Thousands of mourners turned out to pay their last respects to late reggae singer BOB MARLEY's mother CEDELLA BOOKER on Sunday (27Apr08).
The mother of the One Love hitmaker died in her sleep earlier this month (09Apr08) at her Miami, Florida home, aged 81.
The native Jamaican's body was flown back to be buried on the island and was draped in blue, red, yellow and black cloths - the colours of the Rastafarian faith - and displayed in Kingston's National Stadium.
One of her sons from her second marriage, to Richard Booker, told mourners at the event, "She read her bible every day and listened to gospel music every evening."
Booker is survived by two children and several grandchildren, including Ziggy Marley, who won four Grammys with his band the Melody Makers.
Bob Marley died of a brain tumour in Miami in 1981, aged 36.
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