Vincy centenarian Emmeline
Nash Barbour turns 101
By Nelson A. King
Surrounded by family, and
close friends and supporters,
Vincentian centenarian,
Emmeline Nash Barbour on
May 31 celebrated her 101st
birthday with a bash at her
home in Jamaica, Queens.
“I feel very good, wonderful
to be celebrating my birthday
with my family,” Nash Barbour
told Caribbean Life on
Wednesday. “I didn’t expect
I would reach there (101st
birthday), but I thank God I
reach there.”
But, in the same breadth,
she said she is looking forward
to her 120th birthday.
Nash Barbour — who
migrated to New York in 1986,
from Spring Village in the
North Leeward constituency
in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
— based her longevity
on being “grateful to people
and God.
“I pray every morning and
every night to God to make
me a good person, and I ask
God to live good with my children,”
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said Nash Barbour, who
lives with her last daughter,
Jana Williams, her sole caretaker.
Nash Barbour’s husband,
Thomas Ezekiel Barbour, died
on Sept. 24 last year, in Jamaica,
Queens. He was 93.
“My eating and my health
are perfect,” Barbour said.
“My memory is good; everything
is good.”
Barbour, who was born on
May 31, 1920, formerly worshipped
at Vision Pentecostal
Church on Tilden Avenue in
Brooklyn.
Williams said her mom
enjoys the simple things in
life.
“She loves to pop the bubble
rapper and often refers
to it as her company, when
she is watching TV,” said Williams,
adding that her mother’s
favorite color is red; her
favorite game shows are Wheel
of Fortune, Jeopardy and Family
Feud; and her favorite soap
opera is General Hospital.
“She also loves to tell stories
of her life growing up,
and all her generations enjoys
listening to her,” she continued.
“She is of sound mind,
fully aware of what’s going
on around her. Her children
and grand-children relatives
and friends join to wish her a
happy 101st birthday.”
Williams said Barbour gave
birth to 11 children – three
deceased – and currently has
over 100 grand, great and
great, great-grand-children.
“She lives to see her fourth
generation,” Williams said.
Barbour’s grand-daughter,
Curlina Edwards-Hills, a
prominent Vincentian community
activist and lawyer in
New York, said she was “very
grateful to God for His blessings”
on her grand-mother.
“We love her very much
and look forward to spending
many, many more birthdays,”
Edwards-Hills told Caribbean
Life. “She’s really the anchor
that holds our family together.
She’s well respected and loved;
so, everyone listens to her.” Emmeline Nash Barbour at 101. Michael Edwards
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