Cynthia Gale East

CYNTHIA JACKSON EAST (CJ), WAS BORN THE FIFTH CHILD OF EIGHT CHILDREN TO RAYMOND JACKSON SR. & ALONZA JACKSON ON JULY 19, 1960. CYNTHIA GRADUATED FROM SCARBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL WHERE SHE MET & MARRIED HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, HOSEA EAST. THEY WERE UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMONY ON AUGUST 20, 1983. TO THIS UNION TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS WERE BORN JENNIFER CHANEL EAST (BOONAW) AND JOY JENELL EAST (SHEBANEY). AT AN EARLY AGE CYNTHIA ATTENDED CENTRAL GARDEN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH; THIS IS WHERE HER CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION STARTED. SHE CONTINUED TO SERVE THE LORD ALONG SIDE HER HUSBAND ELDER HOSEA EAST, WHERE SHE WAS A CURRENT & DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE BIBLEWAY CHURCH ALONG WITH HER FAMILY. THERE SHE BECAME A MISSIONARY AND RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST WITH THE EVIDENCE OF SPEAKING IN TONGUES AS THE SPIRIT GAVE UTTERANCE AND BAPTIZED IN JESUS NAME. SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER FATHER, RAYMOND JACKSON SR. & BROTHERS: RAYMOND JACKSON JR & WALLACE RAY JACKSON AND MOTHER IN LAW BLANCHE MAE EAST CYNTHIA LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY: HOSEA EAST (HUSBAND), JENNIFER & JOY (DAUGHTERS), ALONZA JACKSON (MOTHER), SIBLINGS: EDWARD, ANTHONY (ALTHEA), CHERLY HUSSEY (VIVIAN), BRENDA HUBBARD, ANNETTE JACKSON; FATHER IN LAW: ISIAH EAST SR., GODCHILDREN: RANDY WILSON, JOSHUA & JASMINE LEMMONS, AARON CEPHUS, DANA JACKSON HARVEY, TORIAN POLLARD; AND A HOST OF NIECES & NEPHEWS, AUNTS, UNCLES, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS THAT LOVED HER DEARLY. CYNTHIA WAS A VERY LOVING, CARING, DEVOTED WIFE AND MOTHER. SHE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HER LOVE OF THE LORD AND PEOPLE. HER DESIRE WAS TO BE A CHRISTIAN COUNSEL AND SHE REACHED THAT GOAL. SHE PRAYED FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE VERY END. WHENEVER YOU CALLED HER TO STAND IN THE GAP FOR PRAYER SHE NOT ONLY JUST LISTENED & PRAYED FOR YOU BUT IF SHE FELT THAT SHE NEEDED TO BE THERE SHE CAME AND PRAYED WITH YOU. WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE HER AND SHE WILL TRULY BE MISSED.