The Memorial Service for Enid Fay Chin took place on 13th January at the Saints Peter & Paul Church in Kingston. The Service was attended by large contingents from DunnCox where Chin was a partner, the Kiwanis Club of New Kingston, and Rehoboth Gospel Assembly.

She was lauded for her devotion to family, her brilliant legal career, and her dedication to church and community.

Enid Chin is survived by her husband, sons Johann and Darren and sister Olive.

Chief celebrant was Bishop Charles Dufour while other officiating ministers included, Monsignor Robert Haughton-James, Fathers Burchell McPherson, Brian Kerr, Kenneth Kong, Alfred Lee, Deacons Ronnie Thwaites and Carl Garel.

Enid’s husband, Patrick Chin gave a stirring remembrance and a beautiful tribute in song. Leslie Chin, her brother-in-law sang his own composition ‘Until Today’ and Cantor was Kevin Williams who sang ‘The Prayer’ with Anna Strachan.

Other tributes were given by Jerome Lee – DunnCox, Andrea Moore – Kiwanis Club of New Kingston, Alva Harris – Rehoboth Gospel Assembly and Robert Wright – FirstCaribbean Bank.

Donations were collected for Enid Chin’s favourite charities, Saints Peter & Paul, Rehoboth Gospel Assembly and Kiwanis Club of New Kingston.

Chin’s sister-in-law, Jean Lowrie-Chin eulogised her as a child of grace and brilliance, nurtured by her loving parents, David and Minnie Walters in Hopewell St Mary.

“Her sister Olive remembers Enid Fay Walters as a happy child who loved the fruit from her Dad’s farm, and a confident child who would recite the longest poems at school concerts without a single stumble,” Chin said.

Sister Mary Andrew, who taught Enid at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Annotto Bay, said her geography student was a delightful young girl with a winning smile. “She was reserved, yet you couldn’t help but be attracted to her,” Sister recalls. “She reflected goodness in her very being.”

Enid Chin sat the Common Entrance examinations at Mount Carmel, and was awarded a full Government scholarship to Ardenne High School in St Andrew.

“Enid’s classmates could not help but admire this beautiful, athletic student who could run and play netball as well as she could tackle even the most difficult subjects. Then on Sundays, she would be elegantly playing the piano at church services,” Chin said.

Chin moved on to represent the University of the West Indies in Netball, and won several local badminton championships.

Enid Chin was also a very talented sprinter and a woman who had a passion for cycling.

She earned a Bachelor of sciences degree in economics and majored in international relations.

In 1972 Enid and Patrick Chin strode down the aisle of the Saints Peter and Paul Church and signed their nuptials.

“They were models of the true oneness that guarantees a lifetime of happiness. Enid and Pat celebrated each other and it was not uncommon for fancy gift baskets with all his favourite things to arrive at Scotiabank on his birthday. Pat would arrange beautiful dinners at various venues for his beloved, and beyond dessert, he would serenade her with love songs – oh, how she basked in those special moments,” Chin continued.

Along came their two handsome sons, Johann and Darren. Enid was no fainthearted mother, and even with early bouts of asthma, Johann recalls that his mother always knew what to do and made him feel reassured and secure. She was the doting, affirming mother and her children thrived under her loving care. For Enid, the sun rose and set on Johann and Darren, and she gloried in their fine achievements.

Her keen sense of humour also touched all who she came in contact with during her tenure on earth.

“Enid knew how to tell a story with a straight face, putting everyone else in stitches. She had this lilt in her voice and her arrival at gatherings would be heralded with her sing-song, “Hello, hello, hello!” Then she would settle back and make you feel honoured with her glowing compliments, especially for your children,” Chin said.

Following her mother’s passing in 2004, Chin established the Minnie Walters Scholarship Fund to assist several less fortunate youngsters from her home town.

She also followed in her mother’s footsteps and taught Sunday school at the Rehoboth Gospel Assembly.