May 25, 1936 - May 13, 2023
Naomi Carrie Lucinda Allen-Monk was born on May 25th, 1936, to Grace and Bill Allen in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where she spent most of her young adult life. She worked as an elevator operator and was also a caretaker during that time. She was raised in church and baptized at an early age but didn’t receive the Holy Ghost until 1958. She attended Zion Pentecostal Church in Atlantic City. During this time God had anointed her to play the piano for the church. She was a Sunday school teacher, a secretary of The Pastor’s Aid, and had begun a youth choir. In 1960 she became reacquainted with a childhood friend while caring for his terminally ill sister. This encounter would change the course of history for both Naomi and Thomas G. Monk.
In 1963, they married and relocated to Japan where Thomas was stationed while serving in the U.S. Air Force. In Japan they met missionaries from Stockton, California (The Zeno’s) who attended First Pentecostal Church on Cherokee Lane. After receiving an honorable discharge from the military in 1966, Thomas and Naomi were set to return to Atlantic City, but before returning they made a stop in Stockton to visit the Zeno’s and attend the church that had sent them to the mission field in Japan. Once they made it to Stockton, they never left. As this God-ordained journey led them to stay right here and become members of what is now Christian Life Center.
Naomi became very active in the ministry of music. She taught Sunday school, was active in prison ministry, new believers ministry, sheep fold ministry, and ladies prayer ministry. Her motto was “If I can help somebody as I travel along, then my living will not be in vain.”. The song “Ordinary People” was one that she loved to sing, as it blessed many who heard her sing it. She had six children; Crystal Compton, Cheryl Allen (who went on to be with the Lord), Sylvia Jackson, Faith Hardiman, Lotta Monk, Karl Monk, (with his wife, Jazzlin Monk), twelve grandchildren; Letticia Ntofon, Nsini Ntofon, Sherrell Marie Mandolph, Houston James Mandolph (who went on to be with the Lord), Evester Ray Harper Jr., Sarah Hardiman, Dante Williams (with his wife, Claudia Ortiz-Wiliams), Kiara Marie Franklin-Monk, Taniah L. Jackson, Raja Fincher, Kaleb Monk, and Evan Monk, and seventeen great-grandchildren; Diji Diallo, Feyu Diallo, Mukulu Diallo, Ajani Washington, Ymani Janell Butler, Christopher Larnell Butler II, Sharlette Rose Marie Butler, Aaliyah Sheree Butler, Ajanae Lee, Jason Lee, Charlie Wilson, Mila Rose Williams, Cienna Lila Williams, Kior Carter, and Kyrique Carter. She was well loved and will be dearly missed. Although we mourn hey loss, we rejoice at Heaven’s gain and are thankful for the life and legacy she has left behind. On Saturday, May 13th, 2023, she went home to be with the Lord and on to her reward.
“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord” -2 Corinthians 5 : 8
VISITATION
A visitation will be held from 9:00am - 10:00am on Thursday, May 25th, 2023 at the Christian Life Center located at 9025 West Ln, Stockton CA, 95210.
SERVICE
A service will be held at 10:00am on Thursday, May 25th, 2023 at Christian Life Center located at 9025 West Ln, Stockton CA, 95210.
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