NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Nashville restaurant owner with deep Jamaican roots is partnering with a local church to raise funds for Hurricane Melissa relief efforts after the Category 5 storm devastated Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded.

Ouida Bradshaw, who has been serving Jamaican cuisine at Nashville's farmer's market for 26 years, is donating 10 percent of her sales to help her homeland recover from the unprecedented destruction that left most of the island without power.

"I know the hardship that some people go through, and on top of that, to be faced with this devastation to their homes, our property, our businesses," Bradshaw said.

Bradshaw came to the U.S. in 1969, but her heart and her brother remain in Jamaica. Since Hurricane Melissa struck,

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