By Nelson A. King
Anthony “Tony” Fitz-allan
Husbands, a Vincentian-born
United Nations Police captain
and erstwhile Criminal Investigations
Department (CID)
Officer in the Royal St. Vincent
and the Grenadines Police
Force, who served as president
of the Brooklyn-based Vincentian
group Biabou Methodist
School Alumni and vice president
of the Brooklyn-based St.
Vincent and the Grenadines Ex-
Police Association, U.S.A., Inc.,
died on June 2 from complications
related to the coronavirus
(COVID-19), his wife, Dr. Olga
Husbands, said. He was 60.
Dr. Husbands, a registered
nurse, told Caribbean Life,
in an exclusive interview, on
Sunday that her husband, who
hailed from Cedars, a same village
adjacent to Biabou on the
eastern coast of mainland St.
Vincent and the Grenadines,
died at Lenox Hill Hospital, on
77th Street and Lexington Avenue
in Manhattan, after being
hospitalized for 55 days.
“He loved working at the
United Nations and spent 33
glorious years,” she said. “He
looked forward to retiring in
the next three years, where he
would live the rest of his life
back home in St. Vincent and
the Grenadines.
“St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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was always in his heart,”
she added. “He made frequent
trips home, never missing a
carnival. He was the unofficial
ambassador for SVG (St. Vincent
and the Grenadines) – evident
by his videos of St. Vincent
and the Grenadines’ beauty, his
expression of love for his country,
and his open invitation to
many friends to ‘come and see
why I love sweet SVG’.
The United Nations said in a
statement that its Security and
Safety Service of the Department
of Safety and Security
and the UN community at large
are “deeply saddened to learn of
the passing of Capt. Anthony
‘Tony’ Husbands.”
“He was highly respected
by his colleagues and all who
knew him,” it said, stating that
Husbands joined the United
Nations on Sept.1 1987, rising
to the rank of captain.
Before joining the United
Nations, Husbands, who resided
in Brooklyn with his family,
served seven years (1979-1986)
with the Royal St. Vincent and
the Grenadines Police Force.
“Capt. Husbands completed
an associate’s degree in
architecture at New York City
Technical College in 1989, and
never missed an opportunity to
enhance his skills by participating
in courses that directly
heightened his professional
competence,” the UN said. “His
ability as a security manager
was only equaled by his contribution
as an investigator and
VIP (Very Important Person)
Close Protection Operator.
“He was able to lead fundraising
efforts and gave back
to the school children of
BMS,” Dr. Husbands added.
“He also was able to obtain
computers from the United
Nations, which were donated
Anthony ‘Tony Husbands at the United Nations.
Pamella Ferrari-Easter, president of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines
to Biabou Methodist School,
Simon Primary School and
Adelphi Secondary School (all
in St. Vincent and the Grenadines).”
She said her husband had
“great dreams of making
greater change” while in BMS
and the police group “but was
cut short on June 2, 2020.”
Husbands was born in
Cedars on May 18, 1960 to
Elma Pricilla Husbands and
Clovis Derick.
He was the second of five
children, who lived in a small
house in Cedars, Dr. Husbands
said.
“Growing up, the family
instilled love, morals and,
above all, great Christian
values,” she said. “Those values
were further instilled at
the Biabou Methodist school,
where he received his primary
education.”
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