Joyce Yvonne Best

JOYCE YVONNE BEST JP, aged 86, of Goodland Main Road, formerly of Emmerton Lane St. Michael, entered into rest on September 11, 2026. Member of the Barbados Labour Party.
Daughter of the late Irene Burrowes and Dudley Baird.
Mother of Joan JP and Rouseau Best.
Adoptive mother of Troy Small.
Grandmother of Mosiah, Mikhael and Ciara Best.
Great-grandmother of Anya and Keonte Best.
Sister of Barbara Hynds, Graham and Edward Burrowes (USA).
Aunt of Violet, Michael, Lichella and Richard Burrowes (USA), Kathy, Vasco, Joan Lowe, Tracy, Andrew and David Hynds, Stacy and others.
Great-aunt of Shamita, Shamarla, Sheena, Akem, Kemar, Randy, Kemar, Troy and others.
Cousin of Noreen Thompson, Sandrene Agard, Michael Burrowes (Jamaica), June, Marlon Burnett, David and Sarstan Lavine.
Relative of the Baird, Best, Burrowes, Small, Thompson, Hurley and Lavine families.
Friend of Chris Gibbs, Rev, Joseph Athereley, Rev Derick Ward, the Grant families, Tony Olton, Ann, Felicia, Annie, Brenda, Janice, Heather, the Goodland Main Road Community and many others.

A service of celebration and thanksgiving will be held on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at James Street Methodist Church, where relatives and friends are asked to meet at 2:00 p.m. The cortege will then proceed to Westbury Cemetery for the interment. Flowers may be sent to Lyndhurst Funeral Home no later than 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The body of the late Joyce Best will repose in the Colin Parkinson Memorial Chapel, Lyndhurst Funeral Home on Friday, October 16, 2026, from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. The family invites you to view the live streaming of the service