QUOIA DENAIA NOBLE
ON JANUARY 12, 1984 GOD BLESSED THE PROUD PARENTS, MR AND MRS CRAIG AND MARY NOBLE WITH A HEALTHY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ANGEL, A BABY GIRL THEY NAMED QUOIA DENAIA NOBLE WHO STOLE HER FATHERS HEART AT FIRST SIGHT, QUOIA WAS DEFINITELY HER DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL, AND HE SPOILED HER ROTTEN, SHE GREW UP TO BE A SMART, BRIGHT, INTELLIGENT LITTLE GIRL FOR HER AGE, AND SHE ALWAYS GOT HER WAY AND HAD HER DADDY IN THE PALMS OF HER HANDS.
IN 1989, THE NOBLE FAMILY WAS INVITED TO A SMALL CHURCH CALLED CHAPEL OF PRAISE C.O.G.I.C UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PASTOR WILLIE HOLLINS, AND LATER JOINED THE CHURCH AND BECAME MEMBERS, THATS WHEN QUOIA WAS INTRODUCED TO CHRIST AT THE AGE OF FOUR, SHE WAS IN THE SUNSHINE BAND, LATER IN THE YOUTH CHOIR, AND AS SHE MATURED SHE JOINED THE ADULT CHOIR, SHE LOVED SINGING AND HAD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VOICE AND EACH TIME I WOULD HEAR MY BABY SINGING I WOULD TELL HER QUOIA, BABY, THATS A SPECIAL GIFT FROM GOD.
QUOIA ATTENDED MANY LOCAL SCHOOLS HERE IN BAKERSFIELD, BESSIE OWENS, FAIRVIEW, AND LAURELGLEN WERE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SHE ATTENDED, TEVIS, AND GREENFIELD WERE THE JR HIGH SCHOOL’S SHE ATTENDED, AND BAKERSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL WAS THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL SHE ATTENDED FOR HER FOUR YEARS, QUOIA WOULD OFTEN SAY ( ONCE A DRILLER ALWAYS A DRILLER).
AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN, QUOIA WENT OUT AND GOT HER FIRST JOB WORKING AT BURGER KING, AND SHE WAS SO VERY PROUD OF HERSELF, AS YEARS WENT BY SHE WAS EMPLOYED AT SEVERAL OTHER JOBS, LLOYD LIBERTY HOME, DRYERS ICE CREAM, AND THE CAREER SERVICE CENTER JUST TO NAME A FEW.
ON JUNE 30, 2021 AT 04:56AM, GOD CALLED QUOIA HOME FROM THIS CRUEL AND WICKED WORLD, QUOIA IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER FATHER CRAIG NOBLE, HER GRANDPARENT’S MR AND MRS WILEY AND VIOLA NOBLE, MR AND MRS JAMES AND SARAH MAE HENDERSON, TWO AUNTS ELIZABETH HENDERSON BAGSBY, AND KATHLEEN NOBLE, FIVE UNCLES TOMMY NOBLE, NORRIS NOBLE, JAMES HENDERSON JR, CLINT ALEXANDER, AND BILLY NOBLE, HER GOD FATHER FABIUS WORTHY, TWO GOD SISTER’S ROCHELLE SHARON TURNER, AND MARKISHA ANN WILLIAMS
QUOIA LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES HER MOTHER MRS MARY HENDERSON NOBLE, FOUR CHILDREN OMAR JR, TEJAHNAI, DONTE, AND BETTY, ONE SISTER MRS MEGAN SCOTT STINSON, (COLIN STINSON) FOUR BROTHERS, DEONDRAY ,MCGREGORY, DAVID MCMILLON, (LAJUANA MCMILLON) ANTON MCMILLON, (JACQUELINE MCMILLON) AND CRAIG NOBLE JR, HER FAVORITE SPECIAL UNCLE JOHNNY NOBLE, OTHER UNCLE’S OTIS NOBLE, MILO NOBLE, DAVID NOBLE, SPECIAL AUNT’S DORIS NOBLE, SARAH JANE DELANEY, LINDA REED, BARBARA MILES, BETTY WANDICK, AND MRS TIENNAMAE TYLER, TAMARA HENDERSON, MARIA HENDERSON, AND ERYCA HENDERSON, HER VERY CLOSE FRIEND THAT WAS MORE LIKE A BROTHER KEIWAUN HARVEY, GODBROTHER’S DJ, AND TYSON REED, GODSISTER’S FLORENCE WHITHERSPOON, AND ERICKA WRIGHT, AND A HOST OF NIECE’S, NEPHEW’S, COUSIN’S, LOVING FAMILY, AND HER FOUR SPECIAL FRIEND’S WHO WERE MORE LIKE SISTER’S DESTINY, ZARION, SHAKILA, AND SHANTECA, QUOIA WILL BE MISSED DEARLY BY ALL WHO KNOW AND LOVE HER, BUT AS WE ALL KNOW TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY IS TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD, SHE’S SLEEPING, SAFE IN THE MASTER’S ARM’S, MY BABY CAN BREATHE NOW, SHE NO LONGER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PASSING OUT, AND FALLING WHEREVER SHE STOOD, NO MORE BLOOD CLOT’S, NO MORE CANCER, NO MORE BILL’S TO PAY, NO MORE LIVING IN THIS CRUEL AND WICKED WORLD, NO MORE BEING TALKED ABOUT, AND LIED ON FROM THOSE SHE HELPED WHEN SHE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH HERSELF, WHEN MY BABY LOVED, SHE LOVED HARD FROM THE HEART, HER SPIRIT WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US, AND ALL THE PRECIOUS MEMORIES’B THAT WE ALL HAVE AND CAN CHERISH RIGHT HERE IN OUR HEARTS, MY BABY IS FREE, SHE’S FREE, FINALLY FREE FROM IT ALL
PSALM 23
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD;
I SHALL NOT WANT
HE MAKETH ME LIE DOWN
IN GREEN PASTURES;
HE LEADETH ME BESIDE THE STILL WATERS
HE RESTORETH MY SOUL;
HE LEADETH ME IN THE PATHS OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR HIS NAME’S SAKE
YEA THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE
VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH
I WILL FEAR NO EVIL; FOR THOU ART WITH ME;
THY ROD AND THY STAFF THEY COMFORT ME;
THOU PREPAREST A TABLE BEFORE ME IN
THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES;
THOU ANOINTEST MY HEAD WITH OIL
MY CUP RUNNETH OVER
SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL
FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE;
AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE
LORD FOREVER
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