The Jemmott’s family like many Barbadian {bajans} families are descendants of a mosaic of ancestors. We are of African and Scottish/Irish descent. We have carried within us and continue to express a strong family commitment and bond, a spirit of entrepreneurship, service to community, artistry, music and humble yet noble ideals.

Oswald and Mazie Jemmott made a lifelong commitment to each other through the many challenges of their 40 year marriage. Their children and grandchildren were raised in a home full of love, verbal jousting, healthy competition and robust laughter.

At the root, as one observer noted, they were all for one and one for all. They are us and we are them. We grow, build, support each other and are of service to perpetuate the uplift of all. Each doing our part wherever we find ourselves.

Ma Jemmott, as she was affectionately known in the community was a steward of the principles of faith, service to family and community. She and several before her were community organizers, seeking to discern and support meeting spiritual and material needs in the community. She was a powerful and strong woman with a keen eye for character and a quick wit. Ma Jemmott’s leadership model was to delegate tasks to those suited to carry them out effectively.

Pa Jemmott was a skilled artisan, master carpenter, cooper, musician who served in over 30 Anglican choirs island wide. He also was, an entrepreneur, the local Cave Hill community butcher. He was full of love and laughter. The latter, a trait which seemed to have been passed on from his father. He was often the supervisor on his work sites and this gift for management has been passed on through the generations.

Although it may seem as if Alvin Jemmott was the mastermind behind the development of the family legacy in hospitality, he admits that these ideas long pre-dates him, it just happen to materialise on his watch. Jemmott Hotel Management Inc. is a privately owned company incorporated under the Company’s Act Chapter 308 of the Laws of Barbados