Gwendolyn Anita Moore was the center of attention on Saturday, January 1, when family members “raised their glasses” and toasted the island’s first centenarian for 2022. Ms. Moore was the first to receive a virtual visit by President of Barbados, The Most Honourable...
Dame Avisene Caesaretta Carrington, DA, SCM, was born in the Ivy, St. Michael to Robert and Beatrice Inniss on September 17, 1918. From an early age Avisene Carrington had a passion for teaching, which had its origins in a divine plan that kept her in the classroom...
Jessie Cecilia Rudder was born on December 24, 1921, on the island of Barbados, West Indies. She is the third of six children born to Phillip and Annie Goddard of Halls Road, St. Michael. She completed her secular education at Church Village School. She married...
Melville Uriah Williams, who was born in 1910 and lived in St. Peter, was a very accomplished saddler. His parents were Napoleon Bonaparte and Mariah Williams. He referred to himself as the Master Saddler. His father who was also a saddler, was a prominent and...
Born in 8th Avenue, New Orleans, St. Michael, Gwendolyn was a pupil of Westbury Elementary School. In adulthood, she worked as a laundress for private homes and then later as a domestic. Two of the prominent families for whom she worked at the time were...
