By OSWALD T. BROWN
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 9, 2024 — Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell today posted an excellent collection of photos on Facebook that were taken at Evensong held at Ascension Anglican Church in Freeport, Grand Bahama, in honour of the late Sir Cyril Fountain. I absolutely had to share some of them with readers of my Washington, D.C. — based online publication, BAHAMAS CHRONICLE, which has a huge following among Bahamians in the diaspora across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom as well as in The Bahamas and the wider Caribbean.
Mr. Mitchell posted the photos with the following narrative:
“We were pleased to honour the late Sir Cyril Fountain at evensong, sermon and benediction at Ascension Anglican Church in Freeport, Grand Bahama. Thank you to the children Julian and Cecile, my colleague Ginger Moxey and Justice Petra Hanna Adderley with retired Justice of Appeal Neville Adderley and Sir Hartman Longley, former Chief Justice, and Harvey Tynes K C. The photo was taken with members of Prince Hall masons. 9 June 2024”
BAHAMAS CHRONICLE EDITOR’S NOTE: Sir Cyril, who died on May 20 at the age of 94, had a long and distinguished career and his accomplishments in the legal profession shall be enshrined ad infinitum in the archives of Bahamian history. Having been involved in journalism for more than 60 years – from I joined The Nassau Daily Tribune in May of 1960 as a trainee reporter – I had numerous opportunities to document the professional accomplishments of Sir Cyril.
What’s more. following his retirement as Chief Justice in 1996 he returned to private practice and then full retirement in Grand Bahama, where I was editor of The Freeport News from 2003 to 2009. May his soul Rest In Peace.
