Mother Jessie Wah King

Sunrise: Sunday, May 25, 1919
Sunset: Tuesday, July 21, 2020

“My salvation and my honor depend on GOD; He is my mighty rock, my refuge.”- Psalm 62:7

“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”- Isaiah 40:31

The King, Wah, Baker, Davies, Wilson, and Weeks families announce with thanksgiving to God, the peaceful transition from this earth of their mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunty and cousin, Mother Jessie Wah King, in the comfort of her Old Road residence on Tuesday, July 21st 2020, in her one hundred and second year. She was predeceased by her husband, Mr. Arthur Tonie King and three children, Dr. H. Minnie Dunbar, Arthur T. King Jr. and Maima King.

She was affectionately called Ma Jessie, Mother King, Aunty Jessie, Aunty, Teacher Jessie, Jessie Wah, Mama King, Grand and Grandma. Mother King was God fearing, sociable; and teaching was her passion. She also loved to play the piano.

Ma Jessie is survived by her children: Hawa King Weeks (Rocheforte L. Weeks), Marion King Roberts, Julius A. King, Patience A. King, and a foster daughter, Elizabeth Lincoln, twelve grandchildren, twenty three great grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Maria Harmon, four stepchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and well-wishers.

May her soul, and the souls of all faithful departed rest in perfect peace; may light perpetual shine on her.

Funeral Arrangements: To Be Announced (TBA)

Contacts:
Hawa King Weeks - (786) 252 6618 (USA)
Marion King Roberts - (305) 763 4409/(407) 785 1504 (USA)
Julius A. King - (305) 336 1559 (USA)
Patience A. King - (231) 8864 95551 (LIBERIA)
Elizabeth G. Lincoln - (231) 7765 86495 (LIBERIA)
Ayele Ajavon - (231) 886728366 (LIBERIA)
Ernest C.B. Bruce - (231) 886876051 (LIBERIA)
Ophelia Weeks - (231) 770824412 (LIBERIA)
Angelique Weeks - (231) 886588168 (LIBERIA)

Given the global Corona Virus epidemic and current health guidelines for combating the virus, the family has decided to adhere to those current guidelines and scale back the scope of the funeral despite the fact that Jessie Wah will be mourned by scores of Liberians here and abroad. Services in the church will only allow for approximately 50 immediate family and relatives, who are all required to wear masks or other face covering. There will be no standing and gathering in the back of the church, neither will there be any gathering allowed in the church yard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q6JaQx4hlw&t=701s for a documentary on Mother King