> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> April 11, 2008 - Miami, Florida
> Cedella Marley Booker Memorial Service for the South Florida Community
> Set for April 15 at Fairchild
>
> Cedella Marley Booker, mother of Reggae legend Bob Marley, passed on
> to Zion at her south Miami, Florida, home on Tues., April 8, 2008.
> She was 81 years old.
>
> A special Memorial Service will be held Tues., April 15, from 7 PM to
> 10 PM, inside the Garden House at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden,
> Coral Gables. �Fairchild is located at 10901 Old Cutler Road in south
> Miami-Dade.
>
> Affectionately known as Mother Booker, the celebration of love and
> music will honor her life and achievements, and will provide the
> opportunity for her many South Florida friends, fans, and family
> members to bid her a fond farewell.
>
> An artist in her own right, Cedella Marley Booker recorded solo and
> collaboration albums, performed in the U.S., Jamaica, Europe, Mexico,
> and Africa, and authored a book, Bob Marley, My Son.
>
> "I can not put into words the extraordinary bond between mother and
> son, a bond that cannot be broken," son Richard Booker relates. �"My
> mother is a rare woman, loved by everyone she met. �I know that she is
> in the hands of Jah and will never be forgotten here on earth."
>
> Grounded in faith and Rastafari, Cedella Booker showed the world a
> peacefulness and love that she openly shared with everyone who
> surrounded her. �In the spirit of Bob Marley, Mother Booker founded
> Movement of Jah People, an organization that benefits the
> underprivileged in South Florida and the Caribbean.
>
> Among Mother B's achievements is the adoption of the Nine Mile Basic
> School in St. Ann, Jamaica, where she and Bob Marley were born and
> laid to rest, now called the Cedella Marley Booker Academy. �She is
> also associated with Rhoden Hall Basic School and Eight Mile Basic
> School in St. Ann.
>
> Cedella Marley Booker is survived by son Richard Booker, daughters-in-
> law Rita Marley and Sharien Fogle-Booker, daughter Claudette "Pearl"
> Livingston, �nephew Jimmy Brown, 14 grandchildren, and 49 great-
> grandchildren.
>
> In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the
> Cedella Marley Booker Academy. �Please make checks payable to the Nine
> Mile Charitable Foundation at 5800 Sunset Drive, Miami, FL 33156.
>
> www.myspace.com/cedellamarleybooker
>
> Blessed Love,
>
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