ESSIE BE KING WAS BORN MARCH 18, 1937, SHE WAS THE OLDEST OF 10 CHILDREN BORN TO TOMMY DOTSON AND LOU WINNIE DOTSON IN HOLLANDALE MISSISSIPPI. ESSIE JOURNEYED TO CANTON, OH IN 1969 WITH HER 12 CHILDREN TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR HERSELF AS WELL AS HER CHILDREN. ESSIE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE HOUSE OF LORETO WHERE SHE DEVOTED 25 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THEIR DIETARY DEPARTMENT, DURING HER EMPLOYMENT AT THE HOUSE OF LORETO, NOT ONLY WAS ESSIE THE HEAD COOK, BUT SHE WAS ALSO SOMEONE THE OTHER CO-WORKERS COULD, AND WOULD GO TO FOR ADVICE, OR JUST TO LISTEN TO THEIR PROBLEMS, OR OFFER A SOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM. ESSIE WAS FONDLY REFERRED TO AS "MOM" BY HER CO-WORKERS, AND MANY OTHERS WHO CAME IN CONTACT WITH HER. ESSIE ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE. SHE WAS A WOMAN OF GREAT FAITH, STRENGTH, AND COURAGE, THE SONG BY SINGERS ASHFORD AND SIMPSON DESCRIBES HER COMPLETELY. "SOLID AS A ROCK". NO MATTER WHAT ADVERSITIES SHE WAS FACED WITH, SHE ALWAYS KEPT A SMILE ON HER FACE, AND HER DEMEANOR NEVER WAIVERED, ESSIE BABY SAT OUR ENTIRE FAMILY UNIT. THERE WAS ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR SHE REFERRED TO AS "HER BABY", STEPHANIE, AND YES, WE CAN ALL ATTEST TO THAT, BECAUSE WHOEVER MESSED WITH "HER BABY", ALL OF US, AND I DO MEAN ALL OF US, WAS SURELY IN TROUBLE, AND I MEAN WITH A CAPITAL T. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO SAY ABOUT ESSIE, BUT TIME AND SPACE CAN'T CONTAIN ALL THERE IS TO SAY, SO JUST REMEMBER THAT SPECIAL WHATEVER IT WAS MEMORY, DEED, OR WHATEVER SHE DID FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. ESSIE WAS A LOVING DEVOTED MOTHER, WHO LOVED ALL OF HER CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT– GRANDCHILDREN, BROTHERS, SISTERS, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS. ESSIE IS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER FATHER TOMMY DOTSON, MOTHER LOU WINNIE DOTSON, BROTHER ALBERT DOTSON AND TWO SONS JAMES AND FREDDIE DOTSON. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER LOVING MEMORY HER CHILDREN; ELLA(MIKE)BUTT, ROY(MICHELE)KING, LINDA(MORRIS)VENSON, LONNIE KING, EARL KING, SANDRA MARTIN, TERRY(CHRISTINA)KING, TYRONE(SHAUNA)KING, BRUCE(TAMMY)KING AND VANESSA FLOYD.