1 minute read
RememberingButch
Gordon “Butch” Stewart was not born to a life of privilege. He was a “man of the people”, a “local boy who made good”. His boyhood dream was to buy a boat as he had a fierce passion for the sea. To achieve thisdream,hecaughtfishtoselltothehotels.
According to Butch, his father was a very entertaining and humourous man. The house was always filled with laughter from his father’s many friends. He started high school as a boarder at Campion College but when his father could not afford the fees, he was sent to Columbus Heights School at St. Ann’s Bay, then later to St.Mary’sCollegeatAboveRocks.
Advertisement
His accomplishments, awards, legend and legacy are too numerous to list here. He worked for various companies as a salesman until he got a franchise to sellFeddersairconditionersandApplianceTraderswas born. Island wide delivery and service were his trademark as he supplied the hotels throughout Jamaica.
Butch, the businessman, is well known for his myriad monumental achievements. Butch the humanitarian is less well known as he was a humble man and did not do works of mercy and charity for publicity or selfaggrandizement.
The greatest legacy anyone can leave behind is a positive impact on the lives of others. The Hon. Gordon “Butch” Stewart left his footprints on the sands of time. He lived a very fruitful life guided by his love and passion for his beloved island of Jamaica.
In appreciation for his support over the years to Friends of Good Shepherd International as well as the many projects he helped Archbishop Charles withtobecomeareality.WalkgoodinHeaven.
RememberingSisterWilliamMargaret
PearlMavisYoung,knowntousasSr.WilliamMargaretYoung,OSFwasbornin Shooter’s Hill, Manchester, Jamaica.Born the 5th child of a family of 11 children tohard-workingparentsthatownedagrocery/haberdasherystoreinMayPen, Jamaica.Shespent14yearsinChinauntilafterWorldWarIIandmiraculously returnedtoJamaica.
Sr. William Margaret entered the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany on February 2, 1954,wasreceivedintotheCongregationonAugust15,1954,andprofessedher finalvowsonAugust16,1961.Shedevotedherselftothelifeandmissionofthe FranciscanSistersofAlleganyfor68years.
Sr. dedicated many years in ministry to health care, working at hospitals both intheU.S.andJamaica.In1975,sheco-foundedHope(Teaching)HealthClinic inMontegoBay,Jamaica,focusingonprimaryandpreventivemedicineforthe poor and marginalized. She served in Public Health until her retirement in Tampa,Floridain2005.
In2018,Sr.WilliamMargaretwastherecipientoftheFOGSHumanitarianAward. ItwasadelighthavingherasaspecialguestatourGalaonApril7,2018.May hergentlesoulrestinpeaceandmaylightperpetualshineuponher.
