OBITUARY

CATHERINE ELIZABETH PELHAM MONGER

November 26, 1928-March 12, 2020

"And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them." (Revelation 14:13)

The Monger, Pelham, Montgomery, Greene, Morris, Roberts, Dickerson and Mensah families announce, with both sadness and hope, the passing of our Matriarch and Mentor, Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth Pelham Monger, on Thursday March 12, 2020, at Baptist Health, Paducah Kentucky.
Mrs. Catherine Monger is the Widow of Judge Jonathan Abraham Monger and the daughter of the late Elizabeth Ann Montgomery and T. Cess Pelham.

She was an outstanding educator, serving in various capacities as a Home Economics teacher, curriculum developer, and Principal.

She was unquestionably a very gifted seamstress .

Mrs. Monger loved and embraced education and encouraged her students, children, grandchildren and everyone she came in contact with to do the same.

In addition to her husband and parents who predeceased her in death, Mrs. Monger was predeceased by four children: William Monger- who died in infancy, Professor Harold Jonathan Monger, Honorable James Saydee Tiah and Catherine Elena Dixon along with two grandchildren Nadine Monger Esq. and Abraham Kronteh Monger.

Five of Her siblings, Samuel Pelham, T. Cess Pelham Jr., Charlotte Pelham, J. Chancy Roberts, and Ethel Roberts Cooper predeceased her.

She leaves to mourn her loss and cherish her memory: Two Children: Johnette Monger Mends-Cole (Urias) and Emmanuel Hardy.

Grandchildren: Saydee Mends-Cole, Dekonti Mends-Cole (Gareth Potts)
Urias Mends-Cole 11(Corey), Harold Monger Jr. (Jebbeh), Nyenatee Monger (Sonnie), Sonya Monger Mason (Eric), Sacha Monger, Deweh Monger, Clarice Dixon, Nancy Dixon, Urias Hardy, Spencer Hardy; 9 Great-Grandchildren and 1 Great Great-Grandchild, and a Host of Family and Friends.

Mrs. Monger also leaves to mourn her passing her Jehovah Witness brothers and sisters who provided a loving and caring community for her in Paducah, Kentucky, her adopted home.