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Consul General Carroll attends SUNY dinner
By Oswald Brown
Mar 2, 2014 - 12:22:39 AM



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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