Contributions to the tribute of Rowena E. Simpson

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Friday, August 2, 2024

I always loved when we were kids, we would all go to Row and Poppy's and bake Christmas cookies on her glass table; awesome Holloween parties and just spending the night. As I got older, I began to see her in another light. Our relationship changed as our conversations became enlightening and hilarious! (even when she was being so serious). She is deeply missed by me, Michael (Judge Avery), James (Jamesy) and Maya (papaya).

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Xaviera posted a condolence

Thursday, July 25, 2024

“Nikki-Rosa” by Nikki Giovanni childhood remembrances are always a drag if you’re Black you always remember things like living in Woodlawn with no inside toilet and if you become famous or something they never talk about how happy you were to have your mother all to yourself and how good the water felt when you got your bath from one of those big tubs that folk in chicago barbecue in and somehow when you talk about home it never gets across how much you understood their feelings as the whole family attended meetings about Hollydale and even though you remember your biographers never understand your father’s pain as he sells his stock and another dream goes And though you’re poor it isn’t poverty that concerns you and though they fought a lot it isn’t your father’s drinking that makes any difference but only that everybody is together and you and your sister have happy birthdays and very good Christmases and I really hope no white person ever has cause to write about me because they never understand Black love is Black wealth and they’ll probably talk about my hard childhood and never understand that all the while I was quite happy

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marlowe77@gmail.com Posted Jul 27, 2024 at 2:55 PM

I am one of the few people who are blessed with having a 2nd Mother to watch over me. Rowena shared her wisdom of life with me.Always loving supporting and watching me and making sure I was always on the right path.She always made sure I never needed anything . I always knew that she loved me without any doubt. God has gained a great woman in his Palace of Heaven as she continues her journey to be reunited with true love Stanley

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Rowena E. Simpson

1943 - 2024

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