The family of Shakisha Ashly announces her passing on April 30, 2025.
Shakisha was preceded in death by proceeded in death by her grandparents: Caroline Penn Blackwood and Alphonse Ashly; great grandparents: Ophelia and Wilmoth Blackwood Sr., Rosamond and Charles Penn Sr. and Gertrude Antoine; and uncle: Bruno Ashly.
She is survived by her parents: Gail Blackwood and Desmond Ashly; grandparents: Ray Blackwood and Celina Ashly. Also left to mourn are her sisters: Jnique and Delsa Ashly and Asia Canton; brothers: Devante and Desil Ashly; nephew: Kedel Cadasse; aunts: Sylvanese and Vicky Ashly, Patricia and Alexandra Blackwood and Le’Shaunda Stanislas; uncles: Anthony and Hyacinth Ashly, Dale, Ray Jr. ,Ryan and Demetrius Blackwood; God Parents: Ingrid Scatliffe, Cynthia Parsons, Sonia Penn and Lottie Oneal; great aunts: Eleanor Parilla, Ileta David, Bianca Creque, Ruebel Penn, Kittie Penn, Leotitia Smith, Macell Ferguson, Ethna Campbell, Lorna Penn, Lorene Blackwood, Linette Stalliard and Lottie Oneal; great uncles: Richard, Gafford, James, Charles Jr, Cecil, Franklyn and William Penn, William Ferguson and Wilmoth Blackwood Jr.; cousins: Tiffany Ingram, Jayni, Daijah and Deandra Blackwood, Jasmyn and Jaiana James, Justice James, Jeylani and Jayden Blackwood, Gemma, Gemmesha, Gemmali and Gemmal Ashly, Stanley Powell, Lakresha Powell Abraham, Laneisha Abraham, Kanikwa Ashly, Hyacinth Jr, and Ezius and Casiyah Ashly; God daughter: Jada Bastian; special friends: Ian Pemberton, Kayla King, Chenae Joseph, Amalia Buckmire, Michelle McClendon, TSA Crew F Gate, Marriott Renaissance Gateway Crew; and her Fur Baby Cookie Blackwood and many family and friends to numerous to mention.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral service on Saturday, June 7 at Wesley Methodist Church, Annas Retreat, St. Thomas. Viewing begins at 9 a.m. and the service at 10 a.m. Interment is at Eastern Cemetery, Smith Bay. The family requests that family and friends were shades of purple.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Turnbull’s Funeral Home and Crematory Services.
May 30 is the deadline for tributes. Please send tributes to: tributes340@gmail.com.
