Marie Foendoe Hagood

MARIE FOENDOE HAGOOD WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 3, 1933 IN BOYDTON , VIRGINIA SHE FELL ASLEEP IN DEATH AT THE CRANBURY CARE CENTER IN MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ ON JUNE 21,2023.

MARIE WAS EDUCATED IN THE NEW YORK SCHOOL SYSTEM GRADUATING FROM YORKVILLE VOCATIONIAL HIGH SCHOOL ON JANUARY 31, 1951. THROUGHOUT HER LIFE, MARIE HELD VARIOUS JOBS TO HELP TAKE CARE OF HER FAMILY. SHE WORKED AT BAKER AND TAYLOR BOOK DISTRIBUTORS IN THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE DEPARTMENT FOR 23 AND A HALF YEARS.

MARIE LOVED SUPPORTING HER FAMILY OVER THE YEARS IN THE MANY ACTIVITIES THAT THEY WERE INVOLVED IN, SUCH AS SPORTS TAKING THE FAMILY TO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES TO ROOT FOR HER SON RICHARD. SHE LOVED LISTENING TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC BY TAKING HER FAMILY TO NEW YORK CITY TO SEE GROUPS PERFORM AT THE APOLLO THEATRE. SHE LOVED COOKING FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. PERHAPS YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAMPLE HER CHICKEN, PORK CHOPS, COLLARD GREENS AND MAC AND CHEESE. SHE LOVED WATCHING OLD MOVIES, PLAYING CARDS, SPADES OF COURSE.

FIRST AND FOREMOST SHE LOVED READING THE BIBLE, DISCOVERING THE MANY GEMS IT CONTAINED SUCH AS HEBREWS 4:12, SHE LEARNED JUST HOW POWERFUL THE BIBLE TRULY IS AND HOW MUCH IT CHANGED HER LIFE FOR THE BETTER. MARIE STARTED STUDYING THE BIBLE IN 1995 WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HER DAUGHTER DAMITA, AND TRUSTING IN JEHOVAH GOD TO GUIDE THEM IN THE WAY THEY SHOULD WALK. AFTER ATTENDING HER FIRST CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY SHE WAS MOVED BY THE TALK TO DEDICATE HER LIFE TO JEHOVAH AND SYMBOLIZE HER DEDICATION BY GETTING BAPTIZED WHICH SHE DID WITHIN A YEAR ON NOVEMBER 24, 1996 SHE GOT BAPTIZED AS ONE OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES AND SHE WAS VERY HAPPY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE  ENGLISH NEW BRUNSWICK CONGREGATION FOR 26 YEARS 6 OF THEM SERVING AS A REGULAR PIONEER, DEVOTING MOST OF HER TIME IN THE MINISTRY HELPING OTHERS TO KNOW AND LOVE THE GOD SHE SERVED AND THE GRAND PROMISES FOR THE FUTURE. SHE WILL BE TRULY MISSED IMPARTING SOME LIFE’S LESSONS WITH FAMILY AND OTHERS.

MARIE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER DEAR HUSBAND ISADORE HAGOOD JR, HER DAUGHTER CHARLINE L. FOENDOE, HER SON ISADORE JEROME FOENDOE, HER GRANDSON TERRENCE K. FOENDOE, AND SPECIAL VERY CLOSE FRIENDS PRISCILLA ROBERSON AND ROSA BEARD.

LEFT TO CHERISH HER MEMORY ARE, HER SON RICHARD A. FOENDOE (ERNESTINE) OF JERSEY CITY, NJ HER DAUGHTER DAMITA FOENDOE CODY (DENNIS) OF MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ 5 GRANDCHILDREN, IEASHA FOENDOE, IVONNE FOENDOE, LILLIAN WHITE (JAMARR) IVORIE FOENDOE AND CURTIS  PRESCOTT. AND DAUGHTER IN LAW, WANDA FOENDOE, ALSO 17 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. ALONG WITH COUSINS, EXTENDED FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS.  

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