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Published:Friday | May 28, 2021 | 12:13 AM
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness (left) and Sir Patrick Allen, governor general of Jamaica, speak with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith at her father’s official memorial service of thanksgiving.
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness (left) and Sir Patrick Allen, governor general of Jamaica, speak with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith at her father’s official memorial service of thanksgiving.
Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding looks at the programme for the service of the late Ambassador Anthony Johnson, inside Kingston College’s (KC) St Augustine’s Chapel on North Street in Kingston. A KC old boy, Johnson attended the school in the 1950s.
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Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding looks at the programme for the service of the late Ambassador Anthony Johnson, inside Kingston College’s (KC) St Augustine’s Chapel on North Street in Kingston. A KC old boy, Johnson attended the school in the 1950s.
Elisabeth Mondon (centre), daughter-in-law of the late Ambassador Anthony Johnson, with her children Zoe Johnson (left) and Luc Johnson.
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Elisabeth Mondon (centre), daughter-in-law of the late Ambassador Anthony Johnson, with her children Zoe Johnson (left) and Luc Johnson.
Pamela Johnson (right), widow of the late Ambassador Anthony Johnson greets Sir Patrick Allen, governor general of Jamaica.
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Pamela Johnson (right), widow of the late Ambassador Anthony Johnson greets Sir Patrick Allen, governor general of Jamaica.
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There was an outpouring of love and admiration for the late former ambassador, Anthony Johnson, at yesterday’s memorial service of thanksgiving. A common thread in the tributes presented was Johnson’s patriotism and interest in rural Jamaica. The 82-year-old — who died April 28 — was ambassador to the United States, a diplomat, former Jamaica Labour Party member of parliament, senator, economist and lecturer. Family, friends and government officials gathered to pay their final respects at St Augustine’s Chapel, on the North Street campus of Kingston College, where the former ambassador attended school in the 1950s.