Burch. She was also predeceased by a brother, Carlyle Burch.

Upon completion of elementary school, she could not enter high school because distance and transportation to a black school. (blacks could only attend black schools in Bermuda at that time.) Eulah refused to leave school, a little like Rosa Parks, and her persistence paid off. She remained in school and was offered a job as a monitress in the elementary school for which she was paid 16 shillings (about $4 US) every three months.

After a railroad was introduced to the islands, Eulah entered high school at the Berkeley Institute. From Berkeley she was granted matriculation to Cambridge University, London. This was a requirement then for graduation from high school in the British system. In her senior year at Berkeley, Eulah was named Head Prefect and also received the DaCosta Silver Medal, which is awarded by the students for the most serviceable student to the student body. Immediately after graduation Eulah was invited to take a position on the Berkeley staff as a Junior Assistant. She taught various subjects, primarily Religious Knowledge, English and Geography. Recent friends may be surprised to learn that Eulah was also Games Mistress for Netball at the school and had the distinction in one season of winning all games.

After two years of teaching, the opportunity finally came for Eulah to go to the United States to continue her education. Following the tradition of many of her relatives, she entered Wilberforce University in Ohio. She later transferred to the Ohio State University where she earned a BSc. and a Master's degree in Social Work.

Most of her social work career was in Columbus, Ohio as follows:

Ohio State University YWCA.

Department of Public Welfare, Supervisor, Central Community House.

Supervisor, Concentrated Employment Programme.

Columbus State Hospital and Children's Psychiatric Clinic in Youngstown, Ohio.

Several years were also spent in public welfare, where she held special assignments as Supervisor, Community Service Coordinator and Assistant Director for Staff Development. For two years Eulah held the position of Faculty Field Instructor in Social Work at Ohio State University, training graduate students in group work. As experience to which she referred with great satisfaction was helping create community programs with five churches in Columbus in which community women and welfare recipients joined each week sharing in homemaker skills, for which Eulah received an award from the local Council of Churches.

Thirty-five years ago Eulah relocated to New Jersey, working for two years as Director of Group Services at the Child Service Association in Newark. From there she accepted a position at the Maternity and Infant Care Project of UMDNJ , from which she retired in 1980 as Coordinator of Social Services.

Eulah was married to William Jones on April 11, 1973 but their close friendship spanned a period of 45 years.

After retirement, Eulah was very involved in her church where she volunteered daily for several years. She was an active member of the St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Montclair for over twenty years and, since 1996, at Park United Methodist Church. Eulah also served faithfully on several committees of the former Northern New jersey Annual Conference, including the Committee on Ordained Ministry. She loved meeting people. She always said her favourite "game" was conversation. She loved cooking and entertaining at dinner parties. She also loved to knit and do needle point until her vision began to fail.

Eulah is survived by her husband of thirty years, William, two sisters, Olivette Morris and Ina Pitcher and a brother, Willard Burch, sisters-in-law Almeria Burch and Betty Burch, brother-in-law Orland Jones of Springfield, Ohio, and many other relatives and friends.