“To educate the mind without enlightening the spirit is to produce a floundering human tragedy.”
Ingrid Ann
Pole Hutchinson
She is the youngest of four children born to Daniel Arnold Pole and Rita Celestine Breedy Pole. She was born on the island of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, arriving on Thursday, March 15, 1951. Ingrid is the wife of Whitbourne Emanuel Hutchinson of Jamaica, West Indies.
She is the proud mother of seven (including two sets of twins).
From her earliest recollection, Ingrid desired to teach and formally began her career in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York (P.S. 256 on Kosciusko Street). She earned her A.S. from Tomlinson College (TC) {Cleveland, Tennessee} and her B.S. from Michigan State University (MSU) {East Lansing, Michigan}. She went on to earn two master’s degrees from the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) {St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands} and Pensacola Christian College (PCC) {Pensacola, Florida}, respectively.
The 2023 publication date of Shades of Purple: DECADES of My Life, Volume 3 denotes one Biblical generation (40 years) from its actual history. God’s Word is full of references to the significance of generational milestones.
This year has been a phenomenal one! In July, Whitbourne and I celebrated our 50th Wedding Anniversary (Tuesday, April 18, 2023), and our first granddaughter, Cristiánn Hutchinson, graduated from the University of West Georgia (UWG). Her graduation was the day following our anniversary celebration; how is that for excellent synchronization?!
She made acquiring a Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Marketing degree with certification in Advertising and Real Estate, completed in 2.5 years by age 20, look simple instead of complicated.
(See story one of Stuck in My Gut: A Belly Full of Laughs).
She is a remarkable product of the legacy represented by our posterity:
Adult Offspring - Vietta Ann Hutchinson Charles, Venere Emanuel (deceased), Verona Celeste, Victor Emanuel and Vincent Emanuel (deceased – twin set #1), & Deborah Vania and Daniel Vaughn (twin set #2); Grandchildren: Cristiánn Ai, Yasmín Azusa, Orlando Emanuel Akeno, & Otoniel Isacar Akio.
We chose Venere’s birthday (July 21st) as the celebration date as he is the only offspring that would physically miss the celebration due to his passing on Monday, December 21, 2015. The entire family agrees that he was a “generational giant”. He was brilliant, a keeper of the family flame,
and a defender of the cause!!!
We know that God has a purpose in everything we experience
and raised an Ebenezer to God as we declared, like the Prophet Samuel,
“…Hitherto hath the LORD helped us” (I Samuel 7:12b).
Ingrid declares, “If there is no pain, there can be no reason for praise.”
Hence, it propels her to levels of service and a determination to build a
“Legacy of Love” globally and within her family.
Whitbourne
Emanuel
Hutchinson
Whitbourne Emanuel is a native-born Caribbean from
Jamaica, West Indies. With 50-plus years of marriage and ministry,
he continues to do what God has anointed him to execute.
Whitbourne is the second child of Ferdinand and Vincelita Hutchinson.
He was delivered on Thursday, January 25, 1945, marked with the unique quality of the pursuit of excellence. Whitbourne relocated to New York City in 1967 on a student visa, pursuing certification in photography and cinematography at Germain School of Photography. He completed his studies, and God’s favor opened doors to employment on Wall Street at Dempsey Tegeler as a mail clerk. His interest in learning led to him being
in-house trained in computer operation.
These advancements came with challenges, which only seemed to propel Whitbourne forward. His love for God remained his anchor, and God ordered his steps. He served faithfully in the East New York Church of God of Prophecy in just about every department, including choir director, youth director, public relations, and transportation. He was licensed in ministry (1973) and eventually appointed to statewide positions. Positions and titles speak only a tiny part of the story; the rest is manifested in service. During this tenure, Whitbourne acquired his associate's, bachelor's,
and master’s degrees.
After forty years of pastoral ministry, he was appointed to serve internationally as Regional Presbyter for the Northeast Caribbean area (now the Paragon Region) for ten years (five of which were dually shared with pastoral work.) Whitbourne retired from appointed ministry as of Monday, August 31, 2020, to fulfill the rest of his life as patriarch to his family and God’s called-out servant leader.
Whitbourne wedded the love of his life, Ingrid Ann Pole, on Wednesday, April 18, 1973, in Brooklyn, New York. Ingrid is the last offspring of Arnold and Rita Pole, born on the Ides of March (Thursday, March 15, 1951). Tuesday, April 18, 2023, marked their 50th Wedding Anniversary (GOLDEN), publicly celebrated on Friday, July 21, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia!!
He is the father of eight biological children, three of whom departed this life within minutes of their birth. In order of their birth, the five remaining adult offspring are Vietta Ann, Venere Emanuel (deceased in 2015, at age 40), Verona Celeste, Deborah Vania, and Daniel Vaughn. He is also abuelo to four grandchildren: Cristiánn Ai, Yasmín Azusa, Orlando Emanuel Akeno,
& Otoniel Isacar Akio.
“Life is lived in moments
of TIME,
but
the TIMING must be precisely caught and the opportunities embraced for meaningful fulfillment.”
“Each of us is a divine original with purpose.”
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