Cortrite Augustine Joseph

Cortrite Augustine Joseph, 69, of St. Thomas, died Thursday, January 14, 2021, at Schneider Regional Medical Center. IT IS WITH PROFOUND SADNESS THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF OUR DEARLY BELOVED – CORTRITE AUGUSTINE JOSEPH BETTER KNOWN AS “CHUCKY” – OF FIVE ISLANDS VILLAGE, ANTIGUA WHO AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH WAS RESIDING IN ESTATE MARIENDAHL, ST. THOMAS, USVI.  CORTRITE WAS 69 AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HE WAS THE BELOVED SON OF JAMES AND VERA JOSEPH, BOTH DECEASED.  HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIS WIFE, ROSETTE JOSEPH OF DE SOUZA ROAD IN ANTIGUA AND THEIR ONLY SON, EDMOND JOSEPH, AND HIS WIFE LISA IN ST. THOMAS, USVI.  (3) GRAND-DAUGHTERS WHOM HE LOVED DEARLY, KISHANTIA, KIANNA AND KENELIA JOSEPH WHO ARE DEVASTATED BY HIS PASSING AND THEIRMOTHERS KAYLIENNE, CHARISE AND KENNAEZE  ALSO LEFT TO MOURN ARE HIS SURVIVING SIBLINGS – LAUREL BROOKES, LUCIA JOSEPH FLOYDE, THEODORE, CASMORE AND CALBERT JOSEPH, ALL IN ANTIGUA.  CORTRITE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY HIS MANY NIECES & NEPHEWS – ASHTON MCCOY, SANDRA ROOM, DEBORAH BROOKES, DENISE RICHARDS, JASON, DONNA & CLAIRE JOSEPH, CAPTAIN ELVIS ROBERTS, SANDRA ROBERTS- YEARWOOD, LUCINDA TUITT, PATRICIA STEWART, CONLIF, CASMIN AND ROGER JOSEPH.  HE HAD MANY GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS IN ANTIGUA & ABROAD TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. ALSO MOURNING HIS PASSING ARE HIS IN- LAWS – CONRAD BROOKES, MELROSE FLOYDE IN ANTIGUA AND THE SIBLINGS OF ROSETTE JOSEPH, ESPECIALLY JANE & KEITHROY EVANS IN ST THOMAS WHO WERE HIS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS PRECEEDING HIS DEATH.  HIS UNCLE LAUCHLAND JOSEPH & FAMILY CONTANT KNOLLS, NUMEROUS COUSINS INCLUDING THE JOSEPHS OF SUPREME PRINTING & THEIR FAMILIES IN ST THOMAS, EDITH PETERS AND FAMILY IN FLORIDA, JULIAN & BYRON JOSEPH, CAVELLE JOSEPH & HER FAMILY IN NEW YORK, YVETTE ARMSTRONG AND FAMILY IN THE USA. MIGUEL JOSEPH & FAMILY IN CLARKS HILL ANTIGUA.THELBERT JOSEPH AND BABY BROWN & THEIR FAMILIES IN BENDALS. AISIANA GEORGE & FAMILY IN LIBERTA, THE BROWNS OF FIVE ISLANDS AND THE MACKS OF GRAYS FARM ANTIGUA.  MANY FRIENDS ASSISTED AND INTERACTED WITH CORTRITE DURING HIS RESIDENCE IN ST THOMAS, MORRIS, HIS BOSS - JOHN COOPER & HIS CONSTRUCTION TEAM, THE MILLER FAMILY OF HARMONY HOUSE, THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MIGUEL APONTE’, THE FAMILIES OF THE LATE DAISY & WHENNY PROPHET, GLENROY STEVENS THE BOYS & FAMILIES, VALENCIA BRADY & FAMILY, KEITHROY JOSEPH & HIS SOCIAL GROUP, ATHENA MADURO & FAMILY IN THE BVI, THE MCCOY AND FRANCIS FAMILY IN ST. CROIX.  CORTRITE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE FIVE ISLANDS FOOTBALL CLUB AND A DEAR FRIEND TO MANY IN THE VILLAGE OF FIVE ISLANDS, ALL WHOM HE LOOKED FORWARD TO HANGING OUT WITH WHENEVER HE RETURNED HOME.  HIS FRIENDS ALSO INCLUDE HIS FORMER WORKMATES AT THE GALLEY BAY HOTEL FROM THE 1970’S, KING ZACHARI AND CALYPSO SLAIN. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN ETERNAL PEACE!   A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF CORTRITE AGUSTINE JOSEPH IN ST. THOMAS, USVI ON THURSDAY 28TH JANUARY 2021, 6 PM AT THE MEMORIAL MORAVIAN CHURCH, ST. THOMAS.   Due to the global pandemic, Coronavirus (COVID-19), and public health guidance, masks or facial coverings MUST be worn at all gatherings. The service can be viewed from the Memorial Moravian Church Facebook page or You Tube Channel – Memorial Moravian Church.  Family and friends may offer their support by sharing a special memory or message by going to www.hurleydavisfuneralhome.com Arrangements are under the care of Dan Hurley Home for Funerals and Cremation Centers of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix