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The Bermuda Cricket Umpires Association lost one of its former members this week with the passing of Ronald O’Hara in his native Jamaica on Tuesday after a lengthy illness. O’Hara, in his late 70s, retired to Jamaica several years ago after living i...

Many Bermudians and visitors alike knew of Derrick Phipps only as the guy who hung out on Front Street, opening doors for taxis or chatting with anyone whom he decided needed some life advice. Like many whom the world may deem as “less than”, many wa...

At a time when many would be broken, he was getting stronger. At a time when many would be cursing, he was rejoicing. At a time when many would be sad, he was standing in the presence of his maker. A husband was giving God the glory for accepting his...

At Central School, now Victor Scott, there were many outstanding dedicated teachers who touched many lives during the deeply troubling years of the Second World War. In addition to those conditions, the social injustice of the day added to the hurdle...

Tributes have been paid to a professor who trained many of Bermuda’s counsellors and has died aged 95. In the 1970s, Robert Gibson began what would become a counsellor education programme lasting three decades on behalf of Bermuda’s Ministry of Educa...

One of the Island’s centenarians, Doris Corbin, a longstanding organist and choir director for St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, died on Sunday at the age of 103. A former teacher at Central Primary School, now Victor Scott Primary School, ...

The family of Johnathan Darrell, whose life was claimed in a stabbing incident at Rural Hill Plaza on August 22, remembered a sociable and hard-working man “loved by everyone” at a special service over the weekend. “My son was a lover, not a fighter ...

An advocate for the homeless who ran for councillor in this year’s municipal elections has died. Derrick Phipps, a former pensions lawyer who slipped into drug addiction and ended up living on the streets until last year, was 61 years old. Speaking...

Gombeys gathered yesterday to celebrate the life of Francis Llewellyn Spencer “Merry Mice” Darrell — a well-loved Gombey captain who died on August 22. “Its basically a celebration of the life he lived,” said his son, Andrei Simons. Mr Darrell, a f...

Friends, family and fellow dancers have paid tribute to a “real giant in the Gombey movement”. Francis Llewellyn Spencer Darrell, also known as “Merry Mice” — said to be the oldest Gombey captain — died at the age of 83. The former Pembroke resident...

St George’s Cricket Club, and the East End sports community as a whole, lost a dedicated worker on the weekend with the passing of Mansfield “Bojangles” Smith at the age of 82. From his early days as a goalkeeper with the Wellington Rovers, Mr Smith...

Family, friends, colleagues and members of the sailing fraternity have paid tribute to Reid Kempe, who passed away on Sunday morning surrounded by his wife and children. He was 64. When Reid’s name comes up you may think of a former Olympian and gian...