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]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >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. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your >full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------