The name Meta Jessamy and her late husband Ralph Jessamy should stand out as two of the workers who helped with the extension of the then Seawell International Airport in the 1970’s. Governor General Dame Sandra Mason, relatives, friends and well-wishers were on hand...
Alma Geraldine Rae lived all her life at 4th Avenue, Harts Gap, Christ Church. Mrs. Rae worked at the Marine Hotel in Hastings. She was married to Edmund Rae, whom she loved very much. Mother of one child, four grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and five great,...
Winston Brewster was born in Gibbons, Christ Church. Educated at Providence Boys’ School, Winston worked alongside his grandmother pulling grass at Gibbons Plantation, in the same parish until age 10. Later, he worked weeding the roads and clearing gutters...
Edna Cumberbatch, this island’s oldest recorded female, has died at the age of 110. Mrs. Cumberbatch passed away on Tuesday, November 19, at the Roywardeen Caring Home, Friendly Hall, St. Lucy, where she was a resident for the past 19 years. Born in Fustic Village,...
Eileen Sealy was born in Knight’s Village, St. John, and educated at Mount Tabor Primary School to seventh standard. After leaving school at age 14, she was employed as a maid at the then amalgamated police and fire station in Four Roads, where she spent 45 years in...
