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Jaya remembers Elizabeth Ramsey, bitter feud spoils death anniversary

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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BLSj_rvAP76/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by jaya ramsey gotidoc (@jayasoul)</a> on <time dateTime="2016-10-08T05:22:26+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Oct 7, 2016 at 10:22pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>MANILA - Amid a <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/06/16/amid-family-squabble-remains-of-elizabeth-ramsey-exhumed">bitter feud</a> with her half-sister, Jaya has paid tribute to their late mother, Elizabeth Ramsey, on the first anniversary of the comedy royalty&#x27;s death.</p><p>At 83, Ramsey died in hospital more than two months after suffering a hyperglycemic attack due to diabetes. Her remains were first laid to rest at an Antipolo cemetery, but were exhumed last Thursday at the request of Jaya&#x27;s estranged sibling, Susan.</p><p>In her message posted on Instagram, Jaya did not address Susan&#x27;s accusations that she abandoned Ramsey when she was still sick. But the &quot;Tawag ng Tanghalan&quot; judge claimed that her mother had already forgiven her for &quot;all the wrongs&quot; she had done to her.</p><p>&quot;I will always admire, respect, adore, and miss her. She was one of a kind. I will always be proud of her. I will always be sorry for all the wrongs I have done to her. I will always be thankful to God for letting me and Mama have our last deep talk and apologized to one another, we forgave one another,&quot; Jaya shared.</p><p>She added: &quot;I am thankful to our God for allowing us to be mother and daughter, best friends and colleagues, family, sisters. Thank God for his amazing grace that He took away all the pains that my mother would have suffered through had she lived another second. And thank God for giving me this unexplainable strength and wisdom to now face this world without my greatest defender.&quot;</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BJk2CTqATD4/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by jaya ramsey gotidoc (@jayasoul)</a> on <time dateTime="2016-08-26T14:43:38+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 26, 2016 at 7:43am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>When Ramsey passed away in October of last year, it was Jaya who broke the news on social media. At the time, there was no hint about her spat with Susan, who has asked the singer to stop using their mother&#x27;s surname.</p><p>&quot;I have no message for her, definitely,&quot; Susan told reporters. &quot;She continues her life, whatever she wants to do in life but don’t use Ramsey because before you ignored Ramsey, before mama died, I’m trying to introduce you to a show, ano ang sabi mo sa akin? ‘Oh, hindi na ako Ramsey, Gotidoc na ako eh.’ Really? Now that mama is dead, you’re going to use Ramsey? Okay, come on now. Be for real here.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Don’t use our mother’s name. You made your name as Jaya, keep it that way. Don’t use mama. Mama has done her life. Mama made her name as Ramsey. Without her, you would never be Jaya. Never,&quot; Susan furthered, adding that she wants the remains of their mother transferred to the Ramsey family crypt in San Carlos, Negros Occidental.</p><p>Jaya responded in a statement, saying: &quot;For me, God bless my mom and I hope she’s really resting in God’s heaven kasi wala na, tapos na. Magpa-interview siya, magpa-movie siya, magpa-telenovela siya, wala na ang nanay namin. I hope this is the last of it.&quot;</p><p>Read Jaya&#x27;s full message for Ramsey below:</p><p>&quot;Today marks the first year death anniversary of my mother, Ms. Elizabeth Ramsey. All these months leading to today has been quite challenging to face. Moving on from someone&#x27;s passing, especially your parent is quite difficult to deal with when you have your family and work to prioritize.</p><p>So I&#x27;ve kept all my feelings to myself. Honestly, all has been well even if inside I grieve. Perhaps we all grieve differently. As for me, I am very practical and realistic. I have accepted my Mother&#x27;s illness and passing years before it happened.</p><p>Of course I had to accept that one day she will leave all her loved ones behind. Maybe that is why I am at peace. At peace that she and I had moments that no one can take away. We lived a very colorful life together, shared the same passions, had not so good and very bad days and yet we survived.</p><p>We did not have the perfect relationship but we were perfectly alright with our relationship. We deeply loved each other. We deeply respected each other. We loved being on the same stage. We sang, danced and laughed together for so many years. I miss her terribly. I miss the woman that connected with people like no one else did.</p><p>She made the country and the world sing and laugh with her. She made everyone her child, friend, kumare or kumpare, kapatid, rich or poor, dark skinned or light, straight or gay, no matter who it was. I say to you, she might have been the funniest woman and one of the greatest comedian to many, but she was just a woman who struggled all her life to love, protect and provide not only for her children but those who were in need.</p><p>I will always admire, respect, adore, and miss her. She was one of a kind. I will always be proud of her. I will always be sorry for all the wrongs I have done to her. I will always be thankful to God for letting me and Mama have our last deep talk and apologized to one another, we forgave one another.</p><p>I am thankful to our God for allowing us to be mother and daughter, best friends and colleagues, family, sisters. Thank God for his amazing grace that He took away all the pains that my Mother would have suffered through had she lived another second. And thank God for giving me this unexplainable strength and wisdom to now face this world without my greatest defender.</p><p>To my dear friends, whom I call family, and other colleagues and relatives that sent their concerns and love to me, you know that my love for all of you is what keeps me moving. And my husband Gary and my children, Sab, Dylan and Gavin, whom I have been blessed with and cannot live without, are truly what keeps me alive and you made me know what love, God&#x27;s love truly means.</p><p>My Lord and savior Jesus Christ, you are my God and rock and I will praise your Holy name until my last breath. You are my father who truly knows and sees the contents of my heart and let it be known that I love you with my whole being. Nothing in this world will shake me because you are always with me.</p><p>And so today, Mama, I honor you once again. Thank you for your love. I am comforted knowing that you are with God. I know we will see each other again someday.</p><p>But for now, I hope and pray that whatever I do here will be a testimony to how great you have been as a mother. The past went away and the present and future remains to be seen.</p><p>I promise to honor you by being a good, God-fearing, loving and helpful child. It won&#x27;t be easy, but I will do it. And don&#x27;t worry about me and the kids, maraming nagmamahal sa amin. Ma, I will carry your name for as long as I live, as long as I sing. We all miss you, we all love you. We all thank you...rest in God&#x27;s eternal peace.&quot;</p>

<p>Amid a bitter feud with her half-sister, Jaya has paid tribute to their late mother, Elizabeth Ramsey, on the first anniversary of the comedy royalty's death. </p>

Amid a bitter feud with her half-sister, Jaya has paid tribute to their late mother, Elizabeth Ramsey, on the first anniversary of the comedy royalty's death.