Family members and friends of a Methodist Dallas Medical Center social worker celebrated her life nearly one month after she and a nurse were ambushed and killed while checking on a patient.
Saturday, family members and friends of a Methodist Dallas Medical Center social worker celebrated her life nearly one month after she and a nurse were ambushed and killed while checking on a patient."I will say Jacky was our angel on earth," Pokuaa’s aunt, Josephine Dove, said.
"She’s the epitome of showing up. You know if you need somebody to show up, you can count on Jacky," Pokuaa’s cousin, Nana Wilmot-Desouza, said. "And she showed up 100% without, you know, any reserve. Right? She showed up for you as though she were in your shoes." The 45-year-old social worker was going into a patient’s room at Methodist Dallas Medical Center’s mother/baby unit last month, when Dallas police said she was fatally shot by Nestor Hernandez, who was attacking his girlfriend who recently gave birth to their child.Nurse Katie "Annette" Flowers was killed moments later as she entered the same room. "Since October 22, there has been a big, big void in our department," a Methodist Dallas Medical Center employee said. Grieving Methodist employees highlighted Pokuaa’s personality at her celebration of life at Crossroads Christian Church in Grand Prairie Saturday. "And she just always believed that there was good in people, regardless of their circumstances," Pokuaa’s co-worker said."Full of life, a very beautiful soul she was," Pokuaa’s friend, Lola Minta, said. Pokuaa was born and raised in the west African country of Ghana. As an adult, she came to the United States to study, and earned a Master of Social Work from UT Arlington in 2019."It’s a huge loss for the community. It’s a huge loss for Nigel, her son, who’s going to grow up without a mother," Wilmot-Desouza said."I promise you I’m going to live to your expectations for me. I only ask of you, mum, to keep watching me from heaven for I will be needing that always," he said."Gosh, if we could’ve had a mother like her for every one of our students, it would be amazing," the teachers said. "If we ever needed anything, she provided that for us. Whether it be paper, or pens, or anything, she never wanted it to come out of our pocket, so she would provide that."Officer's response to Dallas Methodist hospital shooting was 'superb,' police expert says"Everybody, all over the place, we want to say thank you. Jacky says thank you," Dove added."You call Jacky, she’s right there, and we have really lost a dear friend," Dove said.Hernandez is charged with capital murder of multiple persons, aggravated assault against a public servant, and more. He remains in the Dallas County Jail. He was on parole and wearing an ankle monitor when he is accused of murdering Pokuaa and Flowers.
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