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A civil rights champion and teacher was remembered yesterday for carrying on a family legacy of fighting for social justice as a leading member of the Progressive Group. Marva Phillips taught at primary schools and at what is now Sandys Secondary Mi...

The first Bermudian and first woman principal of the Whitney Institute Middle School was remembered by colleagues as a leader in education during the public school reforms of the 1990s. Gail-Anne Graham also chaired the Committee for Middle School Pr...

An expert woodworker whose work ranged from antique furniture restoration to prized artworks was remembered by friends as “a master”. Frederick Phillips’ creations can be found in historic buildings across the island, including Camden in Paget, the o...

A cab driver who led the Bermuda Taxi Operators Association was also a keen veteran of the annual Marathon Derby as well as a race organiser. Lee Tucker, who started running in 1944 and went on to train and manage competitive runners, was a member of...

A “fearless, no-nonsense” emergency room nurse also played a lead role in getting hundreds of patients overseas for treatment through her Bermuda Air Medivac service. BAM, which Eloise Bell ran with her business partner Sheldon Smith, was credited wi...

A “visionary” figure in the international business world was also a major promoter of talent in the island’s pioneering captive insurance sector. Brian Hall, who died last week, outlined Bermuda’s success in the sector in the foreword to 2004’s Held ...

A respected businessman, sailor and former City of Hamilton alderman was “a leader wherever he found himself”. Tommy Dickinson, a former head of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, was somebody who “always picked up the torch when he was pushed forward ...

Lady Eileen Sharpe was devoted to improving educational opportunities. Sir John Swan, a former premier, said she was “one of the stalwart credits to Bermuda”. “One of her fundamental mandates in life was to help people to get educated,” Sir John adde...

A carpenter trained as a shipwright in the Dockyard Apprentices programme went on to build the landmark Deliverance replica in St George – his proudest accomplishment. Raymond DeShields fondly called the Deliverance “his baby” and enjoyed dropping b...

A top architect who became president of the Vasco Da Gama Club has been praised as a champion of Portuguese and Azorean culture. Luis Bernardo, who died last month, came to Bermuda from the Azores with his family in 1949, aged only 13, and adopted th...