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| The congregation included the President and Prime Minister with their spouses, Ministers of the government; judges, both current and former; Commissioners of Police, past and present; business executives, old boys of Queen’s College, parishioners and ordinary members of the public.Pallbearers carry Lewis’ casket into the St. George’s Cathedral.They joined family members and other relatives in the packed St. George’s Cathedral to pay their last respects to former Commissioner of Police, QC Old Boy and Rotarian, Laurie Leland Lewis DSM, DSS.Even the traffic around the historic venue slowed to a crawl during the 90 minutes service to close the chapter on the life of the man whose name had become a household one even years after leaving one of the most powerful offices in the land.As Commissioner of Police,Cheap Shoes Uk Online, Lewis would have made a lot of enemies and friends but after yesterday’s service, even the enemies would admit after listening to the many tributes, that his good qualities far outweighed whatever bad there was.For the most part, Lewis was described as one of Guyana’s most professional Commissioners of Police, one who is credited with implementing most of the new postures of the Guyana Police Force.His name is synonymous with concepts such as IMPACT and TRACOR.Commissioner (ag) Leroy Brumell,Nike Air Max Saldi Online, who was one of the young breed of officers nurtured under Lewis’ stewardship, referred to the Police Outreach Programme, which targeted the children of the Rosemary Lane community (Tiger Bay); the Police Benevolent Fund, the Station Management Committees, the IMPACT Advisory Board – aspects of the modern Guyana Police Force that were all the initiatives of the late Top Cop.In his tribute to Lewis, he traced the career of his former boss from 1961 when he enlisted as a Cadet Officer, to 1990 when he became the country’s sixth locally-born Commissioner.Brumell’s wife, Grace Brumell, in her capacity as President of the Police Wives’ Association labeled Lewis as a super role model for the underprivileged children of Tiger Bay.“It earned him the name of ‘father’.”The Juliet Griffith Daycare Centre which is run by the Police Wives’ Association and which caters for the children of police ranks as well as those in the Kingston area was also the brainchild of Laurie Lewis.Mrs. Brumell said that it was Lewis who started the annual summer camp for youths, helping many of them to become law abiding citizens.At the end of her tribute,Wholesale China Jerseys Free Shpping, many nodded their heads in agreement as they did with all the others who publicly paid glowing tributes to the late Queen’s College Old Boy.Quick witLewis’ quick wit and sharp intellect were also highlighted by Conrad Plummer, a colleague of Lewis on the executive of the Queen’s College Old Boys’ Association.Police Officers file pass the body of their former commissioner at the Merriman’s Funeral Home.Plummer recalled some of Lewis’ exploits in the field of sport during his years at Queen’s College, which commenced in 1953.Lewis held his own at badminton, volleyball and cricket and it was this love for sport that led to him becoming a sports administrator in several disciplines in his later years.“He joined Queen’s College in 1953 and never left it,Fjallraven Kanken Saldi,” said Plummer.Lewis later went on to become the Chairman of the Board of Directors at QC until ill-health forced him to give up the position.“He spent a substantial part of his life shepherding the youths,” Plummer stated.As a Rotarian, Lewis’ “unquestionable leadership skills” were highlighted by Khalil Ali, President of the Rotary Club of Georgetown.According to Ali, under Lewis’ leadership,Chad Williams Jersey, the club earned the President’s Citation from the Rotary International body.Sickness“Even with the demand of the office of the Commissioner, he found time to attend meetings…even when sickness took its toll. There was not a Rotarian he did not know. No rotary function would be complete without him,” Ali told the overflowing St. George’s Cathedral.Private Security magnate Roshan Khan, described Lewis as an intelligence czar and paid tribute to his role in the establishment of the Guyana Association of Private Security Organisations“Through his intelligence,Adrian Wilson Jersey, he learnt that we were forming the organization and he called and said “you are forming such an organization without me?”’Khan said that Lewis was so professional that he never allowed his office to cloud his judgement.There was no loud wailing as is customary at local funerals but while there was hardly a tear, there was a deep sense of sadness,Al Horford Jersey, given the fact that the man, whose life touched many, was no more.From as early as 08:00hrs, mourners flocked the Merriman’s Funeral Home, to catch a glimpse of his body. Even those on their way to work could not help noticing the police ranks outside the Funeral Home, signaling that it was the last day on earth for the body of the police icon.The body was then taken under police escort to the St. George’s Cathedral where even those who had difficulty climbing the stairs made a special effort to attend the funeral service.The final chapter was written at the Good Hope Cemetery where a 21 gun salute provided some of the final lines of the book on Laurie Leland Lewis.Lewis passed away last week Monday after a prolonged battle with diabetes.He was the second longest-serving Commissioner of Police in Guyana and he is the only one to date to serve two different governments. |
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