Sister Angelina Langston, a member of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation in Nashville for 71 years, died Feb. 15. She was 89.
Born in Paducah, Ky., Sister Angelina was the daughter of Paul Vernon and Lena Mae Langston. She graduated from St. Thomas Academy in Memphis in 1952 and entered the Dominican Sisters in August of that year, making her profession of vows in 1954.
Sister Angelina served for over 50 years as a teacher in Catholic schools in Tennessee, Virginia, and Alabama. In the Diocese of Knoxville, she served at Notre Dame in Chattanooga from 1962-66.
She also served in Chattanooga at Sts. Peter and Paul School from 1972-73 and St. Jude School from 1973-76.
In the Diocese of Nashville, she taught at St. Joseph, St. John Vianney, St. Lawrence, St. Patrick, St. Pius X, and Good Shepherd schools and at St. Mary’s Orphanage.
Sister Angelina is preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Emily (Buddy) Jones. She is survived by her sisters and their husbands: Laura and Louis Steinkirk, Jenny and Chuck Pinkowski, nieces and nephews, and her Dominican Sisters.
A funeral Mass for Sister Angelina was celebrated on Feb. 17 at the St. Cecilia Convent, with Father Mark Chrismer, who is chaplain for the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation, serving as the celebrant. Burial, which followed the Mass, was in the convent cemetery.
