Mercille LaVerne Earle

MERCILLE LaVERNE EARLE nee FORTE, aged 62, of Upper Carlton, St. James, peacefully entered into rest on April 10, 2026.
Owner of Mearles Beauty Stop, Employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade. Former Employee of Barbados Fisheries Division and Caribbean Data Services.
Daughter of the late Ena Marcelle Forte and late Vivian Husbands
Wife of Kerwin Earle
Loving Mother of Kevin Earle (Canada) and Merissa Earle
Mother-in-Law of Davandra Earle
Grandmother of Z’Nyah Chandler
Sister of Gale Ifill (USA), Yvette Forte, Evena Ward, Clovine Leslie, Winston Forte, Lisle Forte
Sister-in-Law of Charles Leslie, Everton Ifill (USA), Denis Ward
Aunt of Lesley and Alyra Kelchner (USA), Celina Leslie, Tina, Tonique, Dennis and Ariella Ward, Khalik Forte, Riana Forte-Gooding, Shana Caddle and others
Cousin of many
Relative of the Forte and Husbands families
Treasured Friend of Rev. Dr. John Yarde, Yolande Simmons, Lisa Earle, Kathelene Hackett, Shermaine McMeo, Sandra Babb, Greg Franklyn, Annette Lorde, Patricia Maynard (USA), Nisha Craigwell and Yvonne McCaskie
Board Member and Friend of The Westmoreland Church of the Nazarene family and many others
Adoptive Mother of John Yarde Jnr, James Yarde, Dario Phillips, Jenna Waterman, Abigail Forde
Member of the Optimist Club of Barbados North

A service of celebration and thanksgiving will be held on Thursday, April 30, 2026, at Western Light Church of the Nazarene, Oxnards, St. James, where relatives and friends are asked to meet at 1 p.m. The cortege will then proceed to Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens for the interment. No Mourning Colors. Flowers may be sent to Lyndhurst Funeral Home no later than 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday.
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