PROFILE: SENIOR HEARSE DRIVER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR - DUEN SERGEANT

Duen Sergeant is the Longest serving employee of Lyn’s Funeral Home, being employed since the age of 19 and is now 63 years old. Despite being officially employed at age 19, Duen have been a part of the Lyn’s Family since the age of 9 years old, Duen laments that he feels like an adopted son to Calvin and Sylvia Lyn, this is due to the fact that he grew up around the couple. The father of three who is a senior hearse Driver whose main task is to ship and receive bodies shares that one of the main reasons he has remained an employee at Lyn’s funeral is the fact that he is comfortable there. Mr. Sergeant shares that he enjoys his work in the funeral business except for dealing with bodies which are in the state of decomposing.

Mr. Sergeant recalls some of his most memorable moments since being a part of the company for a total of 44 years, one of his most memorable encounters is that of which happened between a police officer at a roadblock, Mr. Sergeant was asked by the police what he was carrying, Mr. Sergeant told the police to look for himself after which he became angry at the sight of a corpse in the back, Mr. Sergeant recalls the Police saying “Bwoy how yuh suh bright, Nuh dead man dat”?.

On another instance. Mr. sergeant recalls arriving at a funeral in Chantilly, near Walderston, after removing the coffin from the hearse to the church the unexpected happened as a well-known drug addict made his way to the vehicle with the keys still in the ignition, this individual then proceeded to drive away the hearse from there church with the sombre songs playing. The hearse was later intercepted in Spanish Town by the police. These and other experiences are what Mr. Sergeant describes as the reasons why he wouldn't trade his profession for another.