Sir Ellis funeral at NAPA Friday

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Published on January 4th 2011 by Clint Chan Tack

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- The State funeral for this country’s first president, Sir Ellis Clarke, will take place on Friday at 11.30 am at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port-of-Spain. 

The announcement was made in a statement issued yesterday by the Office of the Prime Minister. The statement said Sir Ellis’ family will hold a private funeral service from 9.30 am at the Church of the Assumption in Maraval.

After this service, the State funeral will be held at the NAPA from 11.30 am.

Following the State funeral, there will be a private family service for Sir Ellis at the Lapeyrouse Cemetery where he will be buried. The Office of the Prime Minister also announced that tomorrow and on Thursday, Sir Ellis’ body will lie in State for public viewing in the rotunda of the Red House in Port-of-Spain from 6 am to 6 pm.