FREDDY WHEATLEY WAS BORN TO MARY BOYNES AND ORTHNEIL WHEATLEY ON JUNE 25, 1949. HE WAS BORN AND LIVED A WONDERFUL LIFE ON THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND OF ST. THOMAS. HE SPENT PART OF HIS EARLY CHILDHOOD IN NEW YORK AND THEN MOVED TO THE ISLAND OF ST, CROIX BEFORE RELOCATING TO HIS BEAUTIFUL HOME ON AT ST. THOMAS.
FREDDIE WHEATLEY AND ROSALIE MAGRAS, MET EACH OTHER IN 1970 AND FELL IN LOVE. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF DATING HE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO TIE THE KNOT, SO ON JULY 13, 1976 THEY UNITED IN MARRAIGE. FREDDIE AND ROSALIE CELEBRATED 44 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS OF MARRAIGE. FREDDIE AND ROSALIE BORE THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN KEVIN WHEATLEY, THERISA AND CHYNEL WHEATLEY.
FREDDIE WORKED AS A PUBLIC BUS DRIVER FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS. SHORTLY AFTER HE LEFT, HE WORKED WITH THE VI WATER AND POWER AUTHORITY. HE DECEIDED TO LAUNCH OUT AND START HIS OWN TAXI AND TOUR COMPANY BUSINESS. HE WORKED WITH THREE MAJOR HOTELS ON THE ISLAND. FREDDIE, ALONG WITH A FLEET OF CAB DRIVERS, WORKED WITH HIS COMPANY. THE BUSINESS WAS SUCCESSFUL AND PROSPERED OVER THE YEARS. AFTER HURRICANE MARILYN PASSED, THINGS BECAME VERY SLOW. BECAUSE OF HIS EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERICENCE WHILE WORKING AT WAPA, THEY REQUESTED HIS ASSISTANCE DURING THE RECOVERY STAGES AFTER THE STORM.
HE SPECIALIZED IN CAR MECHANICS, HOUSE BUILDING AND REPAIRS. HE WAS THE BEST HANDYMAN YOU COULD FIND. HE THAUGHT HIS SON AND GIRLS EVERYTHING HE KNEW.
DURING THIS TIME, FREDDIE HAD SURGERY FOR A KNEE REPLACEMENT. AS A RESULT, HE BECAME DISABLED AND RETIRED FROM WAPA. BEING A TAXI DRIVER AT HEART, HE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE HIS TAXI SERVICE UNTIL HE BECAME ILL AND COULD NO LONGER DRIVE.
FREDDIE HAD DEVELOPED A MULTITUDE OF ILLINESSES AND COMPLICATIONS WHICH EVENTUALLY WAS THE DETERMINING FACTOR FOR HIS DEATH IN MARCH 2021.
HE LOVED BEING A DAD, HUSBAND, AND GRANDFATHER:
HE LOVED HIS FAMILY UNCONDITIONALLY AND TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN PROVIDING FOR THEM. HE SPENT MANY PRECIOUS MOMENTS SHARING FUN LOVING TIMES WITH THEM. THE LOVE FREDDIE AND ROSALIE HAD GREW AS THEY AGED TOGETHER.
HIS HEART WAS SO FULL OF LOVE THAT HE BECAME A FATHER AND GRANFATHER FIGURE TO MANY WHO WERE BLESSED TO COME INTO HIS LIFE. HE WAS A PROUD AND DEDICATED FATHER AND GRANDFATHER.
HIS SPECIAL HOLIDAYS WERE THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS. THESE WERE TIMES WHEN FAMILY AND FRIENDS WOULD COME TOGETHER AND HAVE FUN.
FREDDIE REDEDICATED HIS LIFE TO CHRIST. DURING HIS LAST DAYS HE CALLED TO JESUS, EVEN IN HIS TIME OF SUFFERING.
UPON HIS FINAL PROGNOSIS FROM THE DOCTOR THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THAT COULD BE DONE, HE UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPTED HIS FATE. HIS LAST REQUEST WAS “I WANT TO SEE MY GRANDCHILDREN ” THIS REQUEST WAS MET WHILE HOSPITALIZED. ALONG WITH HIS DAUGHTERS BY HIS SIDE.
HE ENDURED MUCH PAIN AND SUFFERING THE LAST TWO MONTHS OF HIS LIFE.
FREDDIE PEACEFULLY AND SLOWLY SILENTLY SLEPT AWAY DURING THE NIGHT WITH HIS FAMILY BY HIS BEDESIDE. HE IS NOW SINGING, DANCING AND PRAISING HIS MAKER. NO MORE SUFFERING, PAIN, SORROW, OR GRIEF.
HE IS NOT IN OUR PAST BUT IN OUR FUTURE. WE THANK GOD FOR THE TIME HE HAS GIVEN HIM TO US.
SO TODAY WE ARE CELEBRATING THE HOME GOING OF OUR HUSBAND, DAD, GRANDFATHER, UNCLE, BROTHER….
FAMILY
WIFE: ROSALIE WHEATLEY
DAUGHTERS: THERISA WHEATLEY, CHYNEL FREEMAN
GRANDAUGHTERS: SHEKOYA HARRIGAN, DESTINY BARESSI, ANGEL BARESSI, SHANNIA FREEMAN
GRANDSONS: TIMMOTHY BARRESI, SEAN HARRIGAN III, SHIMOY FREEMAN
SISTERS: BEVERLEY, ETTA, ZELPHIA, LINDA, THEOLINDA, LELIA, PATRICIA, DELIA, LINDA, PATSY
BROTHERS: EDDIE, THYRON, BYRON, VINCENT
SISTER IN LAWS: DOLORES, SHIRLEY
BROTHER IN LAWS: JEAN, RUDOLPH
CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER:
ANDERSON, KAREEM, EDDERSON, KYLE
BARBARA, SIMONE, SHERREL, SHANTEL, DAVID JUNIOR
SUZETTE, LISA, ALLISON, TANY
VALDIMIRE, JUNIOR, KIMWASSI,
SPECIAL FRIENDS: ROMEO, BUSSUE, CLOVIS, MOHAMMED, MR SMITH, AND THEIR FAMILIES
MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS, TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION
