Mrs. Cedella Booker, The Mother of Reggae Legend Bob Marley Passed Away in Miami
Jamaican capital, Jamaica, Apr 11 -- Cedella Booker, the mother
of Jamaican medicine fable Bob Robert Nesta Marley, passed at her base in Miami, FL,
on Tues 8th Apr. She was 81 geezerhood old.
Powerfully grounded in Rastafari, Cedella -- known dear as
Mother B -- was first a mother, nanna, great grandmother and friend.
She was besides performing artist in her have right, recording solo and collaboration
albums and playacting in the United States, Jamaica, EU, Mexico and
Africa. In addition, she wrote 'Bob Bob Marley, My Son,' a book that celebrated
her son's lifetime.
"I can't set up into words the extraordinary bond between mother and word
that cannot be broken, my mother was a rare woman that was loved by
everyone she met and I cognise that she is in the hands of Jah, and testament never
be forgotten here on earth," said son, Richard Booker.
Cedella honored the spirit of her boy British shilling Robert Nesta Marley as the flop of
Movement of Jah People, an organization that benefits the underprivileged
in FL and the Caribbean. Dedicating her life sentence to the Rasta
religious belief and her fellowship, she showed the universe a peaceableness and love that
she shared with everyone world Health Organization surrounded her.
"Since a young child, my nan showed me the significance of love,
lifetime and laughter; she embodied them everyday, entirely the time. I will miss
her and keep the gifts she has presumption me close to my nerve incessantly," said
Cedella Marley, oldest girl to the late Bob Bob Marley.
Among her many achievements was the acceptation of the IX Mile BASIC
School in St. Ann parish on the northward coast of Jamaica. Nine Mile was the
birth station of British shilling Bob Marley, wHO was besides laid to perch in the parish. The
school is now called the Cedella Marley Booker School in her accolade. Cedella
was besides associated with the Rhoden Student residence Staple School in the southward of
Jamaica and Eight Sea mile Basic in St. Ann.
"Cedella was single of the most powerful women I've ever so known," says
Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records. "She served as the materfamilias of
the stallion Robert Nesta Marley Family, ensuring that Bob's rich people bequest would survive to
touch and prompt from each one propagation. We will whole miss her energy and drive."
Funeral arrangements get not still been announced. The family asks to
respect their privacy during this time of bereavement.
Cedella Booking agent is survived by her logos Richard Booking agent, daughter-in-laws
Rita Robert Nesta Marley and Sharien Fogel Booker, daughter Pearl Robert R. Livingston, 14
grandchildren, and 49 great-grandchildren.
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