On Sunday December 29, 2024, VIOLET ERNESTA GASKIN affectionately known as “Grand Grand” of Rick’s Road, Thorpes, St. James died peacefully at age 107.
Mother of Monica Wilkinson (London), Rudolph Gaskin and the late Eric and Neville Gaskin and Dorothy Crick; Grandmother of Stephen, Vernon and Mark Gaskin, Mervyn and Maureen Beckles, Andrea Freeman, Diana and David Hall, Maureen King, David and Damian Wilkinson; Great-Grandmother of Twenty, Great-great-grandmother of Seventeen. Sister of the late Nina Gaskin and Neitha Hoyte; Aunt of Audley, Joseph, John, Pauline, Esther (USA), Lester (UK) and the late Ivan Jordan; Niece of Eudora Browne; Friend of Ian, Shirrol, Hilda and Alvin Thompson, The Pastor and members of the Full Gospel Assembly and many others.
The Funeral of the late Violet Ernesta Gaskin leaves Paramount Funeral Home, Upper Hindsbury Road, St. Michael at 11:30 am on Thursday January 16, 2025 for The Full Gospel Assembly, Prospect, St. James, where relatives and friends are asked to meet at 1:00 pm for the Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate her life. The cortege will then proceed to Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens, The Ridge, Christ Church, for the interment. Flowers may be sent to Paramount Funeral Home no later than 11:15 am on Thursday January 16, 2025.
No mourning colours by special request!
The body will repose for viewing in the Chapel of the Paramount Funeral Home on Wednesday January 15, 2025 from 3:30 pm until 5:30 pm.
The funeral service for the late Violet Ernesta Gaskin can be viewed live on youtube or at kd34streamingservices.
Fond remembrances and condolences to the family may be directed to paramount@caribsurf.com or paramountfh993@gmail.com or on Paramount’s facebook page.