Patriarch McArthur Tyson Jarvis died on March 19 in Columbia, South Carolina.
He was preceded in death by his son, Edward Jarvis.
He is survived by his wife, Clytie Braithwaite Jarvis; son, Collin Jarvis; daughters: Carla Jarvis and Arthurlyn Jarvis Sanders; grandchildren: Janee, Jillary, Aquino, Kaela, Kiara and Khalil Jarvis, Keyon Edwards, Demond, Dallas and Lya Sanders, Ashley Jarvis and Dane Maduro Jr.; siblings: Bernard Soanes, Gaston Thomas and Edwina Carter; nieces and nephews: Skeet, Andy, Norbert and Dawn Jarvis, Josephine, Virginia, Omawalle and Nicholas Samuel, Edson Ryan and Aury Carter George, Brittany, Courtney and Nyanja Thomas, Dawn and Yvette Peterson; daughters-in-law: Corliss Joseph Jarvis and Cherise Williams Jarvis; son-in-law, Herman Demond Sanders; sisters-in-law: Irene Edney, Lenora Browne (Jimmy) and Gloria Braithwaite; brothers-in-law: Zoltan Braithwaite (Mandie) and Earl Braithwaite; uncle, Foster Charles; and godchildren: George Otto, Nigel Sheppard, Alfred Webbe, Dorn Davis and Connie Francis.
He is also survived by cousins: Sylvester Browne and family, Patricia Davis Warren and family, Kai Jackson and family, Rhoney Pryce and family, Charmaine Hackett and family, Reginald Thomas, Ineta Graham and family, Lerlene Arrindell and family, Rohan Coates Jr., the Coates family and the Claxton family; close friends: Inez James and family, St. Claire and Camella Greene, Jefroy Morrishaw, Aston Tushie Francis and family, Wesley Sheppard and family, Enoch Lewis, Hugh Gore, Leon Stevens, Sir Vivian Richards, Sir Andy Roberts, Taddy Arrindell, Edmond Cornelius, Roxy Joseph, Calvin Richards, Leon Jarvis and family, Charles Anthony and family, Wesley Browne and family, Ynette Tyson and family, Clive Rivers Esq. and family, Calvert Gibson and family, Roosevelt David, George Goodwin, George Byam, Derrick Cole, Jerry Bougouneaux, Weston Daniel, Kauwin James, Maxwell James, Q.T. Powell, Lionel Carter and family, Keith Hector, Donald Tyson, and Dr. Ronald Anders and family.
Other survivors include more special friends: Dr. Marc Jerome and family, Senator Novelle Francis and Buddha Francis, Ira Hobson, Clinton Swanston, Dean Baptiste and family, Lennox Galloway, Hudson Edo Browne, Alphonso Meade, Winston Nurse, Flavia Logie Esq., Leopold Richardson, Alfredo Edwards III, Ellerton Maynard, Lola Schjang and family, Gloria Carlos and Neville James, Ruthlyn Matthew and family, Mona Green, Alicia Torres Gustave, Brother Smithen, Junie Mayers, Derrick Martin, Anderson Williams, Margaret Joseph and family, Everton Meade, Blondelle Barnes, McDonald Caesar, George Thibou, Benson Morton, Donald Martin, Wingrove Williams, Janice Rose and family, Zabu Richardson, Randall Rissing, Gerard Luz James II, Emile Jacobs, the Queen’s Ridge Condominium family, the Pares Village family, the Rattan family, Unique Tropical Sports Club, Veterans Sport Club, Twin City Cricket Association, St. Thomas Cricket Association, Leeward Islands Cricket Board, and The Antigua and Barbuda Association of St. Croix; and many other family and friends too numerous to mention.
The viewing will be held from 3-5 p.m., Tuesday, April 18, at the James Memorial Funeral Home in LaGrande Princesse.
Tributes and a eulogy will begin at 9 a.m. followed by a funeral service at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 19, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 27 King Street, Christiansted. Interment will be at Kingshill Cemetery.
