Jeff Joseph will be laid to rest in his home community of St. Joseph this Saturday, government has revealed.
The funeral service will begin at 2: 30 p.m. following viewing of Joseph’s body at 2 p.m., Cabinet Secretary Felix Gregoire said.
Government has declared a National Day of Mourning for the cadence legend on Saturday and ordered that flags be flown at half-mast on all public buildings.
Joseph has been described as a Goodwill Ambassador for Dominica and government has called on fans overseas to join Dominica in observing the National Day of Mourning in his honour.
Some fans of Joseph had been asking for his funeral service to be held at Windsor Park Stadium.
Public viewing of the body shall be from 12:00 noon to 2:15 p.m at the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church.
The late Jeff Jo will be buried at the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Cemetery.
All official mourners are requested to be in their seats no later than 2:15 pm.
Jeff Jo died at the La Manard Hospital in Martinique last week Wednesday after two major surgeries.
STATE FUNERAL TWENTY ONE GUN SALUTE YOU BEEN A INSPIRATION TO ALL AFRICAN. THE LAST ENTERTAINER I REMEMBER GET A STATE FUNERAL WAS DENNIS BROWN.THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST CAN REST ASSURED THAT THEIR RESERVATION FOR HEAVEN HAS BEEN MADE.AND WHEN IT COMES TO ACCOMMODATIONS WE NEED NOT WORRY, FOR JESUS HIMSELF HAS PROMISED TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR US.
Radio bush say: the same people that doe like to support thier own now want to have big funeral for the man. so say radio bush. However, in all due respects, i think the family should not only think of the immediate family but all the people who Jeff touched. All his padners in Guadeloupe that coming down, yes, he was down to earth and could pull up on teh block and he could also play internationally and be respected. A massive event to pay tribute should be held in the stadium with songs ect ect and then a major motorcade, then the burial. Balance the reasoning of each side. the man die already, let us lay him in the honorable way he should be laid. family please reconsider and state, please include the family in your plans. PEACE!
JEEFF JOE TRIBUTE SHOW WILL BE HELD TONIGHT AT ST.JOE SAVANNAH .FEATURING MIDNIGHT GROOVERS AND LOTS MORE…R.I.P TO JEFF JOE
The Governement suggested a national funeral service in the national stadium with the burial taking place in St.Joseph.
The family insisted that the body must pass through the Catholic Church and given the full Catholic burial rites as Jeff was a Catholic and the family are staunch Catholics.
Although the Government is giving an Official Funeral the wishes and dictates of the family must be respected at all times.
The Official Funeral Mass will take place in the St. Joseph Catholic Church as per the wishes of the Family.
helloooooooooooooooooooo everyone let peace prevail………. jeff jo would not agree to all the sh** you all are saying on DNO please stop those stupid nonsensical talks, who should do what where when and how. let the good man rest in perfect peace please. jeff jo was not a man that believe in confussion please. he was a peace maker so let’s not disturb the man spirit. RIP MY DARLING LOVE RIP
helloooooooooooooooooooo everyone let peace prevail………. jeff jo would not agree to all the s you all are saying on DNO please stop those stupid nonsensical talks, who should do what where when and how. let the good man rest in perfect peace please. jeff jo was not a man that believe in confussion please. he was a peace maker so let’s not disturb the man spirit. RIP MY DARLING LOVE RIP
I hope like all other prime minsiter allu will stop mention his name in my head so much times!!
How you all really feel that you all have more say than the family? Catch a bus St. Joe from Roseau and when funeral finish, catch a bus back to Roseau and then to your respective villages. Dominica people like too much happy hour!
PEOPLE SHOULD RESPECT THE FAMILY WISHES. THEY
ENTITLE TO DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT THEY CALLED
THE SHOTS.
otrobando people back street people jeff joe people the morne jeff belongs to st joe carnaval fans in guada of st joe
Jeff’s Funeral belongs in St Joseph,his family wants it there, that is good enough,But the government of Dominica has to do something significant in Jeffs name at some point. THE MAN WAS A LEGEND, An example for the next generation to emulate.
pierre ro grandbay douglas pousie jeff jo st joe gwada fan of st joe in jeff joe street lévé len main are you ready jeff joe pour st joe laissey st joe
J-JOE should have state funeral at the stadium n yhen go to st.Joseph. from st.martin. R.I.P
st joe fan in gwada pierre ro grandbay douglas pouthmous jeff jo in st joe no probleme jeff pour st joe léver len main pou jeff jo in st joe gwada fann de st joe !
@DNO admin:is there a possibility that you guys could photo the veiwing,or is it inappropriate,or the family has to allow you all to,i am just asking on behalf of people abroad who would have like to be there but can’t,at least they would be comforted by that.
i think the funeral service should be held at Windsor Park Stadium you got all this people coming from Guadeloupe and Martinique they will just walk to the Stadium.this is a safety issue and i think the govt should have put there foot down!look at the photos when he came home there was no space in the street
try 2 remember where Rosie and Pierre Charles funeral was held…in their hometown, forgetting they were prime ministers…so whats wrong Jeff cant be in st Joe, guess u r ashamed of St Joe and how it is but guess u didnt know Jeff becuz if u knew him he was never ashamed of where he came from
I agree with jeff’s family,have his funeral in st joe.Jeff was not from roseau,and the revenue that’s gonna come out of this should be st joe’s not roseau.My advice to those concerned get into st joe early and secure ur spot.Private vehicles should be restricted from the village on that day(except for gov personnel.Let those who want to attend catch public transport into st joe.The mass can be an open air mass knowing the church too small.Being inside the church or outside shouldn’t make a difference.Today is tuesday enough time for st joe people and gov officialls to make this even a memorable one right in st joe.When Pierre charles died his funeral was in grandbay not roseau.An grandbay didn’t have no stadium.For those attending remember to walk with ur umbrella cause it might rain.
Family has a say, and so does his will, keep out of it, it was his choice., so let it be
Hi Dominican,yes he was an ambassador of Dominica,we are all proud of him but keep in mine Mr.Joseph did had his wishes and his family are doing as he wish I suppose.According to the previous writer lets not turn the man Funeral to a circus.Let Mr.Jeff Joseph soul rest in peace.Stop the it should be here it should be there.Let the man family have the last say even if it a state funeral.R.I.P Jeff
I think they should make the service on Friday at the stadium and berried him on saturday as plan,because there is not enought packing space in St.Joseph for every body who want to attend the service
WHERE WILL THE FUNERAL BE HELD? I UNDERSTAND GOVERNMENT WANTED THE EVENT AT THE STADIUM BUT THE FAMILY SAY NO…GEEZ MAN
No thinking at all..the staduim would have better accomodated everyone!! He was a dominican! And he would be buried as planed in st joe.
that is going to be total chaos trust me on that one,,,,, now u have to think about tents, chairs, washroom facilities and all sorts of things where the stadium has all that already but then again
Government had arranged for the funeral to be at the stadium but the family wants it in St. Joe, how they going to let this happen with all those people is beyond me.
WHAT WAS HE ? A MAN OR A god STUPESSSSSSSSSSSSS FUNERAL IN STADIUM WHAT??????????????????, I JUST PRAY THAT HE AMDE IT RIGHT WITH HIS MAKER THATS ALL I CARE HIS BODY HAS NO SIGNIFICANCE, HIS SOUL IS WHAT MATTERS .
A funeral should be something of peace and quiet upon which you should reflect on the life of the deceased but instead the government it seems want it to be some kind of fan-fair event and for obvious reasons. If we truly love the brother then there is no reason why his funeral cannot be attended at his birth place. If you want to talk about public convinience then do as we have always done when big events are held outside of establishe facilities. USE PORTABLES
they should have done that in the stadium instead but they can bury the body in the st joseph cemetry .
i second that motion if st joseph people really love jeff joe they would accept to do the ceremony at the stadium then bury him in st joe start the ceremony at 11 am so they could get to st joseph on time
Stupes….. i checking is a week day so we can get a free up from work… stupes and go going right st. joe dere…. oh plz.. y they did not do it stadium na………stupes eh
D/a has enough holidays already. Take the Saturday for all you to go funeral.
shut up, u sounding like somebody dat doh have work to do
It’s a funeral my friend not a free up. That’s all you lazy D/cans think about free up.
WHERE IN ST. JOSPEH WILL THE FUNERAL RITE TAKE PLACE, FELIX GREGOIRE? ON THE PLAYING FIELD? IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH? WHERE?
Due to all respect to the St. Joseph, the stadium would be a beeter place for the funeral and the ntake the body to St.Joseph for burial.
I know the St. Joseph community want every for Jeff to be done there but common sense should prevail.
the dignetaries will be outside because there is no way the relatives will be outside of the church.
even if it is the park it will not accommodate the crowd.
NO THINKING
The decision where Jeff Joseph is laid to rest is up to his family. The wishes of the family (unless the deceased left specific instructions about his arrangements) trumps everything else. Let’s not turn the man’s funeral into a circus. He was a son and a brother.
its a state funeral doom doom, family has no say
The deceased family have all the say and should honour Jeff Joseph wishes and it doesnt matter what the GOVT have to say they dont trump the family in any way possible please people dont mock the dead instead honour him in peace.
The GOVT want to have a memoral service in his honour they can at the stadum but the private laying of JEFF’s body belong only to his family and close friends they should stand firm dont allow any one to dictate to them and if members of the GOVT did not consult the family before making the announcement they were wrong but of cause we speaking of individuals that do whatever they wish regardless of the consequences I would hate to see JEFF’S memories be marked with controvercy let us respect his wishes and that of his family please dont turn it into a political sham.
@VV Are you a retarded? State funeral my ! Its just a man like any other man! I know he done well to Dominica but come on man! The family has the say not the government