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Last Updated: Feb 6, 2017 - 2:32:04 PM |
NEW
YORK -- The Hon. Forrester J Carroll, Bahamas Consul General to New York,
accompanied by his wife Dr. Valencia Carroll, attended “SUNY Maritime College’s
Cultural Club’s Black History Month’s Annual Scholarship Dinner,” held at the
college on Thursday night, February 27, 2014.
The college paid special tribute
to Bahamian graduate Mr. Leeman Pearson, son of Frank and Yvonne Pearson of Freeport, Grand Bahama. Young Leeman
died recently in Nassau when he was
involved in an unfortunate car accident. The College’s Cultural Club honoured
his memory, supported by a very interesting pictorial of his life as a young
Bahamian Marine.
He will be sadly missed by all faculty and staff at the college. Pictured from left
are: Mrs. Beryl Edgecombe, President of
the Bahamian American Cultural Society (BACS); Mr. Kyron Cooper, President Of SUNY Maritime
College's Cultural Club; Mrs. Yvonne Pearson, mother of Leeman Pearson; Consul
General Carroll; Ms. Patricia Norman, SUNY Maritime College Cultural Club Advisor;
Dr. Valencia Carroll; and Rev. Bobbie Knowles, aunt of Leeman Pearson.
NEW YORK -- Pictured at the “SUNY Maritime College’s Cultural Club’s Black History Month’s Annual Scholarship Dinner,” held at the college on Thursday night, February 27, 2014, from left to right are: Capt. Robert Cook, Chairman of the Organization of Black Maritime Graduates (OBMG), who maintains a vacation home in Fresh Creek, Andros; the Hon. Forrester J Carroll, Bahamas Consul General to New York; Mrs. Yvonne Pearson, mother of the late Leeman Pearson; and Cadet Kyron Cooper, who hails from Pinder’s Point, Grand Bahama. The college paid special tribute to Bahamian graduate Mr. Leeman Pearson, who died recently in Nassau when he was involved in an unfortunate car accident.
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