IT IS WITH PROFOUND SADNESS THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE DEATH OF: LAYMEN ADRIEN NEE JNO BAPTISTE BETTER KNOWN AS SISTER LAY
AGE: 91 OF: MORNE RACHETTE
SHE DIED ON: WEDNESDAY, 29TH SEPTEMBER, 2021 AT HER RESIDENCE
SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO SONS: COLSON BENJAMIN IN THE UK AND RAWLE JOSEPH IN DOMINICA
SIX DAUGHTERS: CHRISTINE, ALTHEA AND VELMA ADRIEN IN ST. MAARTEN, HELENA LONGFORT AND PAULA ADRIEN IN GUADELOUPE AND EUTHELIE ADRIEN IN DOMINICA
SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED BY HER GRANDCHILDREN: GERRY, CONRAD, MICHAEL AND KARIM IN THE UK; DEBBIE WILLIAMS AND BIKO JOSEPH IN THE US; MARIE-PAULE, PASCAL, LINDA, ALINA, CHARLES, KARINE AND MOISE IN FRANCE; ANNIE, KORAH, SHERMELLA AND JANIEL IN ST. MAARTEN; WILDA, SYLVIO, MARIE-CHRISTIAN, ADELE, FRANCELISE, LOIC AND JEFF IN GUADELOUPE; CATHY AUBREY-MATTHEW EMPLOYEE OF THE DOMINICA EXPORT IMPORT AGENCY (DEXIA), LIANNE, SHAYAN AND JAHEEM ADRIEN IN DOMINICA
ADOPTED GRAND CHILDREN: DELIZE AND VERLIZE PAUL IN THE US AND VERNIE PAUL IN DOMINICA
GREAT GRAND CHILDREN: 29 INCLUDING NADIKA, FAITH, FAREZ, KAIYAH, ZEMIRA, AURELIE, JOLANN & GIOVANNI
SISTERS: JANET JNO BAPTISTE IN THE UK AND URSULA WEBSTER (MA RANIE) IN DOMINICA
SONS IN LAW: ERNEST HERMAN, EPHRAIM LONGFORT
DAUGHTERS IN LAW: CHRISTABEL JOSEPH, JENNIFER WHITE
MANY NIECES & NEPHEWS INCLUDING: BEVERLY, BRENDA, AUGUSTUS, RENNICKS, LOFTUS, TONY AND STEVE WEBSTER; RUTHINE BUTLER; SANDY, SHARON AND JACKIE.
IN-LAWS: LINA THEOPHILE AND CLAUDIA ADRIEN
CLOSE FRIENDS & RELATIVES INCLUDING:
EUWELLA SHILLINGFORD & FAMILY, ALVIN LEWIS & FAMILY, LUVIA JNO BAPTISTE & FAMILY, MARCELINE FRITZ & FAMILY, ALEXANDER TOULON & FAMILY, ELIZABETH PAUL & FAMILY, PHILBERT (VIELLECORE) WEBSTER, VANESSA WEBSTER, VARINA, DAVID, GRACIE, VERNA, AIMMA, FERDIE, AGATHA, WILSON, GILSON, RUTHA, LISTER, EMERLINE, VELLIE, REBECCA, EUNA, MAGDALENE, ISABELLA, IVY PAUL AND FAMILY, LEANDRA PAUL, BARBARA-ANN, INA, VERSHANTIE, RAYMOND, JERRY ADRIEN, ELMA ADRIEN, HON. NICHOLS ‘SHANKS’ ESPRIT, HILARY MATTHEW, HON. HECTOR JOHN. SPECIAL THANKS TO DOCTORS JEAN JACQUES, NEWTON AND JEFFREY. NURSE JULIEN, NURSE MOSES AND NURSE LAROCQUE AND FIRE OFFICERS OF THE ST JOSEPH FIRE STATION.
THE JNO BAPTISTE, ADRIEN, JULIEN, WEBSTER, LAROCQUE & SHILLINGFORD FAMILIES AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES OF MORNE RACHETTE, COULIBISTRIE & SALISBURY.
MANY OTHER RELATIVES BOTH HERE AND ABROAD TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.
THE BODY OF THE LATE LAYMEN ADRIEN WILL BE VIEWED AT 1:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY, 16TH OCTOBER 2021 AT THE COULIBISTRIE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
THE FUNERAL SERVICE TAKES PLACE AT 1:30 P.M. AND FOLLOWED BY INTERMENT AT THE COULIBISTRIE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH CEMETERY
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ENTRUSTED TO GENTLE REST FUNERAL SERVICES
FUNERAL WILL BE BROADCASTED LIVE VIA EMONEWS