MOTHER INEZ(ENEZ)MELITA HAYNES WAS BORN ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 12TH 1920 ON THE TWIN ISLANDS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO ADRINA THOMPSON FRASER AND SIMON FRASER. INEZ PEACEFULLY ENTERED INTO ETERNAL REST ON THURSDAY AUGUST 27TH 2026 AT THE AGE OF 105.
AFTER YEARS OF ISLAND LIVING SHE RELOCATED TO WASHINGTON D.C. IN 1970 TO BE WITH HER COUSIN WHO WAS CURRENTLY LIVING HER AT THE TIME. INEZ WAS A RESIDENT OF WASHINGTON D.C FROM THAT TIME UNTIL SHE TOOK HER LAST BREATH.
INEZ MELITA WAS AN EPISCOPALIAN AND WAS DEVOTED TO HER FAITH. SHE WAS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF ST STEPHENS AND THE INCARNATION CHURCH FROM 1970 TO HER TIME OF PASSING. INEZ LOVED THE MEMBERS AND WAS VERY HAPPY AT ST STEPHENS CHURCH. DURING HER TIME THERE SHE VOLUNTEERED FOR LOAVES AND FISHES; A PROGRAM THAT SERVED LUNCH AND DINNER TO THOSE IN NEED OF A HOT MEAL FOR DECADES.
OUTSIDE OF CHURCH SHE WAS VERY ADVENTUROUS, LOVED TRAVELING, LISTENING TO MUSIC ( SOME OF HER FAVORITE ARTISTS INCLUDE BILL PAUL, BOB MARLEY AND SPARROW), DANCING, AND BEING AROUND FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
IN HER QUEST TO CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THE WORLD, INEZ RELENTLESSLY L FOUGHT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR UNSERVED COMMUNITIES , VOLUNTEERED FOR THE ORGANIZATION WOMEN, INFANT AND CHILDREN (WIC) AND PARTICIPATED IN MARCHES THAT FOUGHT FOR EQUALITY.
IN HER QUIET MOMENTS AT HOME SHE LOVED CHALLENGING HERSELF WITH PUZZLES AND SUDOKU. SHE ENJOYED WATCHING TV SHOWS WITH JEOPARDY AND WHEEL A FORTUNE BEING HER FAVORITES. ONE TALENT THAT MANY IN THIS ROOM CAN ATTEST TO IS THAT SHE WAS AN EXCELLENT COOK, BAKER AND SEAMSTRESS CREATING DRESSES FOR WEDDINGS IN HER YOUNGER YEARS.
INEZ RETIRED FROM THE WASHINGTON CENTER FOR THE AGING AFTER YEARS OF BEING A CNA. MOTHER INEZ IS SURVIVED BY HER REMARKABLE DAUGHTERS DIANA HAYNES AND ANTOINETTE CHARLES-AQUAI, HER BEAUTIFUL GRANDDAUGHTER CANDICE HAYNES AND HANDSOME GRANDSON JASON AQUI AND HER GREAT GRANDSON ADRIAN. HER COUSIN DOLLY LAFORTUNE, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND MULTIPLE LOVED ONES WHOM SHE HELD DEAR IN HEART AND CARED FOR DEEPLY.
INEZ IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER, ADRINA FRASER, BROTHER SAMUEL FRASER AND HUSBAND EDWIN HAYNES.
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