Mother of Vale Lucas, Ruth Holder, Mack, Pauline, Newton, Graham and Marcela James;

Grandmother of Shumain Cespedes, Latoya, Marco and Joshua Holder, Darshan Bridgeman, Joseph, Dave, Akeem, Sheckquille, Brittany, Shamel, Kishawn, Naymon and Nadine James, Shaquan Billingy, Nathan Samuel, Tyrese Brathwaite, Kemario Cox, Lex Lucas and the late Ricci Forde;

Great-grandmother of Jesaidi James, Gianna Cespedes, Delonte Emmanuel and the late Kelvin James;

Sister of Morva DeFreitas, Victor and Veda James (all of St. Vincent), Naomi Yarde, Ali and Moses James, Cassia Grant and Mavis Harding;

Aunt of Vasilca Harding and many others;

Mother-in-law of Elmore Lucas, Winston Holder and Trevor Forde;

Relative of the Horne, Samuel, James, Harding and DeFreitas families;

Friend of many.

A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Zilpha Thelma James will take place on Friday February 28, 2025 at St. John’s Parish Church where relatives and friends are asked to meet at 3.00 pm.  The cortege will then proceed to the St. John’s Cemetery for the interment.

Her body will repose for viewing on Thursday from 3.30 pm until 5.30 pm at Jo-Anne Jones Funeral Services and on Friday at the Church from 2.00 pm until the start of the service during which time floral tributes will be gratefully accepted. 

The Organist and members of the Church Choir are kindly asked to attend.

Monetary donations toward the upkeep of the Church will be appreciated.

The service will be streamed live on Friday from 2.45 pm on https://eternally-cherished.online/ZilphaJames

If desired, e-mails of condolence or tributes may be directed to the family to jojonesfuneral@gmail.com or by phone to (246) 418-0879 or 262-8745. 

FINAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE IN THE CARE AND TRUST OF JO-ANNE JONES FUNERAL SERVICES AND PRE-ARRANGEMENT CENTRE LTD., “CLOVELLY”, WELCHES, CHRIST CHURCH. 

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