Monthly Archives July 2021

Welcome Sign And Story Board To Be Erected At The Ingress To Carr District in Memory of James “Dick” Richards -Vincent Samuels

Overhead view of Carr District

Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) is delighted to announce that Home Time Entertainment Limited (HomeTime Cable) whose flagship operation is located at 32 North Street, Black River, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies, has accepted the proposal made by the Association for the Company to donate a Welcome Sign that it will mount on the embankment of the bye-pass road at the ingress to Carr District, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies adjacent the intersection of the bye-pass road and Beersheba/Flint Valley Parochial Road.

The Welcome Sign will be erected in memory of James “Dick” Richards (1872-1965), icon, philanthropist and a native of Carr District who although he was born and raised in poverty, became one of the wealthiest ...

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BOSA Announces the Peaceful Transition Of Gwendolyn Leanora Comrie-Smith (By Vincent Samuels)

It is with a sense of mixed feeling of sadness and mirth that Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wish to announce that Gwendolyn Leanora Comrie-Smith, age 83, Beersheba Elementary Moravian Church School Alumna, Dressmaker, ardent devoted loyal member of New Market Methodist Church, BOSA member and philanthropist; made her peaceful transition at her home at Jack’s Gate, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies at sunset on Friday, July 9, 2021.

A sense of sadness, because Gwen as she is fondly known as and called by her classmates and everyone in Jack’s Gate, New Savannah, Long Ground, Carr, Happy Hall, Flint Valley, New Market and other adjoining districts; has left a void in the lives of everyone that can never ever be filled! The writer of this announcement, ...

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