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BORN
1935
DIED
2013
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Jessie Highsmith Obituary
Along with her parents, Jessie was predeceased by her husband, Douglas Highsmith; and daughter, Mazie L. Highsmith. She leaves her son, Douglas Highsmith Jr. (Jennifer) Middletown, daughters: Carolyn Leary (Meriden), Margaret Highsmith (NC), Diane Johnson (MA), and Yvette Highsmith Francis (Bristol). In addition, she leaves her aunt Margaret Sessoms (NC), 17 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews and special friends.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 4th at 11:00am at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 346 Butternut Street, Middletown with Rev. Dr. W. Vance Cotton, Sr. officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery. Friends and family may call from 9:30 to 11:00am on Friday morning at the church and to share memories or send messages of condolence to the family, please visit www.doolittlefuneralservice.com Doolittle Funeral Home, 14 Old Church Street, Middletown is handling the arrangements.
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Memories and Condolences
for Jessie Highsmith
Brenda Wilson
September 27, 2023
Gone but NEVER forgotten.
Ernie and Eileen Hickman
October 8, 2013
Our thoughts and prayers go out the Highsmith family at this time.
October 7, 2013
To Ivette and Family - you have my deepest sympathy - Sis. Highsmith will be missed dearly - always had a kind word and beautiful smile, she loved everyone. God received another angel.
From Flo Weston Crump and Family
Dorothy Bellamy
October 7, 2013
Sister Highsmith,you will always live in my heart. You were such a special person.
Jamie-Lynn Shider
October 7, 2013
Nicki and Family,
Prayers go out you and your family. Please take these simple words and know that you are not along in your sorrow. The loss of your mother is great and your heart is heavy but know that she is among flowers that will bloom today and evermore in your and your family heart.
TONYA FLOWERS
October 7, 2013
MY CONDOLENCES GOES OUT TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY DIANE JOHNSON FROM TONYA FLOWERS AND FAMILY
sharon ofori
October 6, 2013
Nikki and family my heart goes out to you. My sincerest condolences and God's blessings to your family.
October 6, 2013
With my most deepest sympathies, My heart goes out to you. Lorraine Crump
October 6, 2013
You will be missed so much. We will always remember your million dollar smile, endless humor and making the best fried chicken in Connecticut! We will always think of you kindly. You were always the same, NEVER changed. Blessings to your family. Brenda, Ian and Ebone Woods.
Teresa Smith
October 4, 2013
Praying for the entire Highsmith during your time of bereavement.
Steve Highsmith
October 4, 2013
The Highsmith Family from Pinetops are keeping you all in our thoughts and prayers!!! We love you all. We will TRUELY MISS Aunt Jessie
Consuela Ellison
October 4, 2013
Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
October 4, 2013
Thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. Sorry for your loss.
Bonnie Hickman
October 3, 2013
My Deepest Sympathy goes out to The Highsmith Family, Mother Highsmith had a heart of gold and always had a beautiful smile on her face, she will Truly be missed. Love You. R.I.P. To The Family Luv all of you, keeping you in my prayers.
Hirley & Corrine Dorsey
October 3, 2013
keeping the Mother, of the church
Jessie Highsmith & family in prayer
"Brother & Sister Dorsey"
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October 3, 2013
keeping the Mother of the church,
Jessie Highsmith and family in prayer.
"Brother Hirley Dorsey & Sister Corrine Dorsey"
Victoria Sanders
October 3, 2013
Keeping the family in my prayers. Mother Highsmith will be truly missed. A woman of excellence.
Al and Martha Jarvis
October 3, 2013
To the family of Mother Highsmith you have our heartfelt sympathy. We pray for your strength during your time of sorrow.
Trustee Jarvis and Family
Marcia Talbert- Rankins
October 3, 2013
May your soul rest in peace with our heavenly father above you will be missed greatly....
Ettlee Newton and Family
October 3, 2013
Our deepest sympathy to the family during this difficult time. The Lord is an ever present help. He will comfort your hearts.
Deacon Robert Stevens
October 3, 2013
Going to miss that beautiful contagious smile. God has shared his blessing with us for over 78 years and now it is her time to go to her Real home. I can imagine Jesus opening his arms and telling Mother Highsmith, "Well done, well done, my good and faithful servant." May God continue to keep and Bless the family.
Cheryl Huckabey
October 3, 2013
God rest your beautiful soul Jessie. You always had a smile and "sassy" words of wisdom, I called them :) from a true sistah for me and my children. Walk around Heaven all day Ms. Highsmith!
The Gaskins Family
October 3, 2013
With Deepest Sympathy
Jennifer Feagin
October 3, 2013
May God be with your family during this difficult time.
Craig Taft
October 3, 2013
Thoughts and prayers are with your whole family. Sounds like a wonderful women.
Ahmad, DeLita and family
October 3, 2013
Jessies Babies~ Our heartfelt and deepest condolensces during this time of grief. What a friend we have in JESUS who is simply just a promise keeper. Momma Jessie has left you all with such a legacy and rich inheritence that each of you carry in your own special way. Rejoice in knowing that she lived a life that represented the love of Christ. We love each of you and will walk right beside you every step of the way. The joy of the Lord is your strength!
Carol Bartell
October 3, 2013
Sis Highsmith...you will be truly missed. Thanks for all the cards and letters during my military career. Words can't express my sorrow for the family.
Erika Bantum
October 3, 2013
May God continue to bless The Highsmith Family.Thanks for taking us in as soon as we came to Shiloh in the early 80'S. We love you all!
Valerie Hicks Carson
October 3, 2013
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived. My prayers are with your family.
October 2, 2013
Jessie was a dear lady with an infectious smile and wonderful personality. Her obit spoke of the kind of lady she was...caring and giving. She was a joy to know. My deepest sympathy to her family.
Mary Ellen Babcock
Laurence Woods
October 2, 2013
To the Highsmith Family, I'm sorry for your great lost, our prayers are with you.
From Minister Laurence Woods and family
Jeffrey Palmer
October 2, 2013
I'm deeply saddened to see that Jessie Highsmith has passed on. To me, she was a superstar among the larger-than-life individuals who advocated for those less fortunate. A strong mother figure to all, you could never say “no” to Jessie. We shared the same birthday, something she never let me forget, and would always greet me with a huge hug. She connected me with the older generation that has now passed on. We would talk about old times. She would always ask about my family, as if I were the most important person around. She was so proud of her family, too. Her smile just radiated when she talked about them. She was a beautiful person inside and out and will be deeply missed. My condolences to her family. I will always remember her, especially on September 7.
Dea. David & Rev. Barbara Roane
October 2, 2013
Beloved Family, Jesus promised to be with his followers always, including in the time of sorrow (Matt. 28:20)
maryann lawrence
October 2, 2013
Our prayers go to all of you at this time of sorrow
Barbara Parker
October 2, 2013
Yvette and family, my thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. I will truly miss my dear friend and will always cherish the memories I have of her through the years. Stay strong and my God continue to bless you and all the family.
Ronnie ellison
October 2, 2013
As the days and weeks pass, and as you return to life's routine, may you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends.
Kyra Lorde
October 2, 2013
To The Highsmith Family... Although it's difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow. Praying that God wraps his loving arms around you during this difficult time. Love Elder Jerome & Kyra Lorde
Dolores Kendall
October 2, 2013
Yvette and Family -- God just picked a "Beautiful Flower"(Jessie) to grace his garden, in heaven. She was the sweetest,loving person,with a heart of gold. It was a pleasure to have known her and have as a neighbor,on Meech Road,Middletown, Ct. Cherish your memories. God Bless Your "Family.
October 2, 2013
Our Condolences to your family with Love,
Rev.Dr.Edward & Sheryl Ford and family.
David Ortiz
October 2, 2013
May God's Peace and Blessings Be With Her! Thoughts and Prayers with your family Yvette. -David O.
Phillis Wright
October 2, 2013
To the Entire Highsmith Family. Our deepest condolences to you all. Mrs. Highsmith will always be a part of this community. Words alone is not enough to extend in your time of sorrow, but prayer will. Keep strong, and remember we all loved her but God loved her best. Our prayers with you now and always. Phillis Wright and Family
Douglas and Gloria Holloman
October 2, 2013
To The Highsmith Family,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you in this time of sorrow.
Lydia Vasquez-Heredia
October 2, 2013
My condolescenes to Yvette and family. may the Lord comfort you and your family in your time of need of the passing of your mother. She was a wonderful lady and she will always be remembered for her charm and grace and full of faith she had with the lord, and the awesome cook she was.
October 2, 2013
Mrs. Highsmith will be missed, the family is in our thoughts and prayers. Your mother, Grandma, and GG is a loving person and we enjoyed being her neighbor for several years on Silver Street in Middletown, Ct. Our Condolences and love to you all. Fredric & Pauline Buttram and Family
October 2, 2013
What a great photo - so happy
Clifton & Marcella Holloman
October 2, 2013
Our thoughts & prayers go out to the Highsmith family.....RIP Jessie, what a wonderful woman she was !!!!
October 1, 2013
Jessie, your son (Doug)& Jennifer,my daughter, Jennifer' other mother! I will miss you. Sweet loving memories of you will forever be in my heart. Gone on but never forgotten. God Bless!
Love, Catherine M. Perez
October 1, 2013
My condolescenes to the family. may God comfort you and the family in your time of need.
October 1, 2013
I met MRS HIGHTSMITH 20 years ago, became friends,she was like a mother fiher too me I will miss her very much REST IN PEICE
THOMAS J. BYRD
October 1, 2013
miss Jessie you will be missed. I remember all the nice rides we took together, you will always be in my heart. Your friend, Clarice Cofield
John & Kathy Robinson
October 1, 2013
Family of Jessie Highsmith,
Our prayers go out to the family for the loss of your Mother, Grand Mother, Friend and family Shepard. I have so many fond memories of Jessie from growing up in Long River Village as a child to my adulthood. Jessie was an original "Storm Trooper" for all who needed support and a voice to right any wrong being done in Middletown or if you needed advice and support to lift up your spirits. Jessie was a strong supporter of her Church, Family and Community and her voice was one to be recon with. She paved a wide path in Middletown for all of us to be able to walk with our heads high and minds free. Rest in Peace Jessie--Well done my good and faithful servant. May the good Lord be with the family at such a time as this.
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