Cynthia P. Rose

CYNTHIA PETRONIA ROSE "SISTER ROSE", AGE 76, BORN FEBRUARY 12, 1944, IN ST. THOMAS, JAMAICA, PASSED AWAY MONDAY AUGUST 10TH, 2020, IN NEW CASTLE DELAWARE AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIA.

UNTIL HER HEALTH CONDITION MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE, CYNTHIA "SISTER ROSE" WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN THE HOUSE OF REFUGE CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY, UNDER THE PASTORSHIP OF BISHOP EARL ROBINSON. SHE WORKED WITH MANY MINISTRIES AND SERVICES INCLUDING HER FAVORITE MINISTRY; VISTING NURSING HOMES AND HOMECARE-PRAYING AND ENCOURAGING THE ELDERLY AND SHUT-IN'S.

CYNTHIA LOVED AND SERVED THE LORD WITH ALL HER HEART AND SOUL. SHE WAS A WOMAN WHO DEMONSTRATED LOVE, COMFORT, PEACE AND CARING FOR EVERYONE SHE ENCOUNTERS. SHE TRULY EXEMPLIFIED THE CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY OF WHAT A TRUE CHRISTIAN SHOULD BE. EVERYONE THAT KNEW HER AND MET HER, SAW THE LOVE SHE EMBODIED.

CYNTHIA WAS SELFLESS, COMPASSIONATE AND AFFECTIONATE. HER LIFE WAS NOTHING LESS THAN CONTAGIOUS. SHE DEVOTED HER LIFE TO THE LORD AND SAVIOR AND HER FAMILY. SHE LOVED LIFE AND SHE LIVED HER LIFE TO ITS FULLEST. SHE WAS MANY THINGS TO MANY PEOPLE AND IF EVERYONE PRESENT HERE TODAY WAS TO BE ASKED TO DESCRIBE IN ONE WORD WHAT SISTER ROSE MEANT TO THEM, THE LIST WOULD BE EXHAUSTIVE.

THERE ARE JUST A FEW VERY DEAR TERMS THAT IMMEDIATELY COME TO MIND IN ATTEMPT TO DESCRIBE SISTER ROSE; LOVING MOTHER, THE GREATEST GRANNY, WONDERFUL AUNTIE, BEST FRIEND, GENEROUS TO A FAULT, KIND, BUT MOST OF ALL GOD'S LOVING ANGEL. ONE WORD CANNOT DEFINE A PERSON LIKE CYNTHIA AND WHAT SHE MEANT TO HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND ALL THE LIVES SHE HAS TOUCHED.

THE LORD WAS FIRST AND FOREMOST IN HER LIFE, THEN THE NEXT MOST PRECIOUS TO HER WERE HER GRANDCHILDREN. THEY MEANT EVERYTHING TO HER. JUST AS JESUE LOVES LITTLE CHILDREN, SO WAS HER LOVE AND DEVOTION FOR HER GRAND CHILDREN. IF YOU EVER HEARD HER SPOKE OF THEM, IT WAS SO INSPIRING AND DEEPLY TOUCHING THE WAY SHE WOULD CHARACTERIZED EACH ONE. BUT IF YOU KNEW MOM, THAT WAS HER TRADEMARK, ... ALWAYS A KIND WORD OR A VERSE OF SCRIPTURE THAT WOULD INSPIRE AND INSTILL CONFIDENCE IN YOU. SHE HAD A WAY ABOUT HER THAT WOULD JUST SHOWCASE THAT BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN LOVE SHE WAS SO WELL KNOWN FOR.

THERE WAS ALSO HER CHURCH FAMILY WHICH SHE SPOKE OF ALL THE TIME. SHE REALLY LOVED SHARING THE STORY OF OUR LORD WITH THEM ... AND NOW SHE RESIDES IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN WITH HER LORD AND SAVIOR AND SHE STANDS SO STRAIGHT AND TALL ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD ... THERE'S NO MORE SICKNESS, NO MORE PAIN, SHE IS NOW STANDING EVER UPRIGHT AND WHOLE, SINGING THE PRAISES OF HER LORD AND SAVIOR ... THE KING OF ALL KINGS.

SPEAKING OF TRADEMARKS, WE SHOULD NOT FORGET HER COOKING ... ESPECIALLY HER OXTAILS, AND SEAFOODS! SHE WAS CERTAINLY AN EXCELLENT COOK…HER FOOD WAS SOOOOO GOOD, BUT OH! SHE COULD PUT THE WEIGHT ON YOU IN A MINUTE...

THEN THERE WAS HER LAUGHTER. SHE MADE US LAUGH HARD AND LOUD, REAL HARD THAT SOMETIMES OR ANOTHER, I AM SURE, YOU ALL HAVE CALLED HER NAME OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS AND LAUGHED AT SOME OF HER HILARIOUS JOKES. THE LAST JOKE OF MOTHER WAS DURING THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, SHE TOLD SAID THAT SHE SAW THE ELECTED AND CURRENT PRESIDENT AND ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN HER DAUGHTER'S BACKYARD SPYING ON HER. ONE COULD TRULY TELL THEN THAT CYNTHIA WAS BECOMING COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED.

MOSTLY THOUGH, CYNTHIA WAS A PASSIONATE AND SPIRITED PROTECTOR. SHE WAS A FORCE TO BE RECOND WITH. TO MESS WITH ANY OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS WAS TO BREW A STORM. THEY USED TO CALL HER "HURRICANE" (SAID AUNT MELODY), BECAUSE WHENEVER SHE WAS UPSET OR MAD, AND SHE WAS ABOUT TO MAKE HER FEELINGS KNOWN TO WHOMEVER, …. YOU COULD FEEL THE GROUND SHAKING WITH HER FOOTSTEPS AS SHE SOUGHT TO CONFRONT THAT PERSON.

CYNTHIA WAS DEFINITELY RELIABLE AND DEPENDABLE, CANDID AND SINCERE, WHICH DEMONSTRATED IN HER GENUINE LOVE. I AM SURE YOU CAN'T THINK OF TIMES WHEN YOU NEEDED HER TO SHOW UP AND SHE DIDN'T. AS THE HUMAN NATURE DICTATES AT TIMES, IF CYNTHIA DID ANYTHING THAT SHE KNEW WAS AGAINST HER CONSCIENCE, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER SHE SET YOU STRAIGHT WITH SOME VERBAL EXPRESSIONS, SHE ASKED GOD'S FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILED HER DIFFERENCE.

CYNTHIA TOOK SO SERIOUSLY THE CALL OF JESUS ON HER LIFE AND LIVED HER LIFE CHARACTERIZED BY SACRIFICIAL LOVE AND SERVICE IN HER LOCAL CHURCH. FAMILY AND FRIENDS WAS WERE TOUCHED BY CYNTHIA'S DETERMINATION TO LIVE OUT HER ALLOTTED SPIRITUAL PATH.

TODAY, IT IS SAFE TO SAY, FROM THE LIFE CYNTHIA "SISTER ROSE" LIVED, THAT SHE IS STANDING IN THE PRESENCE OF HER MAKER, SMILING AND PRAISING GOD FOR THE TIME GOD HAD SPENT LOVING AND COMFORTING HER AND FORGIVING HER EACH TIME SHE ACTED OUT THE ALIAS NAME OF "HURRICANE."

CYNTHIA PREDECEASED HER PARENTS: PHILIP BENJAMIN ROSE AND ICILDA MCLEAN. BROTHERS MORRIS ROSE AND SIMROY ROSE. SISTERS JOYCE DUNNIGAN, IANTY ROSE AND HER DAUGHTER MICHELLE LATOUCHE. CYNTHIA SURVIVED BY BROTHERS: HENRY CARBERRY ROSE, RAUL ROSE AND NEDLEY ROSE, SISTERS: HYTHA CLARKE AND VERA MILES; DAUGHTERS: JANET FINDLAY (LONDON, ENGLAND), SANDRA ESPEUT (LONDON, ENGLAND), AND SIMONE COX (DELAWARE, USA). SONS: JASON ESPEUT (DELAWARE, USA) AND ANTON BROWN (JAMAICA); GRAND-CHILDREN: KEISHA RANKIN, TYSHIA WILSON, PAUL BLACK, CAMILLE THELWELL, JAHVELL VASSELL, OCHAINE WILLIAMS, SHANTELL GORDON, MIKAIL COX, MIKAYLA COX, TAFFARIE BROWN, PATRICE BROWN, GARAGE BROWN, JORDAN ESPEUT, ANDRE ESPEUT, DAMARI ESPUET, ADONIS ESPEUT, SHENNELL ESPEUT AND BRANDON ESPEUT; GREAT GRAND-CHILDREN: DEMI RHODEN, JANAE-JOY AJASA, TAMARA PALMER, COURTNEY GAVIN, MATTHEW GRAY, ZOEY HALL, JAVONTAE BLACK, JAVARNI BLACK, LYLA-RAE BLACK, LAYLA BLACK, MYAH-ROSE BLACK, RICARDO WILLIAMS, SKY PESSOA, ANAYA-BRELLE PESSOA, TYANA PESSOA; AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.


SISTER CYNTHIA ROSE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AND REMAIN IN THOSE HEARTS AND MINDS FOREVER MORE. HER LIFE HAS CERTAINLY TOUCHED MANY OF THE LIVES SHE CROSSED PATH WITH. SHE POSITIVELY IMPACTED MANY BOTH YOUNG AND OLD BEFORE SHE SAID, "GOOD-BYE WORLD, I STAY NO LONGER WITH YOU, BECAUSE I HAVE MADE UP MY MIND TO GO GOD'S WAY." SO LONG CYNTHIA. TAKE YOUR REST UNTIL THEN OUR HEART WILL KEEPING ON SINGING, UNTIL THE DAY WE MEET NEVER TO SAY GOOD-BYE.