THE funeral service for Lucille Ellis Maitland, mother of dancehall singjay Mr Vegas and singer Carlton Smith from the reggae vocal group The Tamlins, is scheduled for the Pembroke Hall Methodist Church in St Andrew, today, at 10:00 am.
Ellis Maitland died on Monday, September 1, after after suffering a stroke and being hospitalised in critical condition at the University Hospital of the West Indies in St Andrew.
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She was 82.
"We have lost a mother and a best friend. No words can explain how thankful we are for having such a powering person in our lives," Mr Vegas, whose given name is Clifford Smith, told the Jamaica Observer.
"She was a woman of God, so we find comfort during our time of sorrow, knowing that she is in a better place," he continued.
She is survived by eight children.
Interment follows in the Dovecot Memorial Park in St Catherine.
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