Griffith’s life of service lauded

President The Most Honourable Jeffrey Bostic and Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley were joined by parliamentarians, senators, diplomats, members of the consular corps, senior figures in the Public Service, family and friends yesterday, in saying farewell to a man who gave 49 years of his life to public service in Barbados.

The official funeral for Erskine Griffith, who died September 8 at the age of 86, saw scores turning out at St Patrick’s Anglican Church in Christ Church, where Griffith was a lifetime member, for the two-hour service.

The late resident of Spring Farm, St Philip, served as a Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; a Leader of Public Business in the Senate; as Barbados’ first Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva.