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Janice Bernice Morton Turnbull Dies at 60

Janice Bernice Morton Turnbull, 60, of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands passed away Friday, Nov. 8.

Janice Bernice Morton Turnbull

Left to cherish her memories  are her father, James Morton and wife Sonia Morton; her mother, Hilarine Elmira (Swanston) Ward (deceased), her husband, Derek N. Turnbull Sr.; children: Shanice (Turnbull) Liburd-Gardner, Shamoya Turnbull, Shamoie Turnbull; grandchildren: Liburd-Gardner Jr., Nakobe Liburd-Gardner, Se’NaiTurnbull; god children, Dennis McCall Jr., Adorna Bussue-Browne (Christmas), Terika Scatliffe; brothers, Anthony Swanston, Keven J. Morton, Kahmal Morton; sisters, Jacqueline Rey, Nicole Morton; stepsister and brother, Naydia and Aaron Ward; nieces and nephews, Teje’a and Tevante’ Swanston, Keven K. Morton, Kyvonn Edward, Monisha Rey-Clark, Malkom Rey, Akira and Elonah Morton, Niah and Nala Edet, Kaimaal Richardson, Genesse, Khalid, Mahogani, Talib, Neil Jr., Nakayah, Asiane, AH’Mya, and Gary Jr. Turnbull, Mea Roberts, De’Kouri Lake, Dr. Samantha Mercado; Aunts: Sarah Swanston, Millicent Liburd, Agnes Hutchinson, Myrna (Rita) Hooker, Albertine Burrell; uncle, Nathaniel (Brother Joe) Swanston; stepchildren, Derek Jr., Jaysen, and Lelianna Turnbull; son in law: Nakota Liburd-Gardner Sr.; mother and father in law, Laurelie and Maxwell Turnbull; sisters in law, Flora Swanston, Jane Morton, Casselie Victoria, Ebony Turnbull, Neilsa Turnbull; brothers in law, Kevin, Neil Sr., and Gary Sr. Turnbull, Delsic Rey; godmother, Annette Beaupierre, special cousins and their families: Jasmine French-Thomas, Joseph (Saga Boy) Elliot, Brenda Smithen-Williams, Diana Swanston-Warner, Jervan, Keith, Cynthia, and Steve Swanston, Lornette Swanston-Morton, Movita Richardson, Claudette Ishmael, Erma Powell Skelton, Everette, Trevor, Carlisle, and Mervette Powell, Sylvester, Austin, and Paula Swanston, Angela Jeffers, Jeffrey Kelly, Ethlyn Philip, Livingston, Eugene, and Sylvester Herbert, Ermine Morris, Colin, Walford,  Kenrick, and Mervin Pemberton, Mervel and Jacqueline Thompson, Jennifer Heyliger, Anthony Chapman, Stevenson and Winston Philip, Ingrid Stubbs, Kenny Hooker, Ideta Pinney

Special Friends: Rubie Simmonds, Monique Brooks, Yvette Browne, RosalinBudgeon, Yvette & Denise Chiverton, Claudia McCall, Leonard Degallerie, Alvonia Gabriel, Frances Buckley, Manuelita Robles, Deborah (Machie ) Liburd, Rose Titus,Beverly Charles, Florette, Val, Odell Bussue, McKenzie Daniel, Russell Browne, Adolphus French, Margaret Elliott, Carl and Joyce Issac, Blondel Richardson-Wells, June Wyatt, Irene Proctor, Jennifer Liburd, Nestor Williams, Linda Elliott, Angela Francis, Taylor, TeNae George, Work Associates at Walgreens St. Thomas, and many other friends too numerous to mention.

Other Family Members: Swanston, Morton, Pemberton, Henderson, Liburd, Daniel, Philip, Chapman, Pinney, Webbe, Clarke, Cuffy, Elliott, Ward, Jeffers, Queely, Fyfield, Charles, and Hanley families of St. Kitts and Nevis, Congregations of Mannings SDA Church, Nevis and Maranatha SDA Church, St. Thomas

The first viewing will be Friday, Dec. 13 at Turnbull Funeral Home, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The funeral services for the late Janice B. Morton-Turnbull will take place on Monday,  Dec. 16, at the Shiloh Seventh-day Adventist Church, St. Thomas.

Viewing and tributes at the church will begin from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Services will follow at 10:00 a.m.

Interment will be in Eastern Cemetery, Smith Bay.

Arrangements Entrusted to Turnbull’s Funeral Home & Crematory Services.

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