A TIME TO BE BORN: JESSIE MAE DOZIER WAS BORN OCT 20, 1940, TO THE UNION OF JAMES & LUCILLE DOZIER IN HUNTSVILLE, AL. SHE ACCEPTED CHRIST EARLY IN HER LIFE AND WAS BAPTIZED. SHE WAS EDUCATED IN THE ALABAMA PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM; BEFORE MOVING TO LOUISVILLE, KY.
A TIME TO LIVE: AFTER MOVING TO LOUISVILLE, SHE MET AND MARRIED JAMES BOBBITT SR. TO THIS UNION 7 CHILDREN WERE BORN. JESSIE'S PARENTS, DAUGHTER DEBORAH HOBBS, SONS JAMES JR & KENNETH BOBBITT, STEP DAUGHTER JANICE BOBBITT PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
MAMA, MAMA JESSIE, AUNT JESSIE, MS JESSIE OR MRS BOBBITT, WHAT EVER YOU CALLED HER; YOU KNEW WHEN YOU CALLED ON HER YOU WAS MET WITH LOVE, AND THE STRAIGHT UP TRUTH. NO ONE WAS A STRANGER IN HER HOUSE, IF HER CHILD BROUGHT YOU HOME. YOU GOT A BIG SUNNY SMILE, AND PLENTY OF GOOD FOOD TO EAT. OH! SHE COULD COOK. THOSE HOLIDAY FEAST IN HER HOME. MADE YOU THINK YOU WERE AT THE TABLE OF KINGS, & QUEENS.
A TIME TO SUPPORT HER FAMILY: JESSIE MAE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AS A CHEF; COOKING FOR SUCH NOTABLE PLACES AS THE LU-AHOY ROOM OF LOUISVILLE, FLANAGAN"S, AND THE WILD WOOD COUNTRY CLUB. SHE WAS A LOVING PERSON, AND A GREAT COOK. HOWEVER, HER PASSION WAS BINGO!! SHE LOVED BINGO.
A TIME SPENT ON EARTH: JESSIE CONTINUE HER WALK WITH CHRIST. SHE ATTENDED SEVERAL DIFFERENT CHURCHES, JOINING ST. JAMES MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. IN 2017 SHE UNITED WITH NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH.
A TIME OF TRANSITION: AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS OF ILLNESS ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 JESSIE RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE JOHN 5:6 WILL THOU BE MADE WHOLE SHE REPLIED YES. JESSIE THEN GOT A SECOND TEXT JOHN 5:8 THEN PICK UP YOUR MAT AND WALK. SO JESSIE TOOK THE MASTER BY THE HAND. SHE WALKED AWAY FROM PAIN & SUFFERING. SHE WALKED TO PEACE, A LAND FREE FROM TROUBLING, A LAND OF NO MORE PAIN. JESSIE MAE IS NOW RESTING PEACEFULLY IN THE MASTER'S ARMS.
JESSIE MAE DOZIER BOBBITT LEAVES A LIFE TIME OF MEMORIES TO SONS, RUSSELL (ALETHEA), AUDRAIE (DIANA), AND LESTIER BOBBITT. DAUGHTERS REGINA JONES, & STACEY ASHBY, ALL OF LOUISVILLE, KY. STEP SONS LARRY BOBBITT AND ERNEST NOLAN-BOBBITT. SIBLINGS ELIZABETH IRVING, FANNIE MC CULLUM, AND ALBERT DOZIER. GRAND, GREAT GRAND, AND GREAT GREAT GRAND CHILDREN. MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, FRIENDS, AND JAMES BOBBITT SR.