_ AnnaBelle Weakley - Mattson AnnaBelle Weakley - Mattson 86, born July 12, 1922 was killed in an auto accident Saturday — November 15th near Wendover, Utah. AnnaBelle owned Porters Waiters Jazz Club and Hotel from. 30's early the &@ the and the late until the 60's. Ing era of de- segregation _ it was the only restaurant and hotel open to blacks in Ogden UT. She was known as the "Queen of 25th Street” and brought many of the greats of Jazz to the crossroads of the west. ie | AnnaBelle served on various boards including the Boys and Girls club in Salt Lake City 20 year, the Salt Lake Senior Center, the YMCA, the Legal Aid Society, the Governors Black Advisory Counsel, as a National Counsel on Alcohol and > Drug abuse and she was the Ethnic Minority Specialist at the Utah State Prison. | AnnaBelle will remain in the | —— hearts and minds of everyone she touched. She was an extremely companionable and lov- | ing lady and always did whatever she could to help anyone in need. Words alone cannot fully immortalize her life on this earth | or what she meant to the people | — that loved her. Bos _ Annabelle was preceded in > death by her Stepfather William E. Brown, her Mother Laura Bai- | ley Brown, her son Joseph Henry Weakley, her uncles Edward Bai- : ley and Earnest "Bean" Bailey and her husbands, William H. Weakley, William C. Carter, Leroy Jefferson and Roger Matt‘son. Surviving are, her widow Roberto Hernandez, her daugh- | ter Bernadette Marshall, her sons Chris Jefferson and Allen Holmes, her stepchildren, Juana _ Waraer; Roberto Hernandez Il her grandchildren Paul Weakley, Johnny, Alex and Bernell Marshall, and seven great grandchildren. |