Ethel Jeanette Small was born in St. Simon’s St. Andrew. On leaving St. Simon’s Girls’ School, she spent some of her formative years in Eagle Hall, St. Michael where she worked as a domestic for several households, including the Cheeseman family who resided in...
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...
Elvira Jane Leacock, better known as Sarah Gilkes was born on June 7, 1874, in Lamberts, St. Lucy. “Sasa”, as she was familiarly known moved to 5th Avenue, New Orleans with her daughter, Leonora Scantlebury in the 1930s, where she resided until her passing in...
John Foster made a name for himself as one of this island’s Chief Sanitary Public Health Inspectors. Born in Belleplaine, St. Andrew, John was educated at St. Andrew’s Boys’ School, the Alleyne School and Harrison College; He worked as an apprentice druggist before a...
Mrs. Iris Browne, who was born in St. Catherine, St. Philip, was elated to see her siblings, children, and their families join in celebrating her 100th birthday on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at Coral Haven, The Crane, St. Philip. Mrs. Browne was especially...
