Thompson’s widow, Cecile and grandson, Michael Cox Thompson lay a wreath.<strong> (Joseph Wellington)</strong>
January 20, 2017
DUDLEY THOMPSON AT 100
Scores of Jamaicans, some of them holding official positions in the society, paid their respects to the late politician and lawyer, Dudley J Thompson on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth, at a ceremony held at the Garrison cemetery, Up Park Camp in St Andrew on Thursday. Thompson, a Rhodes Scholar who was nicknamed Burning Spear, was also a Pan-Africanist, ambassador, and teacher who died on January 20, 2012, a day after his 95th birthday.
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The headstone giving details of Thompson’s life on Earth<strong> (Joseph Wellington)</strong>
General secretary of the People’s National Party, to which Thompson belonged, Julian Robinson (left), and veteran attorney-at-law K Churchill Neita (right), who practised law with Thompson, participate in the proceedings. (<strong>Joseph Wellington)</strong>
Pupils of St Michael’s Primary School perform an item during the ceremony.<strong> (Joseph Wellington)</strong>
Anglican Suffragan Bishop of Kingston Rt Rev Robert Thompson offers prayers. (<strong>Joseph Wellington)</strong>
