ON Sunday, September 14, 2014 the magnitude of lives that were touched in a positive way by Lucille Ena Walker-Blagrove was evident by the packed pews of the May Pen Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Clarendon.

Walker-Blagrove passed away on August 23.

She was 84 years old.

Her granddaughter Martina Blagrove recalled the matriarch of the Blagrove clan as a people person whose joy it was to share.

“She loved having people round her and she liked sharing what she had. I remember her as a virtuous woman. Grandma had the last banana on her tree and a lady passed and said she was hungry and Grandma gave her the last banana,” Blagrove told the congregation.

“Grandma taught us to be loving, caring and unselfish,” she added.

Lucille Walker-Blagrove was born in Watts Town, St Ann.

She later moved to Clarendon where she settled.

Walker-Blagrove is survived by 12 children — two sons and 10 daughters — 31 grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.

Another of her granddaughters, Sophia Findlay, who eulogised her, remembered her graceful walk and her inimitable inner strength.

“She swung her hips gracefully when she walked. She was never too busy to engage in conversation with anyone who needed her attention. Mama was patient and enduring. Mama would bring a patty and a drink for the mad man in May Pen,” Findlay said.

“She wasn’t afraid of any duppy and certainly not afraid of any gunman. I think Mama was a superwoman and her kryptonite was death,” Findlay said.

Captions: The late Lucille Ena Walker-Blagrove.