CBH Isssues Notice About Unclaimed Bodies at Barnes Funeral Home
By Dario Item
The office of the Chief Health Inspector is posting for public knowledge the following names of deceased bodies and dates of their passing, who are currently kept in storage at Barnes Funeral Home.
Family member(s) can contact Ms. Jessica Barnes, Managing Director of Barnes Funeral Home, Lower Newgate Street, at 462-1037 to arrange for private burial.
Names of the deceased:
1. Curtis Fenton – Date of death 28th December, 2023
2. Errol Gonsalves – Date of death 8th December, 2024
3. Yolanda Pigott – Date of death 28th December, 2023
4. Dale Lenworth Roach – Date of death 5th May, 2024
Failure to arrange a private burial within fourteen (14) days of the appearance of this advertisement, will result in the government taking the appropriate action to have the deceased bodies interred at a Public Cemetery without any further notice.
Legal action after burial would not be an option.
Expecting the cooperation of all families so affected.
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Dr. Dario Item is the Head of Mission of the Embassy of Antigua and Barbuda in Madrid. He is an experienced financial crimes lawyer with nearly 30 years of practice. He holds degrees in law and political science, a Ph.D. in criminal law and an LL.M. in transnational financial crime.
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