Dear Mr. Ceesay,

Thanks. for the info. My most sincere condolences to the bereaved family of
Momodou M. Manneh. May his soul rest in perfect peace- Ameen

warmly,
mariama

>From: Kebba S Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: OBITUARY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MOMODOU M MANNEH
>Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 01:54:12 -0500
>
>It is much regrettable to announce the death of a dear friend and
>brother, MOMODOU M.MANNEH.This sad event took place on
>Monday,July,30th,2001. Momodou was born and raised in Manneh Kunda at
>Salekene in Central Baddibu. He went to Salekene Primary School and later
>Armitage High School. After his high school career, Momodou worked at the
>Income Tax Department for a number of years together with Yajama
>Samba(wife of late Saul Samba) and others. He came to the United States
>in the early 1970s with the help of his oldest cousin Dr.Momodou
>M.S.K.Manneh(former minister of Economic Planning in the Jawara
>Administration).Momodou(the deceased) did his high school at Salisbury
>High School at Salisbury in Connecticut and later moved to Voorhees
>College in South Carolina and subsequently Nashville in Tennessee where
>he lived briefly before he joined his older cousin, Momodou G Manneh in
>Houston, Texas.
>
>Back home in the Gambia, Momodou(the deceased) used to live with his
>oldest sister at Albion Place. He was a member of the then Hellions Youth
>Club,which had as its patron,James Gomez(former mayor of Banjul).
>Momodou, as I write this obituary lays and await decision by the Houston
>Gambian community whether to fly his body to the Gambia to avail his
>familly and loved ones the opportunity to say good-bye or to burry him in
>Houston and therefore deny his familly the opportunity mentioned above.
>The situation is such because the community at Houston cannot pay the
>bill to fly the body to the Gambia. In light of the foregoing, I wish to
>appeal to all Gambians every where to assist the folks at Houston to
>enable them make the right decision by donating what one can afford. This
>donations can be sent to: MOMODOU MANNEH,BANK ACCT#0132423,UNITY NATIONAL
>BANK.2602 BLODGETT,HOUSTON,TX.77004.Momodou is survived by a son (SAUL
>MANNEH) whom he named after the late Saul Samba because of his close
>friendship with Yajama Samba at the time they were both working at the
>Income Tax Department. Unfortunately Momodou has never set eye on his son
>nor has the latter set eye on his father.It should be noted that when
>Saul Manneh was brought into this world, his father,(the deceased) had
>already left the Gambia and was going to school in Connecticut. Folks,
>should we all not come together and help our friends at Houston to fly
>this deceased's body back to the Gambia to atleast avail Saul Manneh the
>only chance to physically see and feel his father and pay his last
>respect to him before he may be laid to rest.
>
>I thank all of you in anticipation for your generous donations. May Allah
>The Almighty reward all of you. AMEN.
>
>KEBBA S CEESAY.
>
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