thebahamasweekly.com - Fred Mitchell Statement on the death of Frank Edgecombe

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Fred Mitchell Statement on the death of Frank Edgecombe
Nov 13, 2013 - 12:01:00 AM

Nassau, Bahamas - The following is a Statement by Fred Mitchell, MP, Fox Hill:

It is my sad duty to announce that one of my predecessors as the MP for Fox Hill passed away quietly last evening at his home in his beloved Fox Hill surrounded by his family. Frank Edgecombe who lived a long and fruitful life in the service of The Bahamas and his native community of Fox Hill will be remembered for his life of selfless dedication and loyalty.

Mr. Edgecombe served as MP for Fox Hill from 1977 to 1987. He served as the Vice President of the Senate until 1992. He was the longest serving Chair of the Road Traffic Authority.

Mr. Edgecombe began his working life as a teacher and progressed up through the ranks to becoming the first native Fox HIllian to head the Sandilands School.

He was a committed Baptist and a man of great faith. He was revered in the community of Fox Hill for his quiet but fierce determination to work for and on behalf of his Fox Hill people.

I am truly saddened by his death. I was happy that we were able to honour him during his life with renaming the street where he lived after him. One of his proud moments he said after the ceremony was the fact that the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister both came to his home.

On behalf of the people of the Fox Hill community, I wish to send heart felt condolences on the death of Mr. Edgecombe and say that our support for his wife and children, grand children and great grand children is unwavering. Fox HIll will miss Frank Edgecombe.