Bethune Cargill remembered as a humble teacher
PORT ANTONIO — Teacher, entrepreneurial, humble, enterprising and unique are some of the adjectives used to describe Bethune Cargill who gave her life on earth to the benefit of others.
A native of Mount Pleasant, Portland Cargill went to Kingston Technical High School and started her professional career as a teacher at the Port Antonio Primary.
She trained as a pharmacist and worked at the Montego Bay and at the Port Antonio Hospitals, City Centre Pharmacy in Port Antonio before moving to Kingston to HD Hopwood and company, Marcs Drug Store.
Cargill then transferred to Mandeville to work with Dr Melodeo Melbourne.
In the remembrance, friends Lorretta Anderson and Sybil James shared glowing experiences with Bethune confirming most of the earlier tributes painting a tribute of her been B- beautiful, bold, E- enterprising, entrepreneurial, T- teacher, talented, true, H- humble, U- unique, N- neat, nature lover, E- energetic, and enthusiastic.
James shared one of Bethune’s enterprising and entrepreneurial attitude in her attempts to bake sorrel cake. After two failed attempts she finally got it right. Her entrepreneurial attitude and industrious skill had her sewing not only for her friends but also for her Alma Mater up onto the time of her passing.
She was described as a number one dressmaker of especially children clothing and a family and people person with good social skills.
Cargill was also remembered as a friendly person but a stern disciplinarian.
She was a mother who cared and gave of her best for her family.
Delano her son remembered her as a mother who did her work in caring for and comforting him. His tribute was read by Derrick Sutherland.
There were a number of musical tributes from Kerrone Passley, Marvin Anderson a student at KTHS, Bobby Bertram Brown who remembered her as special and did a moving rendition of Sweet Chariot and Jody Barrett accompanied by her husband Livingston
Haitian Major, Vilo Exantus, of the Salvation Army, in his sermon, challenged all to live as Bethune did. “She lived well and died well” he declared.
