Cedella was also associated with the Rhoden Hall Basic School in the south of Jamaica and Eight Mile Basic in St. The school is now called the Cedella Marley Booker School in her honor. Nine Mile was the birth place of Bob Marley, who was also laid to rest in the parish. Ann parish on the northern coast of Jamaica. I will miss her and keep the gifts she has given me close to my heart forever,' said Cedella Marley, the late Bob Marley's eldest daughter.Īmong her many achievements was the adoption of the Nine Mile Basic School in St.

'Since a young child, my grandmother showed me the meaning of love, life and laughter she embodied them everyday, all the time. Dedicating her life to the Rastafarian religion and her family, she showed the world a peacefulness and love that she shared with everyone who surrounded her.

My mother was a rare woman that was loved by everyone she met and I know that she is in the hands of Jah, and will never be forgotten here on earth,' said her son, Richard Booker.Ĭedella honored the spirit of her son Bob Marley as the founder of Movement of Jah People, an organization that benefits the underprivileged in Florida and the Caribbean. 'I can't put into words the extraordinary bond between mother and son that cannot be broken. In addition, she wrote Bob Marley, My Son, a book that celebrated her son's life. She was also performer in her own right, recording solo and collaboration albums and performing in the United States, Jamaica, Europe, Mexico and Africa. Strongly grounded in Rastafari, Cedella - known affectionately as Mother B - was first a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. 'My grandmother showed me the meaning of love, life and laughter,' Bob Marley's eldest daughter said of her grandmother, pictured aboveĬedella Booker, the mother of Jamaican music legend Bob Marley, passed at her home in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday 8th April. Singer, author and mother of reggae legend passes away in Miami

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