Jacqueline Srour-Stephens

Jacqueline Srour-Stephens was born in Kingston Jamaica January 17, 1962, and migrated to the United States in the mid 1970’s.  She was the third of three children. In 1984 she married the love of her life John Stephens, who she affectionately called “Bears.

A beloved wife, sister, aunt, niece, cousin and friend Jacqui was a natural artist.  All her professional life was spent doing the things she loved. Whether it was

cosmetology, baking and decorating cakes, transforming an ordinary space into an extraordinarily impressive masterpiece.  The Queen of England on one her last  trips to Jamaica admired and commented that Jacqui’s work was unique and out of this world when Jacqui decorated for one of the Prime Minister’s receptions.

Jacqui enjoyed using her imagination and intellect to create new things. She had a strong sense of aesthetics and a keen eye for beauty, color, shapes and patterns in the world around her.

Always very expressive in her conversation, you could admire a rose but to Jacqui it was not just a rose, it had symbolic meaning such as joy and friendship, she

would describe its color’s radiance, the texture of the petals, you then left with a different view on how to admire a rose the next time you saw one. She was passionate and dedicated to whatever she was doing, Jacqui was a perfectionist, We chose to call it OCD but whatever it was that drove her, her work  was always PERFECT! …… it didn’t matter that anyone told her “It’s fine like that”, it was not good until it was perfect in her eyes.

Jacqui was a strong advocate of traditional values, customs and formality. She enjoyed traveling and exploring the world. When we travelled it was about completely immersing yourself into the culture, tasting all the foods even if it meant feeling nauseous and almost throwing up after trying camels milk ice cream

in Abi Dhabi.

Throughout her life Jacqui cultivated strong family ties and friendships.  Family dinners and get together with her famous death by chocolate cakes, her

amazing barbecue sauce and baked beans, the only one who made the Christmas  wreaths and trees look perfect, the only one that had to put the final touches on anything to make it presentable and yes perfect!

Jacqui suffered much in the last few years but through it all she persevered with Strength and a cheerful attitude and always chose life.



Jacqui will be missed by all whose lives she has touched.

Rest in peace.