Author: FPA Obituary

It’s hard to say good bye … very hard, Rev. Dr. Katurah York Cooper! I am currently on teaching duties far away from Montserrado County … in Margibi County and also not very well. I cannot be at your funeral today. Why am I talking about your funeral, instead of speaking live with you? As I informed you, I came home to played your role as a Biology Teacher at Monrovia College, our Alma mater and to lecture courses in clinical medicine and public health at various Universities in the country.

It is with mixed feelings of joy and sorrow that we at the Liberia Association of Writers (LAW) pen these words on the eve of the laying to rest of one of Liberia’s most illustrious masters of the pen, Joseph Saye Guannu. We feel joy because he dedicated virtually his entire adult life to writing, especially documenting the country’s history from the days what is known as Liberia today was a colony, before 1822. As a teacher, he molded the minds of the country’s youth, both in grade school and university. As an author, one of the very few indigenous…

We regret to announce the death of Mrs. Della Irea King Reeves (Te Dell) on Saturday, September 4, 2022, at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore Maryland, USA. The late Mrs. Della Irea King Reeves leaves to mourn her loss, her children: Shirley Collette (Kish), Caesar Reeves (Bessie), Windell Reeves (Wanneh), Angela Bedran (Sami), Robertetta Augusta Reeves, Kymberline Zeblay (Alex), Denise Reeves; Glynis Reeves; several grandkids; her sisters – Clementine Vincent and Annie Smith; her brother – Caesar King; a host of several foster children, relatives, friends and mentees in the United States, Liberia and worldwide.

The Porte Family announces the passing of their father, brother, uncle and grandfather, Mr. Leopold Qualniah Porte, in Barnersville, Monrovia. He lives in the memory of his wife, Josephine Travers-Porte, his children, Niahson (Kadi), Quallyna (Richard), Wulwyn (Verlyn), six grandchildren and a host of other beloved relatives and friends. He will forever be in our hearts and memories.

The managing publisher of the Inquirer Newspaper, Veteran Liberian journalist Philip Wesseh is dead. He died in Monrovia following a protracted illness.

Mrs. Nancy Alitta Langley Sherman Sunrise: May 31, 1946 – Sunset: July 6, 2022 The Langley and Sherman Families announce the passing of their mother, sister, aunt, and grandmother, Mrs. Nancy Alitta Langley Sherman on July 6th, 2022 in Raleigh, NC. She lives in the memory of her children – Folita Sherman, Varney Sherman (Emily) – grandchildren, and a host of other beloved relatives and friends. She will forever be in our hearts and memories. The family is grateful for all the prayers and condolences received thus far. The Celebration of Life events are listed below. Wake Service: Saturday, July 30,…

ZWEDRU, Grand Gedeh County – Jurors at the 7th Judicial Circuit Court in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh have handed a unanimous guilty verdict against defendant Moses Mlarmah, despite his earlier guilty plea and his plea for mercy.

Monrovia – Retired Lt. General Henry S. Dubar Sr., the former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Liberia, and one of the last pillars of the Samuel Kanyon Doe-era has died.

The Wion family will say final goodbye to Mrs. Faith-Joy Gbarlee Wion-Bah this weekend in Monrovia, Liberia. Mrs. Wion-Bah died January 21, 2022 following a brief illness at the government-operated John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Sinkor, Monrovia. Born July 15, 1952, she was 69.

It is announced from Ellicott City, Maryland, USA that Mrs. Margaret Mona Koffa, mother of Deputy Speaker Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa, passed away in the early evening of February 3, 2022. Mrs Koffa is the daughter of former Buah District Commissioner, John Fannoh Karpeh and widow of the late Major General, Stephen Jaitoh Koffa of the Armed Forces of Liberia, who predeceased her in 2014. She was a teacher in the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) for more than 20 years. She raised 5 successful children of her own including the current Deputy Speaker of the Republic of Liberia and…