An official of the church charged with taking care of the ediface; does that ring a bell?
Does this mean 
she is also sending her kids to a very expensive private school, while... [DOC] [TLE] Jonathan Walker Sr. (GranvilleTWoods) | LibraryThing [PAR] Granville Woods was employed as a church sexton, which was an official of a 
church charged with taking care of the edifice and its contents, ringing the bell 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Sexton definition [PAR] Sexton definition.