Lara to shoulder Weekes’ coffin

Former Windies great Brian Lara will be one among the pallbearers at Sir Everton Weekes’ funeral on July 30. This was revealed by Jeffrey Gibson, the Dean at The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael and All Angels.

The funeral of Sir Everton Weekes, who at the age of 95 passed away on July 1 will be hosted by the Government of Barbados.

Speaking exclusively over telephone from Barbados, he said, “The pallbearers into the Oval will be sons David Murray and Eareal Johnson; godson Adrian Donovan and former West Indies cricketers — Brian Lara, Sir Charles Griffith and Ian Bradshaw,” Gibson said.

“This Official Funeral will be conducted in accordance with the burial rites of the Anglican Church. The Procession will enter Kensington Oval through the Pickwick Gate (Sir Everton was born and raised in Pickwick Gap),” he added.

“The Funeral service will comprise the singing

The pallbearers into the Oval will be sons David Murray and Eareal Johnson; godson Adrian Donovan and former West Indies cricketers — Brian Lara, Sir Charles Griffith and Ian Bradshaw.

of Hymns, the reading of 3 passages from the Bible. The Eulogy is the highlights of a person’s life — it celebrates and commemorates the life of Sir Everton. It will be delivered by Prof Sir Hilary Beckles who wrote Sir Everton's autobiography. In the service, there will also be prayers, and sermon/address — an exhortation to faith in Creator, Sustainer and Redeemer of life”, the Dean added.

The Dean got close to Sir Everton when the church where he served at that time, the church of his baptism invited him to be the patron of a Cricket Mission.

— JEFFREY GIBSON the Dean at The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael and All Angels