Trina "Peanut"

Louise Wilkerson

At 45 years of age, Trina "Peanut" passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 from the CHA-Whidden Memorial Emergency Department in Everett, following heroic lifesaving attempts by EMTs and doctors. Born in Boston she was the beloved daughter of the late James Julian and Irena Ann Wilkerson. Trina was a lifelong Chelsea resident where she was active in community affairs. She is a graduate of Chelsea Senior High School and attained an Associates Degree from Bunker Hill Community College. Trina was a devoted Youth Worker at Hyde Park Community Center. As a youth, during the summer months, Trina worked for Choice Through Educations Upward Bound Program. She volunteered her time serving the youth of Chelsea as a Cheer-leading Coach for Chelsea Pop Warner and Chelsea High School. She was a devoted member and volunteer at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Malden where she taught Daily Vacation Bible Study. She was an active member of Zeta Amicae and the Chelsea Black Community which she was the 2017 recipient of the CBC Trailblazer Award. In 2016, due the benefit that she and her brother host every March in honor of their mother, Trina was recognized by Massachusetts General Hospital for her fundraising efforts for the Cancer Society. She will forever be remembered as thee party-planner extraordinaire and a mentor to many.

She leaves to mourn her passing her devoted brother Reginal James and sister-in-law Marisol of Everett, grandmother Louise Robinson of Chelsea, nephews Reginal James II, Demetreus James, Derrick William, and Emmanuel Alexander, nieces Briyana Monique and Alexxa Quianna and a great nephew and niece Mason and Madison. Also to mourn her passing and cherish her memory she leaves her great aunts; Mamie Bridges of Chelsea, Elizabeth Mitchell, Minnie Marshall and a great uncle Franklin Robinson all of Albany, Georgia. Her beloved aunts and uncles Gwendolyn Greene of North Carolina, Mamie Robinson-Lopez (Michael), James Robinson Jr., Terry Robinson and Margaret Robinson all of Chelsea, Jacqueline Robinson-Perry of New Jersey, Bessie Mae Robinson (Keith), Larry Wilkerson (Pauline) both of North Carolina, Michael Wilkerson (Pamela) of Indiana. She is also survived by a host of cousins, all of her kids from her East Boston, Hyde Park and Chelsea Community Centers and countless extended family members, loved ones and friends.

ARRANGEMENTS:  Relatives and friends are invited to join the family on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 20 Hillside Avenue, Malden, Massachusetts from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM followed by her Home Going Service commencing at 7:00 PM. A committal service will begin on Thursday, March 14, 2019 from the church at 10:00 AM and will conclude with a procession to Trina's final resting place at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett.