July 13, 2024
Funeral for journalist Job Nelson underway
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A thanksgiving service for Gleaner journalist Job Nelson is now underway at the Grace Missionary Church on West Avenue in St Andrew.
Jodi-Ann Nelson (centre), daughter of late Jamaica Gleaner journalist Job Nelson, reads a lesson at the thanksgiving service celebrating the life of her father at the Grace Missionary Church in St Andrew on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (Photo: Naphtali Junior)
Nelson died in a car crash off Spanish Town Road on May 21. He was 53 years old.
He will be interred at the Meadowrest Memorial Gardens in Spanish Town, St Catherine.
The funeral is being attended by scores of mourners including many of Nelson’s former colleagues in the media fraternity.