Mot. Eliatha Dora Ketter Bright

Sunrise: November 24, 1942 – Sunset: May 19, 2020

2 Timothy 4:7-8
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

The Ketter, Carter, Bright, Ashcroft and Cassell families with deep sorrow announce the peaceful home going of their beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt Eliatha Dora Ketter Bright in her 78th year. This sad event occurred in Monrovia, Liberia on May 19, 2020.

Mother Bright faithfully served the Lord as a dedicated and committed member of Eliza Turner Memorial AME Church on Camp Johnson Road and later Turner Chapel AME Church in Marietta, Georgia. She was once the Conference Branch President of the Women Missionary Society and served as Principal of the F.M. Reid Christian School. She worked for many years in different capacities at the Bank of Liberia and later the National Bank of Liberia. She will be remembered as a kindhearted, loving and caring person who showed love to everyone she encountered.

Mother Eliatha Dora Ketter Bright leaves to mourn her loss her children, Joel O. Carter (Shirley), Rev. Wheigar Bright (Fata), Rev Victor King, Yartu Grigsby (Raymond), Nimadeh Bright, Rev J. Jellico Bright Jr. (Aprill), Rev Dr. Tar-U-Way R. A. Bright (Retta), Garway A. D. Bright (Doris) and Archie R. E. Ashcroft; her siblings Evelyn Ketter Cassell, David B. Ketter, Ethel Smith and Evangeline Yangkey; her foster children, Charles Dennis, Nancy Eastman Baba (Sam), Ettie Tabolo, Comfort Bright and Henry Jaffa; her former husband Rev. Canon J. Jellico Bright, Sr. and brother-in-law Fr. Dee Wellington Bright (Monyue); her grandson Counsellor U-Jay W.H.S. Bright (Kebeh), her caretaker over the last eight years.

Twenty-two (22) grandchildren, Nine (10) great grandchildren, cousins, nieces, nephews and a host of many other relatives, friends and love ones in the US and Liberia.

Mommy Bright was predeceased in death by her father, William H. Ketter, mother, Yankah Vyolloh, and her sister, Anna Mittie Louise Ketter Pratt.

Family Remembrance Night
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
4:00 PM EST/8:00 PM GMT

Private Home Going Celebration
May 28, 2020
5:00 AM EST/9:00 AM GMT
Samuel A Stryker Funeral Chapel
Tubman Blvd, Monrovia, Liberia

Interment
May 28, 2020
Kaiser Memorial Lawn Cemetery
Brewerville, Liberia

Please note both the Family Remembrance Night and the private Home Going Celebration including the Interment will be live streamed on Facebook KMTV and on Zoom.

Please use information below to have access for both events.
Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3018095591
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Contact in the US
Joel O. Carter- 641-990-1474
Rev Dr. Tar-U-Way Bright- 404-313-0662
Nimadeh Bright- 804-503-7690
Rev J. Jellico Bright, Jr.- 808-265-0622
Garway Bright- 804-908-7415
Archie Ashcroft- 972-841-5154

Contact in Liberia
Counsellor U-Jay W.H.S. Bright – 011231886573005
Dr. Lincoln Brownell - 01123188655185
Mot. Evelyn Ketter Cassell - 011231888253447 
Ethel Smith - 011231775267729