Marian Hannah Pratt (May Pratt)
From the world of pain and sorrow, to the land of peace and rest
passed away in Baltimore, MD, USA, on Wednesday July 11, 2018,
Aged 84 years
April 21, 1934 to July 11, 2018

She is pre-deceased by her husband, Julius T. Pratt and survived by her sister Rose-Marie Ajuah Percy in Texas,
her children in Baltimore Julius T Pratt II,(JP), Veronica May Pratt Johnson-Bey, Donald Pratt.

Viewing will be on 3rd August 2018 from 6pm-9pm at Peaceful Alternatives, 2325 York Rd, Timonium, MD 21093
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Funeral Services on 4th August 2018 10am at St. Philip & James, 2801 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21228
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Radclyffe Victor Williams
Sunrise 1/21/1950 – Sunset 7/8/2018
Aged 68 years

"The heart of Grief’s most difficult challenge is not letting go of those who have passed on, 
but it is instead, making the transition from loving in presence,  to loving in separation.” (Thomas Attig)
 Rest in perfect peace!

Visitation on Friday July 20th at Glenmont United Methodist Church           
12901 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20906.. From 6:00pm to 9:00pm
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Funeral Service on Saturday July 21st at Glenmont United Methodist Church          
Viewing at 9:00am followed by service at 10:00am

Additional parking is available at the Silver Spring Assembly of  God
Church  grounds ( 12805 Georgia Avenue, Silver Springs MD) less than
a block south of  Glenmont  UM Church.

Interment: Gates of Heaven 13801 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20906
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The family of Oladuni Durosemi Aminta Cole, announces her sudden passing on Sunday, 8th April 2018 in
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A
She is predeceased by her father, Mr. Eugene T. Cole and is survived by her mother, Mrs. Mavis Tunde'
Cole, in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.
Children: Malcolm (Kim), Augustine, Cecil, Collins, Michael, Shasha and Adeyinka.
Brother: Dr. Gerald Oluremilekun Cole (Tracy)
Sisters: Francess Eugenia Macfoy (Charles) Marcella Adeshola Cole-Metzger (Victor) and
Adekumbe Cole
Uncle and Aunts: Evelyn Bidwell John, Dr. Samuel Horton, Dr. Christian Horton (Carolyn), George
Horton, Yule Gabbidon (Arthur) Dolcina Horton-Sesay, Berenice Harris (George), Dr. Norman Cole and
family, Arnold Cole and family, Allan Cole and family.
Nieces and Nephews: Vanessa, Cheryl, Nadine, Denzel and Rachel.
Cousins: Yemi,Olayinka,Dennis,Elspeth,Agatha,Ebun,Yamide',Olushola,Christian,Patricia,Elizabeth,Andre',J
erome,Jackie,Tim,Michelle,George,Nathaniel,Julian,Kevin,Emilyn,Sasha,Oyemi,Linda,Sheriff,Modupeh,Ina,
Ayorinde, Christabelle, Follake, Agibola, Ayodele, Mumsie, Marcella, Babatunde, Olayinka Nicole, Arlene,
Alicine, Nathan, Reginald, Adefemi, Orehdola, Lade, Horatia and Odu-Lami,
Family members including Horton, Cole of Waterloo, Harris, Gabbbidon, Bidwell John, Osborne, Ezzidio,
Thompson, Shears, Shears-Moses, Venn, Roy Macauley, Findlay, Bowen-Wright, Collier, Cummings, Gage,
Jonah, Barnes, Sawyer, Strasser-king, Benjamins and numerous others in Sierra Leone and The Gambia.
Viewing will be on Wednesday,25th April 2018 from 6pm-9pm at A.B. Coleman Mortuary,5660 Moncrief
Road, Jacksonville,
Florida,32209.
Funeral Service will be held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church,
5042 Timuquana Road, Jacksonville, Florida,32310 on Thursday,26th April 2018 at 11am. (NO VIEWING)
Interment will be at Jacksonville Memory Gardens. 111 Blending Blvd, Orange Park, Florida,32073

It is with great sadness, we would like to announce the passing onto glory of
Madame Lucinda Kashopeh Davies.
Mammy Kasho, Mammy Davies, Madame L K Davies, our mother, grandmother, aunt and sister On March,15th 2018, of Number 1 Benjamin Lane,
 at the ripe age of 86, she is survived by her brother Mr William Manoseh Davies, and all four of her children Archie Ayo-Davies, Doreen Davies, Doreenda Davies-Jarrett, Bryan Davies, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, great-grand children, nieces, nephews and a host of relatives.

We thank God for your life, and we say to God be all the glory..You will be sadly missed..May your soul rest in perfect peace. It is well. Be blessed.

Funeral Arrangements
Funeral service will take place on April 15, 2018, at 2pm.
at the Portuguese Town Methodist Church
Freetown, Sierra Leone
West Africa

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The late Dr Walter Sydney Marcus Jones was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone on the 3rd July 1926 to Edwin Adolphus Marcus Jones and Henrietta Marcus Jones Nee Johnson. He was the ninth of ten children. His siblings were Abioseh Vincent, Balogun Marcus-Jones, Sarian Grant, Rebecca Agnes Thorpe, Jeremiah Bankole Marcus-Jones, Edwin Ajayi Marcus-Jones, Rosanna Omoleye Jar-rett-Coker, Isaac Stephen Marcus-Jones (all of whom have predeceased him) and a surviving brother Ayinor Johnson. He attended the Prince of Wales school from where he obtained the University of Cambridge School Certifi-cate. Thereafter he sat for and passed the London
Matriculation Examination. At the age of 19 he applied for a job in the Civil Service and was assigned to the Judicial Department.
In 1954 he obtained a scholarship from the government of Sierra Leone to pursue a course in Social Science and Administration at the London School of Economics and Political Science. During this period of study he became determined to pursue a legal career and in 1956 was
admitted as a student of the Law Faculty of Birmingham University. He also enrolled at Gray’s Inn London and
studied privately for the Bar. On 24 November 1959 he was called to the English Bar by the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn and was also admitted to the Sierra Leone Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone.

In 1961 he obtained a Ford Foundation Fellowship grant to read for a postgraduate degree at Yale University in the United States of America. He obtained an LL.M in International Law from Yale University in 1962 and then went on to study for and achieve a J.S.D from
Yale and a Phd from University of London. He was the first person from Sierra Leone to receive a doctorate in Law.
Whilst studying in London in the late 1950’s he met and fell in love with Anne Joan Turner, the daughter of a Ghanian mother and an English father. Both were training for pro-fessional service and met at a British Council function. They got married in 1963. They had three daughters, Lynda, Alison and Kim. Over the years they added to their family with the ‘adoption’ of Marcella, Juliet, Horace and Mary. As newlyweds they moved into their new home at Fourah Bay College where Dr Marcus Jones joined the Faculty. At that time the college which was established in1827 only taught Classical and Social Studies. On a grant from the African Affairs Institute Dr Marcus Jones travelled to other universities to study their models of law training and in 1964 he established the School of Law offering courses in the British model of legal
education. He went on to build up the faculty and set up a Law library. The faculty continued to grow and for the next thirty years he taught courses and administered the department. He was named Dean of the Faculty in 1976 and served in that position for several years.

Dr Marcus Jones also maintained his own private practice in an office in town. He gained a reputation throughout the region as an excellent and principled lawyer. In 1992 the Government of Sierra Leone conferred upon him the Order of the Rokel, the highest honour granted by the nation, for his long and distinguished service to the Le-gal Profession. Towards the latter end of his career he was appointed senior appeal counsel at the special court where he dealt mainly with issues relating to International Criminal and Humanitarian law.
During his life time Dr Marcus Jones authored and contrib-uted to numerous legal publications. He was most proud of his work on the Constitutional and Legal History of Sierra Leone and on Sierra Leone Patent and Trademark Law.
He was an accomplished writer and won awards during his early career for his fictional stories. He held several
official positions centred round the legal profession and was heavily involved in the Sierra Leone Rotary Club and the Bar Association. Both he and his wife Anne were very much a part of the Scripture Union family and the Christian community in Sierra Leone played a large part in their lives. He was a humble and devoted family man who always put others first. His greatest joy in his later years was spend-ing time with his grandchildren and watching them grow. He took a very active part in their lives and drilled into them the importance of education.

He never forgot that it was due to the generosity of others, that he was able to pursue his education and this had such an impact on him that it led him to establish a charitable trust, giving to others the same opportunities that were given to him in his youth. He spent all his adult life mentor-ing and educating others. He was a leader in the youth movement in Sierra Leone and travelled abroad represent-ing his country. He has touched the lives of many and will be sorely missed.

He is survived by his daughters Lynda, Alison, Kim, Juliet, and Marcella, brother Ayinor Johnson, grandchildren Andre, Natasha, Natalie, Marcia, Marcus, Nelson, Daniel, Horace, Mary, Zion, Jowell, Eli, Reginald, Ayodele,
Winifred and four great grandchildren. Nieces Dorothy Ashley, Princess Williams, Pearl Scott, Annie Beckley,
Agnes Marcus Jones, Gloria Nelson Williams, Henrietta Roberts. Nephews Zack Grant, Walter Johnson, Fumi Johnson and Pius Doboley. Son-in-law Claudius Coker,. Other relatives include The Grants, The Taylor Lewis
Family, Dr & Mrs Modupe Taylor Pearce, Dr and Mrs Kosonike Thomas, Rev. Moshupeh Pratt, Mr Jonnie Pratt, Claudia Beckley- Lines, Mrs Muriel Davies, Capt Larry Bos-ton, Ada Norman, Jimmy Crowther, June Metzger and the Turner Family from Ghana.

   Mrs. I. S. Luke-Taylor
5-26-1916 to 12-23-1997

Twenty years ago you went to be with the Lord. You were
         unique & kind-hearted.  Your faith in God never waivered.
              We love & miss you dearly. Your memories linger in our
                     hearts daily. We are forever grateful for the sacrifices you made.           

Rest in Peace Mum.    

Yeside, Jide, Suru, Casey. Grand & Great-Grandchildren.

Mrs. Beatrice Magdalene Abionor Okon-Asuquo (nee Lewis)

                                                           (Sunrise July 2 1930 - Sunset October 1 2017)                                                   Aged 87

We wish to announce the passing on October 1, 2017 in Dacula, Georgia of our dear beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, cousin, aunt, sister-in-law, mother-in-law, adopted-mother, and good friend Mrs. Beatrice Magdalene Abionor Okon-Asuquo (nee Lewis).

The Gambia, Liberia, Nigeria, Italy, UK, and USA.                  

Other Relatives: The Cousin Marya family;  Lewis, Jackson; Thomas; Dworzak, Jarrett; Dupigny; Williams; Cole; Davis; Stevens; Owens;           Turner; Riley; Maurice-Jones; Richards; Thorpe,  and Johnson families.

Friends: Mrs. Rosie Sakyi, St. Mary Magdalene Church members; Midway United Methodist Church and Sunday School members; West Broad   Baptist Church members; Holsey Temple CME Church members; and Sister Vic.
 
The late Beatrice Okon-Asuquo , taught for many years in schools in the Gambia, including Bakau Primary, followed by many years of teaching at the St. Ann’s and the St. Anthony Primary Schools in Freetown Sierra Leone and was an active participant in the Girls Guide Association,      Convent School Old Girls’ Association and the Women’s Missionary Council at the Bethel Temple, Tower Hill Freetown