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- Farewell
to the People's President
29 December 2002
Coffin at rest in Merriman's Funeral
Home, Georgetown
The Coffin of Mr. Hugh Desmond
Hoyte, S.C., MP rested in Merriman's Funeral
Home from Monday 23 December to the morning of Sunday 29
December and from the evening of Sunday 29 December to the morning
of Monday 30 December 2002.
PROCESSION
The Coffin will be taken in Procession from Merriman's Funeral
Home to Congress Place
on the morning of Sunday 29
December 2002.
- The
order of the Procession was as follows:
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- Merriman's Funeral
Home
9.00 a.m.
Pall Bearers, Allan Munroe, Ivor Allen, Patrick Roberts, Desmond
Fernandes, Florence Bourne and Genevieve Allen carries the
Coffin to the
hearse.
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- Processional
Route:
South along Lime Street to Durban Street
- West to Camp
Street
- South to Russell
Street through to Hunter Street to West
Front Road
- East to the Police
Outpost
- North along Cemetery
road to Princess Street
- West to Haley
Street
- North along
Haley Street to Norton Street
- East along Norton
Street to
Mandela Avenue
- North along Mandela Avenue into Sheriff
Street
- East into Duncan
Street to the Eastern highway
- North
along Eastern highway to Congress Place
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- Congress Place
10.00 a.m.
Pall Bearers, Mark Walkes,
George Moore, Lloyd Joseph, Seelo Baichan and Carvil Duncan
removes the Coffin from the
hearse taken into Congress Place.
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- LYING-IN-STATE,
CONGRESS PLACE
- The Coffin
of Mr. Hugh Desmond Hoyte, S.C., MP will Ly-in-State
in Congress Place, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Sunday,
December 30, 2002.
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- 1.00
a.m. Pall
Bearers, Basil Williams,
Ricky Khan, Patrick Yarde, Lance Baptiste, Gordon Bradford and
Colin Bynoe will bear the Coffin into the Congress Place
Auditorium.
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- 1.15
p.m. (approx)
- The programme celebrating
Mr. Hoyte's life will be conducted by the party's
- Vice
Chairman, Vincent Alexander,MP
- Prayers and tributes by organisations representing the
Christian, Hindu, Muslim and Apostolic faiths.
- Statement by General Secretary Oscar
Clarke
- Musical
contributions by the Mighty Canary, Ras Camo Williams, First
Born, Bharrat Kissoon, the Sad'r Islamic Anjuman, the
Georgetown Quartet, Jean Roberts, the Yoruba Singers and
African Drummers
- Tributes from each of the ten Regions; the
Trades Union Movement, representatives of the Amerindian
community, the Bar Association, African Cultural Development
Association (ACDA), the National Congress of Women (NCW),
Guyana Youth and Students Movement (GYSM), the Parliamentary
group, the Reform component
- Statement Robert Corbin, the
party's Chairman
At the end of the celebration programme,
Pall Bearers, Premchan Singh Benjamin Nedd,
Cheryl Sampson, Jerome Khan, Ranwell Jordan, Keith Clarke and
Yvonne Harewood Benn will bear the Coffin from Congress Place
Auditorium to the hearse.-
Processional Route to Merriman's Funeral
Home:- West
along First Street to Sheriff Street
- South along Sheriff
Street to Garnett Street
- West along Garnett
Street to
Vlissengen Road
- South along Vlissengen
Road to Crown Street
- West along the bridge into Irving
Street
- North along Irving
Street to Lamaha Street
- West along Lamaha
Street to Camp Street
- South along Camp
Street to Durban Street
- East along
Durban Street to Lime Street
- North along Lime
Street to
Merriman's Funeral Home.
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At the Funeral Home, Pall
Bearers, Dennis Glasgow, Peter Livingstone, Bevon
Currie, Ralwayne Payne, Noel Waithe and Kenneth Sealey will
bear the body from the hearse to the chapel.
VIGIL
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At Merriman's Funeral
Home, members the Guyana
Youth Student Movement will mount a vigil around the Coffin as
it rest on the Catafalque from 4:00p.m. until 9:00 a.m. Monday,
December 30,2002
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