J. E. Guide Funeral Home & Crematorium Ltd.
Family driven. Family centred. Walking with you, with dignity and care.
How we work.
J. E. Guide Funeral Home & Crematorium Ltd. is the third generation of a San Fernando family of funeral directors. The lineage began with Corsbie's Funeral Home, the first funeral home in the city of San Fernando to provide horse-and-carriage processions. In 1945, Mr Jorsling Emmanuel Guide — son-in-law of Mr John Corsbie — founded Guide's Funeral Home, the second generation of the family business.
“A family-owned and operated funeral home, we treat every family who comes to us with the same care and compassion we would give our own. Still family-driven after three generations of service.”
Mr J. E. Guide ran the firm alongside his wife and family matriarch, Mrs Enez Guide, and they were later joined by their daughter Carol Guide in 1975. Following Mr Guide's passing in 2009, his children assumed control, and J. E. Guide Funeral Home & Crematorium Ltd. began operations in 2010. The family continues to honour the high standard of care that was the hallmark of its founders.
For more than seventy years, the Guide family has walked alongside families across Trinidad & Tobago in their most tender moments. Regardless of community, religion, creed, ethnicity or income level, we serve each family with compassion and respect — offering competitive, fair pricing with flexible terms so that dignity is never out of reach.
From our historic head office at 120 Coffee Street, San Fernando, and our branch at Craignish Village in Princes Town, we offer traditional burial, cremation at our own crematorium, pre-planning, embalming, repatriation and more — available any hour, day or night. Two locations, one standard of care.
A family-owned and operated funeral home, we treat every family who comes to us with the same care and compassion we would give our own. Still family-driven after three generations of service.
Regardless of community, religion, creed, ethnicity or income level, we serve each family with respect — offering fair pricing and flexible terms so that dignity is never out of reach.
Whether you visit our head office in San Fernando or our branch in Princes Town, you are met with the same unwavering standard of care, day or night, every day of the year.
What we do for our families.
Every arrangement is tailored to the family’s wishes. These are the services most often asked of us — speak with our team for anything not listed here.
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Traditional Burial
Traditional funeral arrangements and ground-burial coordination, tailored to honour the individual and their faith. Our funeral coordinators handle the paperwork, transportation and logistics so the family can focus on saying goodbye.
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Cremation Services
Cremation offers families a meaningful alternative to burial. Our sky-view crematorium allows immediate family to witness the cremation safely from an outer enclosure, and a hand-crafted clay urn is provided to the family at no additional cost.
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Embalming & Preparation
Professional embalming, restoration and preparation of the deceased — allowing time for arrangements and the option of an open-casket viewing. Embalming is also carried out where a body must leave or enter the country.
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Repatriation & International Shipping
Coordination of returning deceased loved ones to or from their home country. We guide families through every step and help make the proper arrangements from anywhere in the world.
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Funeral Coaches & Mourners' Cars
Professional hearse transportation for the deceased during funeral proceedings, together with dedicated mourners' cars to carry family and close relatives to the service.
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Pre-Planning
Pre-planning removes the burden from those you love. Document your wishes and lock in today's pricing, with guidance on the Family Indemnity Plan for flexible coverage for the people who matter most.
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Online Tributes & Obituaries
We publish an online obituary and memorial page for each family, carrying service details and updates so friends and relatives can find the latest information on time, location and special requests.
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Floral Arrangements & Memorial Goods
Custom floral displays and arrangements to honour the deceased, alongside caskets and coffins, cremation urns and printed memorial material.
The same people, every time.
Tricia Wickham
Funeral Coordinator
Juliet Guy
Funeral Coordinator
Nickie Brewster
Funeral Coordinator
Tricia Baboolal
Funeral Coordinator
Keisha Toby Charles
Funeral Coordinator
What families say.
We have dealt with J.E. Guide's funeral home for the past six years and their service was beyond exceptional. Their professionalism and customer care far outweigh any other service that we ever encountered.
I want to express my sincere appreciation to Miss Angie at the funeral home. In a difficult time for our family she treated us with kindness, patience, and genuine compassion. Every question was answered clearly.
The regions we travel.
We collect from and conduct services across 2 regions. If your district isn’t listed, please call — we travel further when families ask.
- Third-generation family of funeral directors
- Serving Trinidad & Tobago for over 70 years
- Family-owned and operated since 1945
- On-site sky-view crematorium
Speak with us at any hour.
We pick up the phone twenty-four hours a day, every day. Or write below and we will ring you back within the hour.