Hundreds pay tribute to
Grenadian father and son
By Nelson A. King
Hundreds of Grenadians and
other Caribbean nationals on
Saturday paid their last respects
in Brooklyn to a Grenadian father
and son who died reportedly
from carbon monoxide poisoning
while renovating a home on
Feb. 9 in Highland Park, Detroit,
Mich.
The bodies of Winston Ventour,
68, and his son, Nigel,
41, were found inside a “stately
home” on Massachusetts Street
in Highland Park, according to
the local television station, Fox
2 Detroit.
Mourners paid tributes to the
father and son in a two-hourlong
funeral service at Bedford
Central Presbyterian Church on
the corner of Dean Street and
Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn.
In specifically paying tribute
to Nigel, some youthful members
the Rastafarian Movement, who,
for the most part, converged at
the back of the church, intermittently
interrupted the normal
flow of the funeral program with
shouts of “Rastafari” and other
unknown “Rastafari-speak.”
Almost at funeral’s end, one
member of the movement took
to the microphone and led an
impromptu tribute in song to
Nigel, as others gathered in
front of Nigel’s casket, placed,
along with his father’s, before
the church’s altar.
In a tribute read by Cheryl
Vincent, a popular Grenadian
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artiste in Brooklyn, on behalf
of Brooklyn Congresswoman
Yvette D. Clarke, the daughter
of Jamaican immigrants, Clarke
said she was “deeply saddened to
hear of Mr. Winston Ventour’s
and Mr. Nigel Ventour’s passing,”
and was “truly sorry” for
the family’s loss.
“The Ventours were shining
examples of a true American
immigrant experience, working
skilled trades in the United
States, while sending all their
proceeds home to support their
families,” said the representative
for the 9th Congressional District
in Brooklyn. “There could
not be a more honorable purpose.”
Yolande Y. Smith, Grenada’s
Ambassador to the United States,
said in a tribute, read by Jennie
Marie Pascal, a representative of
the Grenada Consulate in New
York, said that “losing a family
member is always difficult,” adding
that “it came as a shock, and
everyone was saddened to learn
of the unfortunate circumstances
surrounding the passing of
Mourners converge for last viewing of father and son Winston
and Nigel Ventour. Photo by Nelson A. King
father and son Winston and
Nigel Ventour, two industrious
sons of Grenadian soil.
“I write to express heartfelt
sympathy to your family and
loved ones on behalf of the Government
and people of Grenada,”
Smith said. “I convey these
words of condolence and hope
and pray that God Almighty will
give you the strength to bear
this great personal loss.
“May the Lord bless your family
with courage to sail though
this tough situation, and may
you not lose the strength of
mind as you come together in
this Homecoming Service,” the
ambassador added. “The nation
joins together to lift them up
to God’s light and to hold this
family in prayers during a time
when you need our prayers and
acts of kindness and thoughtfulness.”
In his homily, the Rev. Wesley
Daniel, a Grenadian United
Methodist Church pastor, noted
the “magnitude” of the family’s
loss.
Winston Ventour, 68, and his
son, Nigel, 41
Photo by Nelson A. King
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