Obituaries

Feb 13, 2024

 

Honoring the Life of Steven Johnson

Steven Harvey Johnson son of Mildred and the late Frederick Johnson, was born on April 16, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York. 

Steven attended Grady High School and later enrolled in the United States Navy and served during the Gulf War and Peacetime Era from January 1989 to August 1991. Steven later went on to work as...

Jan 30, 2024

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Jan 10, 2024

 

Jennie Segure, daughter of (the late) Augustus Roundtree and Arrie Outz was born on November 25th, 1926, in Edgefield, South Carolina.

 

Jennie met then married the late Frank Segure. Jennie was a loving wife and mother to (the late) Roger Hill as well as a loving grandmother and great-grandmother.

 

Jennie was a devoted Nursing Assistant who...

Dec 30, 2023

Gwenith Elaine Marville, daughter of the late Iris Clinton, was born on October 7th, 1921, in St. Lucy, Barbados; she was the youngest of three children. Gwenith was a devoted woman of faith and a loving mother. She had a deep faith that was exhibited through her membership at Beulah Church of the Nazarene, where she served as a Sunday...

Dec 6, 2023

 

Dennis Bristol Orlando Jeffers, 69, peacefully passed away on December 6, 2023, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerset, New Jersey. Born on April 6, 1954, to Maggie Jeffers and Manassah Bristol Jeffers, in Layou, St. Vincent, Dennis dedicated his life to education, embarking on his teaching career at the young age of 17 at the Layou Government School. Having migrated...

Nov 16, 2023

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Oct 5, 2023

Franklyn Garnett Cyrus, known to most as “Sharke” and affectionately called “Cyrus”, was born on June 20, 1932, in St Peter, Barbados to the late Glendora and Frank Williams. He had two siblings, the late Joseph Cyrus and his dear sister Claudine who still resides in Barbados.  Franklyn was educated at St. Peter Boy’s School in Barbados.  As a young...

Sep 22, 2023

 

James E. Logan Jr., son of the late Bertha Johnson Logan and James E. Logan Sr. was born on September 26, 1942, in Sumter, South Carolina. “Jimmy”, as he was affectionately called, was the second child of four children. He was educated in Sumter, S.C. Public School System and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1960.

 

After...

Sep 11, 2023

Judith Matilda Lawrence was born on December 14, 1943, to the late Ethelbert and Millicent Wallace in Brooklyn, New York. She was the youngest of five siblings all of whom preceded her in death.  Judy, affectionately known to her family and friends, was educated in the New York City school system, and graduated from Wingate High School. She was proficient...

Aug 16, 2023

 

Andrew Recaldo Stephens was born in Georgetown St. Vincent on March 29, 1957 to Ms. Louise Nanton and Mr. Joseph Stephens. Andrew left St. Vincent and the Grenadines in 1968 with Joseph and Norma Stephens along with his siblings Ruth, Naomi and Ken. They moved to England where Andrew developed a deep love for reggae music. Four years later...

Jul 19, 2023

 

Alex Antonio Rivera, son of Jessica Meza, was born on September 25, 2004, in East Meadow, New York. He was the eldest of two children and the protector of his younger brother. Alex attended H. Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square. Even after transitioning from Hempstead to Franklin Square, Alex graduated on June 25th, 2022.

 

 Whenever Alex...

Jun 8, 2023

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Michael Allen Alston was born in the Tar Heel State, Louisburg, North Carolina on Dec 28th, 1950, in his grandparents’ home. Michael was always a fighter; He fought coming into this world at exactly at 2.5lbs.  Born to his amazing...

May 25, 2023

 

Lescott “Rohan” Bailey was born in Kingstown St. Vincent, on November 16, 1973.  He was the son of Mary “Agnes” Bailey and Roy Forbes.  He was the last of five boys.

 

Lescott attended the Petersville School, Kingstown Methodist School and Emmanuel High School.  Upon leaving school, “Rohan” opened a Barber Shop at our home in Paul’s Avenue.  He...

Mar 22, 2023

Mar 17, 2023

Emma Lee Murphy, daughter of the late Pearlie Bell Newman and Charlie Newman was born on June 27, 1943, in Trenton, New Jersey.

 

Emma Lee had two siblings Rosa Lee (Charlene) Towner and the late Barbara Jean Greene.

 

Emma Lee met then married the late Lewis Driskell. Their union was 4 children, the late Cynthia Hickson,...

Feb 18, 2023

 

Andrene Claudette Stewart was born on August 13, 1981, at Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston Jamaica W.I., to her proud parents Enalyn Thomas and Jeff Stewart. Andrene was raised in Jamaica W.I. until the age of eight. In 1989 she left for the U.S.A., where she settled in Brooklyn N.Y., with her family.

 

From 1989 Andrene started attending...

Feb 10, 2023

Joan Bell-Pryce, affectionately known and called by family and friends as “Joanne”, was born on December 24, 1964, in Portland Jamaica West Indies, to Parents Gloria Sylvester & Samuel Bell who are now both deceased.  

 Joan was always a “go-getter”, ambitious, she valued family and education and as such following her tenure at the Titchfield High School in Port Antonio,...