Tricia , Kenny and Don’t (Cousin)

Entered May 31, 2021 from New Jersey

My condolences goes out to this entire family . May he now Rest In Peace 🙏🏽

Pamela Saunders Friday (Sister-in-law)

Entered May 31, 2021 from USA

RIP will always be rembered .

Janice and Daniela Stroude (Family)

Entered May 31, 2021 from Brooklyn, New York

We would like to extend our deepest sympathy to the family and extended family at this very sad time. Be comforted that sadness may last through the night but joy comes in the morning.

Rachel Saunders (Cousin)

Entered June 1, 2021 from New York

My deepest condolences during this difficult time to my aunt and family on the passing of her beloved husband. I pray that you continue to keep God in the midst and he gives you strength during this time. R.I.P

Bernadette Pitt (Uncle)

Entered June 1, 2021 from Queens

I will miss you daily. Continue to rest in y. Love y always ❤️😘💖❤️😘💖

A tribute to my beloved husband.
Thanks for almost 6 decades of love and friendship, including 53 years of marriage. You were a gift, a guide, and more. I celebrate your companionship along with your loving hands that were always ready to help me to stand. I thank you for the poems, the promises, and the wisdom you shared, always confirming that a husband's love is near.
Thank you for all the sad you turned to glad,
Thank you for all the tears you turned to Cheers,
Thank you for all the gold my heart now holds,
And thank you Ronald for all the precious memories, oh how they will linger.
You will always be in my heart and soul, missed, and loved forever.

With Love to my Brother and Forever Friend,
When we were kids, we played together. Then as teens we shared our dreams with one another.
Throughout those years and into adulthood, our relationship became ever more special to us. I always felt so lucky to have you as my brother and felt even more fortunate to have you for my friend, whom I could always count on at any time or place.
You knew how much I appreciated the closeness we shared, and how much it meant to be able to share so much with you.
The trumpet has sounded, and you have gone to a better place. I’m sure we will meet there some day.
You are gone but not forgotten.
Your Sister & Friend,
Patsy

A TRIBUTE TO MY DEAR FRIEND RONALD PHILLIPS

About sixty-five years ago it was my privilege to come in contact with Ronald Phillips a fellow student at the Emmanuel High School at Green Corner in Kingstown. He was an unforgettable character, noble in spirit, witty, affable, congenial, friendly and jovial. We became very close friends socially but fiercely competitive academically as we strove to be the top student in every form.
From the very beginning I had to stand by his side to console him in the passing of his brother Noel in 1957 and later to share his grief at the passing of his father in St Vincent and again at the passing of his mother in the USA. Unfortunately, neither he nor I could attend the funeral service of his elder brother Leon earlier this year due to Covid-19 but we shared the grief by telephone.
Ronald introduced me to his parents and siblings and they accepted me as one of their own. Through the years we kept in touch by telephone and when he came down to Brooklyn to spend the Christmas Season with his sister Patsy.
In our last year at Emmanuel High School I had to live in Kingstown and I became a neighbor of Ronald and besides our gruesome and grinding schedule of studying for the Senior Cambridge Examination in 1960 we were partners in a lot of escapades known only to him and me.
On graduating from EHS he went to work at the Customs and I became a teacher in Layou, but we spare no effort to meet on weekends and on holidays and about a year and a half I emigrated to the USA and later he joined his sister Patsy in Canada.
Ronald was a selfless, loyal, supportive friend who gave me great encouragement and support during my political career. He expressed his joy and elation at my success and was devoid of any petty jealousy which so often characterizes some false friends.
He was extremely happy when I became the Deputy Prime Minister and was Knighted by her Majesty the Queen and expressed the wish that our old Head Teacher Dr. J. P. Eustace could be alive to see the product of his labors in so many of his student who excelled in their varied fields of endeavors. Ronald was a writer and wrote a book of poems which he autographed and sent to me in St Vincent and which I have used on many occasions. He and I had made a pact that no matter what, we would be there to pay our last respect to whoever died first. Unfortunately because of Covid-19 I cannot honor that agreement. I am greatly saddened by the passing of one who has been my close friend for almost all my life but I shall cherish the memories for the rest of my life.
To Silma, Colin, Curtney, the grandchildren, his sister Patsy and all bereaved relatives and friends my wife and I send our condolence.
I say not goodbye but goodnight for in some brighter climes and on a more glorious morning we shall meet never to part again.
Rest in peace my beloved friend.
Sir Louis H. Straker KCMG
Knight Commander of Saint Michael and Saint George

My father was not a man of many words, but he was kind, compassionate, and caring. I had a lot of time to reflect when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's, as he was sick for a number of years before the disease finally caught up to him.

I remember specifically at one point he told me that he couldn't remember things like he used to. I told him, if he had to forget, please forget the bad times. He smiled and said, 'ya, that's right!'. I miss my father but I am glad he is no longer suffering.

Colin
2nd Son

Dad, I think of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday and the days before that too.

I would express our heart felt gratitude for the cards, flowers, compassion and emotional support shown to our family during this difficult time.

Watching the Parkinson’s disease slowly and deliberately take my father away made the last several years very difficult. I would to thank my mother for her endless care for over the past 10 years as his health declined. I would be remiss if I did not thank my wife Joan who held Ronald’s hand for hours at a time, at the hospital.
We think of you in silence, we often speak your name. Now all we have is memories and your picture in a frame. Your memory is our keepsake. With which we’ll never part. God has you in his keeping. We have you in our heart.
My dad loved writing poems, what better to say goodbye then to read one of his many poems.

As The Saying Goes

The saying is as old as the hills
You are here today and gone tomorrow.
But some folks strive to earn,
To spree and and pay bills
And end up with a feeling of sorrow.
Life is short, and time is fleeting,
Another saying that’s worth repeating,
So be loving and kind,
While on this earth
You can’t reach out under six feet of dirt.
The air is fresh, the spring is clean,
And the moon shines down on you
Flowers bloom, children happy at play
Present a magnificent view.
Dispose of malice,
Envy, hatred and spite,
And you may find a life
That’s shining just right.
And as the saying goes,
Be true to yourself, before you can be true to the world,
Is probably true for every man,
Women, boy and girl.
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Curt Phillips
We miss you dad !