Gersham Eleazar Daley

knew that farming was not for him as a young man. With all that they had to do as

children, he did not want it as a lifetime career. He decided to move to a nearby

town and he tried various skills, even tailoring, and shoemaking, but they weren’t

appealing to him. He finally got a job as a dishwasher at Half Moon Hotel. He was

such an ardent worker, well-loved and made himself useful in many other areas of

the kitchen. The hotel saw his potential and decided to send him to various other

islands for specialized training in his field, and he quickly climbed the ladder in his

professional career to become head chef at the Half Moon Hotel, a premiere hotel

in Jamaica. He retired from this position in 1976 when he immigrated to the

United States.

He was preceded in death by five brothers, seven sisters and his parents.

Left to cherish his precious memories, and they are precious, are his loving wife

Cynthia Daley; siblings: Elon (Rona), Mavis, Melbourne (Olga), Enid, Phylis, Barry

(Carol) Eastern (Juliet), Val (Gina), Leila, and Brian (Sonia); children: Sandra

(Mark), Jimmy (Claudette), Janet (Elrick), Randy, Trevor (Monica) and Joan (Lee);

adopted children: Toni (Wesley) Avril (Thomas) Hope, and Aston; sisters-in-law:

Thelma, Evelyn, Hyacinth, Clover, Cynthia, Norma, Marcia; grand children:

Jeanelle (Isaiah), Alicia, Laurie, Johann (Krista), Shantel, Trevor Jr, Dane, Alyssa,

Chardet, James (Makia), Kristen, Joanna, LJ, Angela (Jiovan), Andrea, Oteni

(Natalee), Shawn (Jessica), Robenson (Soraya), Denzel (Kimone), Daniel (Jada),

Justin (Kanesha) and Andre; great grandchildren: Tristan, Johann Jr, Isaiah, Aevie,

Jayden, Alia and Avery.

We wish to acknowledge the following groups/people for all the care given to

Pops: His loving wife and our mother Cynthia Daley, Empowered Community

Care (Shayla), St. Francis Hospice Care (Debra Shepherd), Rockledge Health and

Rehabilitation Center (Maureen Graf and West Wing Nursing Staff), Family

Members (Roslyn, Cleveland, Andrea, Andre, Vinnette, Ceasar family, Toni, Aileen,

and Bro. Kyle).

The service will be held at the Cox Road SDA Church, 1500 Cox Road, Cocoa FL

32926, tel: 321-632-0640.

Cemetery: Brevard Memorial Park, 320 Spring Street, Cocoa, FL 32927