Service was held 12/30/24 at Mount Hope Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Preferred Cremation and Burial
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Hettie McGee was born Friday, August 25, 1922, in the city of Mansfield, LA, to William Cato & Mattie Sanford. She was the sixth of seven children born to this union. Her public education was in Mansfield. She remained there until the war in 1944, when she relocated to Portland, Oregon, with her husband Herman Colbert and their son Melvin. In 1995, she moved down the coast to San Diego, CA, where she remained for the next 30 years.
She truly enjoyed traveling and being around her granddaughter & great grandchildren. They were her pride and joy. Mrs. Hettie lived to see her Hallelujah 100s.
She answered the call of her Heavenly Father on November 29, 2024, at the age of 102 years old.
She was proceeded in death by her parents and her six brothers and sisters.
She leaves to mourn her passing her only child Melvin (Margo) Colbert, granddaughter Angela Crump, great-grandchildren; Kayla Crump and Kenneth Crump, and a host of nieces and nephews. Special thanks to the staff at Hillcrest Heights Care Center where she resided for 8 years.
