Mable R. Colquitt
06/06/1940 - 09/05/2022
Funeral service will be 12 noon EST, Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at South Girard Church of Christ, 521 Fontaine Road, Phenix City, AL with Bro. Samuel Alexander, officiating. Interment will follow in Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell, AL. Visitation will be Monday, September 12, 2022 from 1-5 p.m. EST.
Sister Mable Ruth Colquitt was born in the gulf coast most charming city of Fairhope, AL to the late Earl Benard and the late Annie Mae Baker on June 5, 1941. She attended high school in Fairhope, where she excelled as a majorette and graduated high school in Chicago.
Mable enjoyed preparing for and celebrating in the grand costume, history and pageantry of the Mardi Gras Festival as a youth a time honored family and community tradition in the birthplace of American Mardi Gras Mobile, Alabama.
Sister Colquitt was a revered cook (known famously for baking specialty cakes and pastries from her cultured gulf coast upbringing), a caring homemaker and an avid reader of scripture.
Joseph and Mable Colquitt met and married in Chicago, IL they were together for over 50 blissful years. She worked as a machine operator at Johnson and Johnson in Chicago, IL for over 16 years. As an example of supreme marital and maternal commitment sister Mable then solely focused on the most diligent job of an honorable homemaker for over a span of 40 years until the passing of her beloved husband, Joseph Colquitt on August 4, 2019.
She recently relocated to Jacksonville, FL due to her declining health to be in the care of her devoted daughter and son in law, Pilar and "Juan".
Sister Mable was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Vincent Benard; sister, Estelle Agee; sons, Lyon and Todd J. Smith; daughters, Lydia Dennie and Zellean Smith and daughter-in-law, ReMonica Colquitt.
Sister Colquitt leaves behind to cherish her loving memories eight children, Laurence Smith (Elana), Chicago IL; Pilar Colquitt- Jakar (Bahajj), Jacksonville, FL; Joseph Q. Colquitt, Atlanta, GA, Annetta Finch, Columbus, GA, Deborah Glaze and Angeleen Thomas (Eric) both of Phenix City, AL; Chancellor Lester (Courtney) and Walter Lester both of Atlanta, GA; four sisters, Saundra Ellis, Janice Barren (Billy), Phyllis Broadnax (Calvin), Mary Benard-Horn all of Fairhope, AL; three brothers, Earl Benard, Jr. (Alnetta), Darryl Benard (Lawaner) and James Benard (Angela) all of Fairhope, AL; three sisters-in-law, Ella Mae Welch, Gloria Jackson (Jimmy), Edie Mae Thompson all of Smiths Station, AL; one uncle, Louis Bush (Bernice), Chicago, IL; special cousin, Della Gilbert; 28 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, seven great-great grandchildren; a host of treasured nieces, noble nephews, dear relatives and admirable friends.