Scores line Mandeville street for procession of former Manchester custos

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Members of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) Manchester chapter and employees of the Consolidated Health Services lined a section of Caledonia Road in Mandeville to get a glimpse of a procession for the late Dr Gilbert Allen last Wednesday.

Allen, a medical doctor and former managing director of Consolidated Health Services, in recent years was lauded by the LMAJ for his instrumental role in the training of justices of the Peace in Manchester.

He died on Friday, April 16 at his Mandeville home after ailing for years. He served as custos of Manchester for 17 years, from 1994 to 2011.

(Photos: Gregory Bennett) Members of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica Manchester Chapter observe the procession for the late Dr Allen.

Employees of the Mandeville-based Consolidated Health Services await a procession from the Lyn’s Funeral Home for the late Dr Gilbert Allen last Wednesday. Members of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) Manchester chapter and employees of the Consolidated Health Services at a section of Caledonia Road in Mandeville to get a glimpse of a procession for the late Dr Gilbert Allen. Police outriders escort a procession from Lyn’s Funeral Home through the town of Mandeville to Oaklawn Memorial Gardens in honour of the late former custos, Dr Gilbert Allen.