Mary Ann King, preceded her in death.
Cynthia accepted Christ at an early age. She attended Second Cavalcade Baptist Church and later moved her membership to Good Samaritan Baptist Church. The latter is where her mother serviced as an Usher and Sunday School Teacher and taught her the ways of the Lord.
Cynthia was educated at Rollin Lee Isaacs Elementary, Lamar Fleming Middle School and Kashmere High School where she was a majorette and graduated in 1975. She went on to graduate from the University of Houston-Downtown with a BS degree in Business
Administration and Accounting in 1998.
Cynthia birthed three children, Gregory D. King, Calandra R. Jackson (Ogundele) and Andrea M. Jackson (Hector). In the late 70’s, she married Andrew Jackson. They were divorced, and she continued to live her life as a good daughter, mother, grandmother, great-grand mother, sister, friend and special aunt.
Cynthia grew up in Houston, TX where she was very sociable and always on the GO! She had an adventurous spirit and loved to travel. She had no problem jumping in her car for a road trip to the casino or heading to Galveston or Florida to sail away on a cruise ship. In fact, she earned the nickname “Cruise Queen.” Even in the months leading up to her death, she was still trying to plan a cruise trip for her 67th birthday.
Cynthia was also an avid reader. She aspired to be a Librarian. She enjoyed reading novels from authors Stephen King, James Patterson, Tom Clancy, Danielle Steele and John Grisham. Often, she would tell her children to get dressed to go out, but the outing was delayed due to reading “one more” chapter. Also, there was a time, when her mother took her to the laundry mat, but when it came time to fold clothes, she was nowhere to be found. Why? Because she was in the corner reading a book.
Cynthia was a bit of a workaholic. She would often work jobs that had anything to do with numbers; thus, her reasoning for getting a degree in accounting. Although she worked for several businesses and corporations, she thoroughly enjoyed preparing taxes for HER family, YOUR family, THEIR family and EVERYBODY’S family. It brought her great joy to know she was the trusted source to handle such business. Most notable jobs worked: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston Independent School District, Charming Charlie’s, Texas Southern University and the United States Postal Service. She worked for USPS until she was unable to do so.
Cynthia enjoyed going to concerts, but not just any concert. Her favorite group was Frankie Beverly and Maze. She never missed an opportunity to attend one of their concerts. She couldn’t sing worth a lick, but she would belt out every word in her baritone voice. Per her request, please play “I Wanna Thank You” by Maze, at my funeral. She loved this song, and felt it was an appropriate song to show appreciation to family and friends for supporting her throughout the years.
Cynthia made life look easy. She was very independent and rarely sought help from others. Her life’s road had a lot of twist and turns, but she thrived through them all and emerged fun-loving, wise, strong, passionate and most of all REFINED. She took her final turn early Sunday morning, April 7th, to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Cynthia leaves to cherish her memory: three children: Gregory D. King, Calandra R.
Jackson-Ogundele (Olamilekan Idowu), Andrea M. Jackson-Hector; six grandchildren:
Justice King, Terrin Massie, Cody Jackson, Brea Jackson, Harold Christian, Briana Qualls; three great-grandchildren: Kaycee Christian, Kashmyre Christian, and Elias Gable; two brothers: Alan King and Charles King; two sisters: Deborah Burton and Regetter Burton and a host of cousins.
Special friends of the family: Geraldine and Curtis Munerlyn, Lawrence and Phyllis Woods, Cheryl Washington, Frances Woods, Yolanda Woods, Karen Obryant, Deborah Obryant, Charles Obryant, Norma Jean Bell (deceased) and a host of special nieces and nephews.
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