Pallbearers take the coffin with the body of Professor Dr Winston "Winty" Davidson to the grave at the Jewish cemetery on Orange Street in Kingston on Wednesday after a burial service inside the chapel on the same property. (Photos: Joseph Wellington)
November 23, 2023
Farewell ‘Winty’
DISTINGUISHED public health specialist and former legislator Professor Dr Winston “Winty” Davidson was laid to rest Wednesday at the Jewish cemetery on Orange Street in Kingston.
Many prominent Jamaicans, among them former Prime Minister PJ Patterson, Opposition Leader Mark Golding, Vin Lawrence, Dr Winston Dawes, Dr Warren Blake, Beverley Manley Duncan, former national footballers Neville Oxford and Derrick Denniser, turned out to support Davidson’s family at the burial service held inside the chapel at the cemetery.
Jewish spiritual leader Stephen Henriques officiated the short service.
Dr Davidson passed on Sunday at University Hospital of the West Indies after a short illness.
Professor Dr Winston “Winty” Davidson’s wife Sonia (left) and daughter Tamu, both of whom are medical doctors, find comfort in each other’s arms as his body is interred at the Jewish cemetery on Orange Street in Kingston on Wednesday.
