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FEBRUARY 13, 2015
VOLUME 109, No.07
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The waters at Mt. Young-Black Point beach are known to become rough at any given time, especially along the rocky coastline. Inset: Garth Pompey became the second person within the space of six days to be taken by the sea. went to clear his line, when he was knocked off THE ONLY by a wave, which came CONSOLATION for crashing against the rock those who knew 37on which he was year-old Garth Pompey standing. of Chili Village, “At first, I thought he Georgetown well, was would be alright because that his body was I saw him coming back recovered. towards us. He wasn’t It was a usual calling out to us or fishing expedition anything,” Horne said. that went sour, But while attempting said Omoro Horne, to make his way back, one of the two men Horne said that he was who were with pulled away and another Pompey last Friday wave slammed him when the tragedy against the rocky coast. occurred. There was very little The men went to he or the other guy could Mount Young, in have done, except to the vicinity of the leave the scene and seek Black Point tunnel, assistance from law “to catch some fish enforcement authorities. which they were Pompey’s lifeless body intending to cook was discovered at later on,” Horne told Colonarie, the following THE VINCENTIAN. Monday morning. He explained that the water was rough, Memories will live on and that it had gotten progressively worse He is remembered as while they were out one who died while doing looking for a nice catch something he loved. to take back. Horne said that he At a particular area knew Pompey all his life, around 1pm, Horne said, but that last Friday was they decided to throw the first in a while that their line out from the he had gone fishing with rocks. his lifelong friend. About an hour after He was remembered as arriving in the area, a kind person throughout Horne said that Pompey his community. by DAYLE DA SILVA
“Anything he hah, he nah fraid fo give yo,” Randolph Billy, resident of Georgetown told THE VINCENTIAN. “He polite — he was very good to know…he was a good man, he gone and we go miss him,” he continued.
Second family tragedy Pompey’s death is the second tragedy to have occurred in the family — they lost one of their beloved, Michele Bernadette Pompey, in the fatal road accident which occurred on December 31, 2009, when a mini-bus overturned while travelling along the Argyle road. He was the second of four children for his father, Ivan Dellimore. Dellimore said that he had returned to St Vincent in December after a stint in St Croix in the US Virgin Islands. Pompey would visit regularly, he said — “he always home. Me talk to he down to Friday before he dead (and) he tell me he go come down de Saturday — he never come,” Dellimore said. “Is me son, I love me son,” he continued.
Omoro Horne, one of three men who went on the fishing expedition that went sour.
Ivan Dellimore, father of the deceased, expressed profound love for his son. Continued on Page 3.