Kenneth Charles Jarrett

Kenneth Charles Jarrett was born on March 30,1960 in the district of Bay Road Little London Westmoreland Jamaica, West Indies . The second, of seven children to parents Hector Jarrett and Avril Murray. Kenneth attended the Little London Primary school and later Little London Secondary where he completed his formal Education in 1978. He then improved his skills in training at C.A.S.T . (College of Arts ,Science and Technology) in Kingston as an electrician. He then went to work in the Tourism Industry in the community of Negril where he worked for various hotels.He was known to be a reasonable man and also worked for neighbors and friends . Kenneth later traveled to the United State of Florida in pursuit of a better way of life and later was encouraged by his father to come to New Jersey and establish himself as a permanent resident. He returned to Jamaica in 1990 where he fathered his only Child Thiffanne Charlotte Jarrett and later married Vevienne Farquharson in 1996. He Worked for Ace Blacktop Paving and Construction for over 30 years and eventually became a supervisor. Kenneth loved to play cricket and dominoes and doing things with his friends such as driving them to work and picking up family and friends at the airport . He earned the nickname Quarry because he liked to run in his younger days as his countryman Donald Quarry. Later his friends in Paterson came to know him as Hector after his Father. At the end of each year when his work stopped, he would travel back and forth to Jamaica over the years to visit with his family and friends and was well known in his hometown of Little London. Sadly Kenneth became ill in 2019 and after a 4 year battle died on June 7, 2023. Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents Avril Murray- Samuels and Hector Jarrett and his youngest brother Garfield Samuels. He leaves behind to cherish his memory, his daughter Thiffanne , his wife Vevienne Jarrett, grandson Jahzane Jennings, brothers, Harry Clarke, Franklyn Wagstaff, (Frank) Oral Douglas ( Paul)(Paulette) Cecil Brown, Sisters Rhona Martin (Peaches)(Albert) and Barbara Samuels -Gordon (Rhoan,) Uncle Alanzo Thompson, stepmom Norma Jarrett (Datty) Cousins , Edesha Jarrett -Haughton , Beverley Jarret- Dyer, Erica Spence(Pat) Maxine Coke - Robinson, Aunts Maizie Jarrett- Dennis and Udah Jarrett, dear friends Jean Hylton, Mr Watt (Speedy), Patrick Bailey, George, Chris, Gem, and a host of Nieces,nephews, relatives and friends. We will miss him dearly. The family invites you to join them via Zoom Meeting ID 633 555 9406 Password 051543

Kenneth Charles Jarrett

March 30, 1960 - June 7, 2023