Sunrise: July 26, 1946 – May 17, 2023
“Yea tho I walk thru the valley of shadow of death I will fear no evil”
A limb has fallen from our family tree that says:”Don’t grieve for me. Remember the best time, the Laughter, the song, the good life I lived while I was strong”
It is with heavy and saddened hearts that the Tubman, Wilson, Barnes, Yancy, Harmon, Gibson, Brewer, Wesley and William V.S. Tubman University family announce the passing of our beloved Eli Alexander Budu Tubman. This sad event occurred on May 17, 2023, at the J.J.Dosen Hospital in Harper City, Maryland County, Liberia.
Mr. “T,” as he was affectionately called, was a strong family loving man and a passionate advocate of Pan Africanism. He is survived by his sons: Taweh (Varlene), Jumoki, and Vacanarat Tubman, five grandchildren, several siblings, cousins, nieces, nephews, and a host of relatives and friends. Eli was predeceased in death by his father General Alexander Glen Tubman, mother, Mary Holuda Wilson-Wesley and Uncle W.V.S.Tubman, sr.
Funeral Services will be held in Harper City, Maryland County, Liberia.
Wake Keeping Service:
Friday, June 2, 2023
The Mount Scott United Methodist Church
Harper City, Maryland County
Funeral Service:
Saturday, June 3, 2023
The Mount Scott United Methodist Church, Harper City, Maryland County
Interment:
Parkwood Cemetery
Maryland Avenue, Harper City, Maryland County
Repast follows immediately:
The Harper City Hall, Middle Sex, Maryland County
Contacts:
Harriet Tubman: (817)448-2530
Elizabeth R. Tubman: (817)449-9353
Elizabeth C. Tubman: (817)919-9092
Burgess C. Tubman: (240)280-5016
Abraham Tubman: (240)350-3335
Althelia Tubman: (301)803-0676
Pete Yancy: 011231886446881
George Yancy: 011231777525433
