ESSEQUIBO’S oldest female, Lucrieta Bradford, has died at age 105 years, two months after celebrating her birth anniversary. Bradford died from natural cause on August 8 at the Suddie Public Hospital, Region Two.

She will be laid to rest on August 27, 2022. Bradford was a member of the Methodist Church Guyana District and was an ardent reader of the Bible.

She was born in 1917 to James Bradford and Christina Grant in the village of Cullen, Region Two. She was popularly known as “Sister Baby” and “baby Bradford” as she was the first of four children.

She attended the Abram Zuil Methodist School and, in her mid-twenties, she left Essequibo and resided on the West Bank of Demerara for a few years before returning to Region Two where she started a family.

During her marriage, she got four children: Edward (deceased), Randolph, Sheila and Yvonne. She was the grandmother to 30, great grandmother to 75, great-great grandmother to 10 and great- great- great grandmother to six.

Bradford who was known for her humanitarian efforts in her younger age will be missed by everyone in her community.

“Our mother was an Angel to us; we are glad she spent so much time on earth with us; we love her and will miss her company around,” said her daughter Yvonne Bradford.