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Missionary Tobitha "Babe" Calloway

January 20, 1926 ~ September 25, 2025 (age 99) 99 Years Old

Missionary Tobitha Calloway Obituary

In Loving Memory of Tobitha “Babe” Calloway
Babe Calloway, born January 20, 1926, in Doyline, LA, gained her wings on September 25, 2025. The sixth of twelve children. Babe had a love of music, singing and praising the Lord. She married Elder Joseph Calloway, and together they raised Shirley and Joseph Jr. They purchased their Seattle home in 1955. She dedicated her life under the late R. J. Causey, House of Refuge Pentecostal. Babe became a licensed missionary under her nephew, Rev. Willie Calloway, Bethany Temple Pentecostal.   Lovingly remembered by her daughter Shirley, grandchildren, great/great-great-grandchildren, sister Juanita (Oscar), sister-in-law Valena Winston (Alonzo), and a host of nieces, nephews, and extended family.

Services
Oct 16: Lying in State 5–8pm, Redeemed by the Blood COGIC, 703 Central Ave S, Kent
Oct 17: Viewing 10am, Service 11am, New Hope Missionary Baptist, 124 21st Ave, Seattle

Oct 24: Interment 11am, Tahoma National Cemetery

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Services

Visitation
Friday
October 17, 2025

10:00 AM to 10:50 AM
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
124 21st Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122

Homegoing Celebration
Friday
October 17, 2025

11:00 AM
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
124 21st Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122

Burial
Friday
October 24, 2025

11:00 AM
Tahoma National Cemetery
18600 SE 240th St.
Kent, WA 98042

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