Life can be one of the best journeys, but it can be complicated and terribly painful for some.
To see your child die is one of the most painful things that can happen to a parent.
That is the tale of Rosalie Jean Willis.
The wedding day of Charles and Rosalie. Photo: @VintageHorrorsSource: Facebook
A woman who outlived her children and saw each pass away one by one.
Who was Rosalie Jean Willis?
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Keep reading to find out more about her life.
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She was born to Clarence Basil (19051979) and Virginia Dare Pettry Willis (19091996).
Her parents separated while she was young, and she lived together with her mother and three siblings.
Her father worked as a coal miner while she worked as ahospital waitress.
Rosalie with her son Charles Manson Jr. Photo: @sharon.bankheadlammers (modified by author)Source: Facebook
Marriage
Manson and Jean reportedly met at an Irish bar.
While married, Manson supported his family through odd jobs and stealingcars.
When thenewlywedwas three months pregnant, they decided to move to California, where the husband’s mother resided.
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While there, Manson was arrested withtheft chargesafter he was found driving a stolen car.
Their marriage ended in1958when the two eventually gotdivorcedwhile he was still in prison.
The second and third children were born from her second marriage, which ended in 1965.
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She, however, did not give up and got together with Warren Howard “Jack” Handley.
Life had begun taking shape, and happiness filled their marriage; however, the tragedies began.
In 1971, her eleven-year-old boy Jed was shot in the gut whilst playing with his friend and died.
In 1986, when Jesse was twenty-eight, he was found dead in a car from adrug overdose.
The people around him and his mother had gotten news of their ties to Charles Manson.
Jay’s son, Jason Freeman, was finally able to overcome the shadows of his family.
Jean’s husband, Handley,died in 1998.
She was later on diagnosed with lung cancer, and she fought the good fight.
However, she succumbed to it on 21st August 2009, dying at the age of seventy.
Nonetheless, the journey of life has to continue.
Born and raised in Cape Town, his heart was dedicated to helping workers.
Did you know that he was significantly involved in anti-apartheid activism during the period of apartheid?
