28/01/2026
Velma Eudora Ifill, also known as Dearsis of Batalley’s, St. Peter and formerly of Checker Hall, St. Lucy entered peacefully into rest at age 92.
Former Washer of Cobblers Cove Hotel.
Daughter of the late Clarence and Lillian Griffith.
Mother of Evans, Claudette and Ormond Ifill, Sharon Ifill of Coastal Zone Management Unit, Dorien and Shirley Ifill (USA).
Grandmother of Patrick, Adrian, Natalie, Renaldo, and Khadija Ifill, Wendy Boyce (Jordan’s Supermarket) and Sharion Boyce (Registration Department), Sophia, Winston, and Tracia Ifill (USA) and the late Norman and Trevor Ifill.
Great-Grandmother of Shakir, Aaron, Akela, Kashannah, A’dari, Miwa, Ashanna, Norman, Burkheart Ellis Jr., Malik and thirteen others.
Sister of Hallam, Loretta, and the late Eunice Small, Adessa Healis, and Milton Griffith.
Aunt of Joan Healis, Pamela Small-Williams, Aiden Thompson, and twenty-five others.
Cousin of Ardelle Griffith and many.
Mother-in-law of Joyce Ifill, Everton Collymore and the late Victor “Cow” Griffith.
Relative of the the Ifill, Griffith, Healis, Small, and Cumberbatch families.
Friend of Janice Smith, Saint Worrell, Broomes and Beckles families, and many others.
The funeral of the late Velma Eudora Ifill leaves Earl’s Funeral Home, Half Moon Fort, St. Lucy on Saturday January 24th, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. for St. Peter’s Parish Church, Speightstown, St. Peter where relatives and friends are asked to meet for the Service of Thanksgiving at 10:00 a.m.
The funeral will then proceed to St. Peter’s Cemetery for the interment.
Live streaming of the funeral can be viewed via https://inlovingmemory.online/VelmaIfill
Floral tributes may be sent to Earl’s Funeral Home no later than 7:30 a.m. on Saturday.