Businessman & National Cricketer Jefferson Clarence (JC) Joseph died on October 11, 2018 in Clinton, Maryland, USA. We applaud his contribution to Dominica’s sporting history and to its commerce since the 1950’s.
JC was born on October 5, 1939 in LaPlaine, Dominica, to the late Clement Josephs and Anastasie Hurtault. On June 24, 1964 he married Clarina Abella Josephs who also preceded him in death. For many years the late Clarina Joseph was a math teacher at the Dominica Convent High School. JC had seven children: Justin C Josephs in Dominica, Clarissa A Josephs-Matthew and J Calvin Josephs in the United Kingdom, Justave Cordelle Josephs and Corliss A Josephs-Conway in the United States, Daniel Josephs in Guadeloupe, and Jefferson Josephs in Canada. From 1970 Mr and Mrs JC Joseph resided at 38 Steeber Street in Pottersville. They migrated to the United States in September 2005, where he resided with his daughter Corliss Conway and her husband Glenn Conway. JC was one of the memorable nation builders of his time. He was a pioneer in agriculture exports to the US Virgin Islands, being one of the earliest exporters of fresh produce to that Caribbean region from Dominica via airplane. Joseph owned a popular supermarket in Pottersville in the 1980s. Joseph was also Dominica’s national table tennis champion in 1967-1968 and a dynamic regular at the table tennis hall of the Dominica Fire Service headquarters in that period. JC was not afraid to speak-out out on the pressing issues of the day. He always encouraged Dominicans to excel in sports, and engage in beneficial industry to advance the nation. J C was an avid cricketer. He represented Dominica on the national team in several Windward and Leeward Islands cricket contests, and was elevated to the Dominica Sports Hall of Fame, for his prowess in the field of cricket, and in table tennis. He was recently memorialized alongside Dominica’s other cricket greats, in a published history of the game by the Illustrious Canada-based Dominican Justice Dr Irving Andre, of Pont Casse Press, 2015, in his publication entitled “100 Years of Dominican Cricket”.
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