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Caribbean L 14 ife, May 15-21, 2020
By Nelson A. King
As state and city officials
probe the Andrew
T. Cleckley Funeral Services,
Inc. on Utica Avenue
in Brooklyn after
decomposing bodies were
found inside two U-Hall
trucks outside the home
Flatlands, the Barbadian
national who was listed
on the funeral home’s
website up to Wednesday
morning as the coowner
of the home and
wife of the owner, Andrew
T. Cleckley, has strongly
denied any affiliation with
the home and Cleckley.
“I have not been associated
with the firm or
owner for the last two
years,” Alva Stuart told
Caribbean Life Wednesday
afternoon. “We’ve been
divorced. I don’t have
access to anything over
there.
“I have nothing to do
with that, and I’m getting
the blame,” added Stuart,
her voice cracking,
referring the discovery
of the decomposing bodies
at the funeral home
at 2037A Utica Ave. “I’ve
moved on.”
In addition to the probe,
New York State health
officials have suspended
the license of the Andrew
T. Cleckley Funeral Services,
Inc., in the heart of
the Caribbean community
in Brooklyn, after about
100 decomposing bodies
were found inside the two
non-refrigerated U-Haul
trucks and a U-Haul van
two Wednesdays ago.
Up to Wednesday
morning, April 6, a notice
on the Andrew T. Cleckley
Funeral Services, Inc.’s
website described Andrew
T. Cleckley as the “owner/
manager” and Stuart as
the “co-owner.”
However, later on
Wednesday, information
about the “owner/manager”
and “co-owner” was
removed after Caribbean
Life published online
a story after the state’s
suspension of the funeral
home’s license.
Before the removal of
the information, the website
said that Cleckley is
“a graduate with honors
from Nassau Community
College, Class of 2011,
and is a native New Yorker
of African-American
descent.
“Andrew is a devoted,
compassionate and experienced
Funeral Director,
whose primary objective
is to provide your family
with the attention and
care necessary during
your time of bereavement,”
the website said. “He is
the master embalmer,
responsible for restoring
loved ones to their before
death appearance.”
For Stuart, it said she
was “born and raised in
the beautiful island of
Barbados,” and that she
“graduated with honors
from American McCalister
Institute of Funeral
Service as a licensed
funeral director in 2011.
“Professionalism, integrity
and attention to detail
represent the core values
that Alva is admired for
and trusted by the people
with whom she encounters,”
said the website
before the information
was removed.
“Alva is responsible for
ensuring your loved ones
look as radiant in their
passing as they did while
alive. She also plans and
directs the funeral services,”
it added.
But Stuart told Caribbean
Life that she was
unaware that the information
was still posted
on the funeral home’s
website, emphasizing
that she and the owner
are divorced and that she
was not affiliated with the
funeral home.
Caribbean Life made
repeated calls to the two
numbers listed on the
funeral home’s website, in
trying to reach Cleckley,
but a voice message on
one phone said: “That mail
box is full. Good bye.”
When the other phone
was dialed, the message
said: “The number you
dialed is not in service.
Please check the number
and dial again.”
This paper dialed the
number again, but the
same message was repeated.
Caribbean Life also
in-boxed the Andrew T.
Cleckley Funeral Services,
Inc. on its Facebook
page, requesting to speak
with the Cleckley; but, up
to press time, the paper
received no response.
Stuart had told Caribbean
Life that Cleckley,
since the incident, does
not answer or return calls,
stating that hundreds of
people have been trying
to reach him without success.
But up to Thursday
morning, a “welcome”
message on the Andrew
T. Cleckley Funeral Services,
Inc. website, without
mentioning anything
whatsoever about the
incident, states that “the
caring and experienced
professionals at Andrew T.
Cleckley Funeral Services,
Inc. are here to support
you through this difficult
time.
Barbadian Alva Stuart (standing) with ex-husband
Andrew T. Cleckley.
Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Services, Inc.
Barbadian national denies affiliation with
Brooklyn funeral home under probe
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