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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF MRS. MAVIS ESTRIANA

RANGLIN

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Filippi, Kennedy, and Lima

     Date Introduced: December 14, 2020

     Referred To: Placed on the House Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Mavis Ranglin, affectionately known as “Mama” was born in

Snowden, St. Andrew, Jamaica on October 20, 1928. She was the daughter of the late Egbert

Walker and Lillian Mignott; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Ranglin later lived in Llandwey, Jamaica, and attended Hagley’s Gap

Primary School. Unfortunately, she was forced to leave school in the 6th grade to help care for

her siblings. She later relocated to Kingston, Jamaica and became a domestic helper; and

     WHEREAS, After moving to Bull Bay, Jamaica, Mrs. Ranglin became a member of

Mount Zion Baptist Church where she sang soprano and was a devoted member of the church

choir. It was in Bull Bay where she would meet her future husband, Eric Ranglin. They married

in 1963 and raised nine children, Pearline, Ephraim, Valrie, Burchell, Marcia, Basil, Donovan,

Desmond, and Lisa; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Ranglin was an exceptional mother to not only her own children, but to

other children in her care, including her sister Violet, and to the five children of her sister Agatha,

Linneth, Loretta, Ann, Rudolph, and Desmond who was called Peter. Her husband worked hard

as a farmer, while she worked hard raising the children, and earned much-needed money by

selling fruits and vegetables from the family farm; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Ranglin was passionate about the value and importance of education

her entire life. In 1963, she and her husband started an elementary school in front of their two

room home. Up until her passing, Mrs. Ranglin provided books and laptops to children in the Bull

Bay community; and

     WHEREAS, After her husband Eric passed in 1982, Mrs. Ranglin moved to Rhode Island

in 1984 with her youngest daughter Lisa. Mrs. Ranglin found employment as a launderer at

Cardi’s Nursing Center in Central Falls, where she loved the residents, worked tirelessly, and

hardly ever missed a day of work. She saved scrupulously in order to send food and clothes back

to her Jamaica homeland and to sponsor her other children to be brought to the United States; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Ranglin loved to cook and entertain, and particularly enjoyed hosting

Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners at home for her family and many friends. She had a

remarkable memory and was widely known as the “unofficial historian” for all things related to

Jamaica history and Ranglin family history. She continued to play a major role in the lives of her

children and extended family until suffering a stroke in June; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Ranglin will be forever remembered by her loving family and

numerous friends in both the United States and Jamaica for her generosity of spirit and the

enormous love she gave to all who knew her and to anyone in need of a helping hand; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Ranglin leaves behind her nine children, including the Honorable

Marcia Ranglin-Vassel, her thirty-nine grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren, and six great-

great grandchildren; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives hereby expresses its deepest

condolences to the Ranglin Family on the passing of Mavis Estriana Ranglin; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Marcia Ranglin-Vassel and

Family.

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