EMILYN COORE-ROSE WORRIED ABOUT CRIME
Emilyn Coore Rose enjoyed her special birthday celebration on Sunday, April 23. She was one hundred years old, on April 19, 2023.
She would have loved her husband to be there. He wasn’t. He died in 1993, 30 years earlier
Mrs Rose lives in Forest, near Lumsden, St Ann in the home her husband built and which is now shared by family members.
They were married in 1941.
She was born in Ebenezer, near to her present abode in St Ann, to Busha Coore and Estella Garrick. She had six children, three of whom are alive: Lascelles, Stanley, and Thelma.
She is variously called Miss Emmy, Miss Emilyn, Pullu, and Granny by her many grand and great-grandchildren and community admirers.
Four of her siblings predeceased her.
At her celebration on April 23, media personality Alvin Gallimore was among those sharing time with her. Her other siblings are Egbert and Clarence Gallimore and Mavis Williams.
(((SHE TELLS HER STORY IN A VIDEO ON NORTH COAST TIMES YOUTUBE CHANNEL)
She attended Bamboo and Brittonville Elementary schools and had a varied life as a housekeeper, farmer, and vendor at several markets, and working other jobs. She remembers working for a brief time at Bellevue Hospital in Kingston.
Mrs Rose is not happy with Jamaica in recent times.
Crime is her main concern but she says the level of selfishness and the lack of respect for elders is also bothersome.
She says she wants people to show more respect and the spirit of kindness that she knew in years of yore. She remembers that at the death of anyone, the community came together and didn’t come out expecting to be fed or given drink. They brought the grieving family everything required for the funeral and wake.
Mrs Rose says she never expected to live to see 100 but she is thankful for life, even though she complained that she has a heart condition, diabetes, and hypertension. But she moves around herself and still has a healthy appetite. She is taken care of by family members including granddaughter Stacy Scott who is part of her memory bank.
Miss Emilyn says she thanks God for life and will continue to enjoy it. “I don’t know when he’s going to call me home.” She says.
Here she comments on the Jamaica of today
See more of the interview at North Coast Times YouTube Channel
