The oldest woman on record in Barbados and a pillar in Pie Corner, St. Lucy, Ursula Caddle-Sobers, has been laid to rest. Mrs. Caddle-Sobers, who left an indelible mark on the lives of many, died on November 11, at age 107. The super centenarian was interred in the...
Lilian Straker can boast of being one of the island’s oldest cancer survivors. At 90, she gave her family quite a scare when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. This feisty lady had surgery in 2009, and doctors decided not to give her chemotherapy because...
Sintie was born in Four Roads, St. Philip, moving to Six Roads in the late 1950s. He was the second of five children born to Florence (Fields) and Thomas Gooding. He married Edith Chrichlow of Cherry Grove, St. John and they had five children – Douglas, Velda,...
Rose Wiltshire (nee Maughan) was born in St. Michael and attended Queen’s College. On leaving school, she married Wilbert Wiltshire, a Barbadian chemist employed by the Trinidad Lake Asphalt Company. They had nine children. As a housewife, Rose gave piano...
Oliver Alleyne-Williams was born in Arch Hall, St. Thomas to Jemima and Joseph Williams. Married to Doreen Williams (nee Boyce) who predeceased him, the couple resided at Richmond, St. Michael and later moved to King Edward Road, Bank Hall, St. Michael. They had...
