21 Nov Death of Mamei Simbo
Billy and Mamei Simbo
Mamei Simbo, wife of Rev. Billy Simbo, passed away on Friday, November 18, 2011. She and Billy served churches in the United States and Sierra Leone, at the Sierra Leone Bible College, and most recently, as missionaries to Sierra Leone, during which time he became the first bishop of Sierra Leone Conference.
Funeral details are still being worked out. However, Rev. Simbo announced that the funeral is now scheduled for 11 am Friday, November 25, at a church in Philadelphia, Pa.
He wrote on Facebook, with the photo above: “I met her as a young lady, pretty in a pink and white lace dress. It was the smile and pleasant personality that drew me in. Over the years she has been the rock of the family, outgoing, quick to make friends. The perfect minister’s wife and a terrific ministry partner. She has left a hole in my heart, but she has left a legacy of four strong children who know the Lord as their Rock.”
Billy’s mailing address is:
Billy K. Simbo
1822 Erlen Road
Elkins Park, PA 19027
farah cassis
Posted at 18:33h, 26 NovemberMrs. Simbo,
I met Mrs. simbo a couple months ago at Brookside rehabilitation center I was her nurse, her friend, and soon (about a day) she claimed me as her own daughter, and I claimed her as my mother She always looked forward to seeing me every time I worked, she always worried about me if I was taking of myself eating right, getting enough sleep, enjoying life, as I did of her. When I worked with her she sometimes made me forget who’s taken care of whom. , we laugh, we smile, we even cried together we loved having conversations together and before I clocked out to go home we would hold hands and pray just as she did with her own family. she was always happy to see me and I was happy to see her, when I walked in at work no matter how she was feeling or how I was feeling when she saw me her face would lit up and she would smile and say “ heyyy Farahhh I’m so happy to see you.” And that would just warm my heart. I love Mrs. Simbo and I’m going to miss her dearly I’m praying my mother introduce herself to Mrs. Simbo in heaven. Rest in peace Mrs. Simbo
KABS KANU
Posted at 22:09h, 06 DecemberBrother Simbo,
I just learnt about the passing away of our sister,Mrs. Mamei Simbo,today from Bishop Boyabi, who is in New Jersey on a visit. I did a Google news search because I believed the news would be published somewhere online. As God would have it , I found this UBC Page.
My wife and I were stunned beyond words because Mrs.Simbo was one woman whose charming, loving , humble and christian personality made a very deep impression on us when we ministered together in New Jersey in the early 90s. She was a wonderful woman and the perfect nodel of a christian wife and sister. We will miss that reassurung smile that always put us at ease.
This is a huge loss to all of us and words will never adequately describe the shock and grief . The only consolation is that she was a great christian woman and has been called to higher service by the Lord who giveth and taketh away.
Please accept our deepest condolence to you ,children and other family members.
May God grant her eternal bliss until we meet again on Jesus’ side.
KABS KANU and TIGI
Your one-time colleagues at Faith Community Church.
Sarah Bond
Posted at 20:15h, 26 NovemberI am so sorry to see this about Mamei. I don’t know if you remember us or not but we knew you at Asbury Seminary years ago. You had a lot of children and so did we. I just ran across a letter we received from you when Alan was going to Minnesota to school.
Michaela Bockarie(Grand daughter, age10)
Posted at 07:05h, 26 MayMamei Simbo was my grand mother and i loved her vey much. She was in the hospital sometimes than she went back to a place called Brookside and I noticed that they kept swithching her back. I was only 9 then.
I felt kind of bad for mom mom (as I used to call her) because she was going through tests and sugeries so she would get better. I was so exited because soon it was going to be my tenth birthday and I thought she was coming. Then, on November 18, 2011. I was in the waiting room at Abington hospital where she was then a nurse came to talk to the adults. Then at that momen , my mom said there was another surgery to do OR………………. they let her stay there because she has suffered enoughed. Then we went into the room surrounding mom mom then my cousins came and did not know what was going on. than me and my mom told them. I was so exited that mom mom was going to see my tenth birthday that I found out she “could not make it”. I miss mom mom and always will miss her. She was my buddy and i was “mom mom’s girl”. She is still important in my heart.
Ada Simbo
Posted at 07:36h, 26 MayUnbelievable, I never even saw this … my daughter just came across this today while looking us up on google.
Thank You UBC for this dedication, and Thank You friends & family for all your kind words ….
As we sat in that waiting room of the hospital in Nov.2011 waiting for mom to make her journey home, the enormity of the occasion crossed my mind and just as was mentioned by the above friends/family I said outloud, “Wow, what will we all do now? We have all lost our best friend” because that is exactly how it felt.
Anywhere my mom went, she made friends and those friends became her family. The infinite number of people who have referred to mom as their best friend and greatest confidant is mind boggling. Shetruly embodied the word Love. And so, nearly two years later … I am still meeting people at varous functions or through-out the community, whose lives she touched, saying to me, “I miss her, she was my closest friend” and all I can say to console them is ” She treasured your friendship as well”.
As much as I miss my mother/best friend/ greatest confidant, I feel her on a daily basis, working with Jesus and interceding on my behalf and all whom she ever came in contact with. This is what she did in her short time on earth.
No words could even come close to expressing how much I Love my mother and how much she impacted my life, and her part in making me the woman I am today. She lives in my heart daily.