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          sing and play musical instruments. At his 90  Birthday Celebration Concert, many came to sing
          and give tributes to him. He thoroughly enjoyed the concert.

          During his years on this earth, Richard has received many awards and many affiliations, a few of
          which are listed below.

          AWARDS
            Recipient  of  British  Empire  Medal,  awarded  by  Her  Majesty  Queen  Elizabeth  II  for  long
             dedicated service and particularly in the area of Youth Development
            Recipient of conferred Doctor of Music Degree from Richmond Virginia Seminary.
            Recipient of Bahamas Heroes Award Oct 1999.
            Certificate of Appreciation for being the Choir Director at Southland Cathedral 1967-1984 from
             the original Choir 1984
            Certificate of Dedicated Service to Bahamian Youths as Superintendent of the Boys Industrial
             School 1993
            Award for 13 years of dedicated service to the Boys Industrial School 1993
            Ordained as Deacon- Southland Cathedral 1999
            Faithful and dedicated service as Minister of Music Church of God Southern District.
            Recipient of the Kiwanis Club of Nassau, Men of Distinction Award 2001
            Recipient of Layman of the Year Award COG 2005
            Recipient of Maurice Mallory Award from the COG 2006
            Inducted into the International Lay Ministries Hall of Christian Excellence 2006
            Southland Cathedral COG Father of The Year Award 2007
            Hall of Christian Excellence 2008 – Church of God International Laymen Ministries Board of
             Directors & Department of Lay Ministries.
            Church  of  God  National  Life  Builders  Outstanding  Contributions  to  the  Development  of  the
             Men’s Ministry 2011

          AFFILIATIONS

            Honorary member and past Director Kiwanis Club - Fort Montague.
            Past Member - Scouts Association of the Bahamas
            Honorary Member of the Bahamas Red Cross
            Past Member Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship.

          Job 5:26 NLT – “You will go to the grave at a ripe old age, like a sheaf of grain harvested at the
          proper time!”

          In the last two years He often spoke of being ready to go to be with the Lord. A few days prior to
          being hospitalized, he spoke daily about wanting to go home as which time he was reminded that
          he was home.  He was not happy with that answer.  Little did we know he was now talking about
          his Heavenly home.
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          On Saturday April 11 , as he came out for breakfast, he went to the Love of his life Iris and told
          her  he  loved  her  and  thanked  her.   We  didn’t  think  anything  of  it  because  you  had  done  this
          before.  Little did we know it would be the last time.
          Due  to  the  Pandemic,  the  family  had  kept  both  Richard  and  Iris  at  home  for  over  4  weeks.
          However, his chest cold seemed to be getting worse despite the over the counter meds he was
          taking.   It  was  decided  despite the  Covid  risk on the  outside, he  needed  to  go  to  the hospital
          where they decided to admit him for treatment.
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          On Thursday April 16 , He was released and was collected by Gill and Nardo.  He looked very
          weak and frail and they were looking forward to fattening him back up.  On the way home they


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