MRS.
COLLINETTE BENETTA KING RAYNES
WITH
TEARS OF JOY AND PRAISE, THE RAYNES, KING AND
MAYSON FAMILIES ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MRS.
COLLINETTE BENETTA KING RAYNES, THURSDAY, MARCH
11, 2010, AT 2:00 PM, AT THE ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC
HOSPITAL, MONROVIA, LIBERIA. WIDOW OF THE LATE
FORMER MONTSERRADO COUNTY SENATOR AND LEGAL
LUMINARY, REV. ALFRED J. RAYNES, MRS. COLLINETTE
BENETTA KING RAYNES WAS A DEVOUT RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONER,
LIVING BY THE DICTATE TO DO UNTO OTHERS AS SHE
WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO HER.
MRS.
COLLINETTE BENETTA KING RAYNES RAISED OVER TWENTY-FIVE
CHILDREN, IN ADDITION TO HER ONLY BIOLOGICAL
CHILD, JOYCE KUMBAH RAYNES OGUNTI. SOME OF HER
CHILDREN PREDECEASED HER. AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER/MOTHER
OF THE MORGAN PARK PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, MRS.
COLLINETTE BENETTA KING RAYNES BECAME SURROGATE
MOTHER TO NUMEROUS YOUNG WOMEN. IN LIBERIA,
SHE WAS EQUALLY ACTIVE IN THE FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH OF MILLSBURG, MONTSERRADO COUNTY, SERVING
AS SUPERINTENDENT/SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, DEACONESS,
CHOIR DIRECTOR AND CHURCH MOTHER.
AN
AVID GARDENER, SUCCESSFUL FARMER AND EXEMPLARY
HOMEMAKER, MRS. COLLINETTE BENETTA KING RAYNES
IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN: EDDIE(EYO), JULIUS,
ELIZABETH, MILDRED, ORETHA(SMALL MA), MOSES,
ONELL, RICHELIEU, WELLINGTON, LORRAINE(SISTER
BOO), COMFORT, JOYCE(KUMBAH), COLLINETTE, JR.,(BABY
BEA), SANDO, TOBEY JOSEPH, STANLEY, MARLEY,
ANNIE, JAMES, EMMANUEL, JEFFERSON, KOLLEH, JOHNNIE
MAE GRAY, MATTIE EPPS, PATRICIA HAYES AND METCHANT
OF LIBERIA AND THE UNITED STATES. SHE IS ALSO
SURVIVED BY HER SIBLINGS: MR. E. LAFAYETTE KING,
SR., MS. HENRIETTA KING, MRS. ELLEN KING-HENRI,
MR. E. MARTINUS WHITFIELD, SR., REV. A. B. KING
WILLIAMSON, MS. AMELIA SMITH, MR. CHRISTIAN
KING, MRS. CATHERINE KING SPILLER, MR. JOHN
SMITH, MS. FRANCES KING, MR. CLARENCE KING,
MR. JACOB KING, CHARLOTTE MASON, SEVERAL IN-LAWS,
GRANDCHILDREN, NEPHEWS, NIECES, COUSINS AND
FRIENDS WHO ARE SIMILARLY LEFT BEHIND TO SING
PRAISES TO THE ALMIGHTY FOR HAVING MRS. COLLINETTE
BENETTA KING RAYNES TO BE A PART OF THEIR LIVES.
FINAL
ARRANGEMENTS FOR MOTHER COLLINETTE BENETTA
KING RAYNES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
FRIDAY,
APRIL 2, 2010
REMOVAL OF HER REMAINS FROM ST. MOSES
FUNERAL PARLOURS
WAKE-KEEPING AT HER HOME, MILLSBURG,
MONTSERRADO COUNTY
SATURDAY,
APRIL 3, 2010 AT 10:00AM
FINAL RITES
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
MILLSBURG, MONTSERRADO COUNTY
INTERMENT
IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY
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