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In Memoriam | Gwendolyn Edna Michael Henry, December 28, 1940 - March 19, 2023

The family of Gwendolyn Edna Michael Henry, affectionately known as Mother Henry, is saddened to announce her passing on Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Beltsville, Maryland, at the age of 82. Mother Henry was born on December 28, 1940, in All Saints, Antigua, to Edgar Michael and Beatrice “Millicent” James. She migrated to St. Thomas, USVI, at the age of 17, where she became a U.S. citizen and for nearly 50-years contributed to the Virgin Islands community. Mother Henry was a woman of great faith who served as a Deaconess at Pentecostal Church of God in Christ on St. Thomas. Her professional career included working as a nurse at Knud Hansen Memorial Hospital and as an accounting clerk/bookkeeper for Carib Gas (which ultimately became St. Thomas Gas Co.), and St. Thomas Dairies. Mother Henry was preceded in death by her son Jason J. Michael, close uncle Samuel Ambrose, and twin brothers, Dalma and Donald Michael. She is truly missed by her siblings, Eugene O. Smith, Alphonso Smith, Regin...