Ms. Millicent Violetta Joseph also known as Ashby was born on the 2nd of February 1921 to Adela Francis and James Joseph in Parham Town.

She moved to Seaview Farm and then to Freeman Village until recently, where she relocated to Tindale Road and currently resides.

Ms. Joseph is mother to ten (10) children, Cyril Samuel, Dornell & Gloria Ferris and one other whose name is unknown, all (deceased), Victor Gore, Cordella Ferris Parker, Gweneth Ferris Pelle, Wilda Ferris Chatman, Rhona Ferris and Sylvester Ferris.

Ms. Joseph worked on the Loco Line for many years cutting sugar cane. She was also a farmer and woodcutter.

She is a faithful member of the Freeman’s Village Methodist Church and she ensured that all her children attended church on Sundays and participated in church activities.

Ms. Joseph currently has twenty-eight (28) grandchildren, forty-five (45) great grand-children and five (5) great-great-grandchildren.

She was a caring grandmother to all her grandchildren and did her very best to instil values in them.

Her favourite song is “What a friend we have in Jesus.” The beginning of a day for Ms. Joseph starts with prayers and thanking the creator for life. Her favourite food is Fungi, Fish and Cassava.

Ms. Joseph was a caregiver to many people in the village and was the life of the party as she was usually the first on the dance floor.

Ms. Joseph was also a strict disciplinarian, who gave her children a specific time to get home and they were not allowed to leave the house without Cordella the eldest sister.

Ms. Joseph remains collective and is surrounded by her immediate and church families who show her much love.