Mildred Jamison – Atco, N.J., Formerly of Donora

Mildred Jamison was born Jan. 18, 1939, in Prince, W.Va., the only child of the late Lorenzo Williams and Annie Dee Watkins (née Price). Myllee departed this world peacefully at the age of 84 in Cherry Hill, N.J., on April 24, 2023. Myllee was adopted and raised by her paternal grandparents, Gilbert and Ethel Standard (née Williams) in Alabama. She graduated from Bentleyville High School and attended Pennsylvania State University, Fayette County campus, in Uniontown. In 1958, she and Lorenzo Lee Fuller welcomed their daughter, Antoinette, who was adopted and raised by Henry and Annie Dee Watkins. She was married to Joseph Hardison, and they had their precious and beloved sons, Gilbert in 1962 and Robert in 1964. On Feb. 26, 1971, she was joined in holy matrimony to Robert Earl Jamison Sr., to whom she was married for 39 years before he passed. From their union, they raised Gilbert and Robert and were blessed with one child, Kandice, in 1974. For years, she and her husband were dedicated foster parents. In 1994, they adopted their first foster child, Tikeya. They later became domiciliary care providers who cared for disabled adults in their home. Mildred was employed by Washington County Community Action. In 2005, after 25 years of service, she retired as a breakfast and lunch cook from California University (now PennWest University) in California, Pa. As a born-again Christian, Myllee regularly attended and supported various churches and ministries. It brought her great joy to serve in the church kitchen, where she often coordinated and prepared the food for church functions. Oftentimes, you would find her in her own kitchen and/or, in later years, seated at her dining room table cooking up meals for family, friends and even strangers. She was an excellent cook who cooked from scratch and whose secret recipe was LOVE! In addition to cooking and being in church, her hobbies included shopping, dining out, traveling, and watching The Food Network. She had a heart of gold and sowed into the lives of so many others, as she never met a stranger. She shared many laughs and created memories with her closest friends: Catarina “Cathy” Delgiacco, Mary Fuller-Merritt, Ollie Davis, Helen Taylor, Faye Mitchell, Lois Fox Sr. and her sister-in-law, Roberta “Bert” Pearl Jamison, just to name a few. She was a former resident of: Queens, N.Y.; Bentleyville, Pa.; California, Pa.; Crescent Heights, Pa., and Donora, before she relocated to South Jersey (Williamstown, N.J., Sicklerville, N.J., and Atco, N.J.) in November 2013. She was predeceased by her parents, Annie Dee and Lorenzo; paternal grandparents, Gilbert and Ethel; maternal grandparents, Martha Love and Will Price; husband, Robert Sr.; sons, Gilbert Maurice Hardison and Robert Britain Hardison; stepsons, Kevin Lee Jamison and Robert Earl Jamison Jr.; sister, Edna “EJ” Locket; and brother, Herman G. Locket. Myllee leaves behind her daughters, Ms. Antoinette “Toni” Lee Watkins, Dr. Kandice “Kandi” Nicole (Thomas) Cooper and Ms. Tikeya “Keya” Khan Nicole Jamison; stepdaughters, Robyn Smith-Jolly and Bobbette Jamison Smith; stepsons, James “Jamie” Lewis Jamison and Michael “Mike” William Jamison; grandchildren, Trenton Hardison, Nicolette Hardison, Qitarah Hardison, Zalendria Hardison, Christopher Fick, Dominique Primar, Maia Wood, Olivia Cooper, Benjamin Cooper and Thomas Cooper Jr; great-grandchildren, Dream, Dior, Dominic, Mekhi, Isaac, Isaiah, Isabelle; and a host of siblings, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 13, 2023, at Newness of Life Ministries, 489 McKee Ave., Monessen, Elder Recardo Hall, pastor. Interment will be at Mon Valley Memorial Park in Donora. Celebration of life has been gently placed in the hands of HOUSE OF JACKSON MEMORIAL CHAPEL, 546 Thompson Ave., Donora, Karl Jackson, funeral director, 724-379-5420.