- Date Of Birth: November 30, 1924
- Date Of Death: April 12, 2016
- State: Rhode Island
Mary E. Thorpe, 91, passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at Hope Hospice & Palliative Care in Providence, RI. She was born in Liberia on November 30, 1924, a daughter of the late Richard Smallwood and the late Dora (Holt) Jackson.
Mary was a retired educator, Past Grand Princess (SMT Liberia) and Chaplain of Cedar Chapter No. 131, Past Worthy Matron and Past Honorary Grand Matron (Order of the Eastern Star).
She leaves to mourn her loss and celebrate her life and legacy her children Samuel Thorpe, Frederick (Yardley) Thorpe, Bishop Jonathan (Frances) Hart, J. Alexander Thorpe, Barbara Thorpe, Williametta Thorpe, Napoleon Thorpe II, Elfreda Thorpe, Richard (Samilla) Thorpe and Anthony Cole, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace and rise in glory.