Barbados: ‘Vigil Day’ For Former Commissioner Grantley Watson

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By Julie Carrington – Feb 29, 2024

Former Commissioner of Police and Executive Director of the Regional Security System, Grantley Sylvester Watson lie in State at the Viewing earlier today.

Members of the public paid their last respects to the former Commissioner of Police, Grantley Watson, at a “Vigil Day” in the Prince Cave Hall, Police Band Headquarters, District ‘A’ Complex, Station Hill, St. Michael this afternoon.

During the event, which took place Thursday, March 7, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., the public took the opportunity to view the body and sign the condolence book.

Mr. Watson, a former Executive Director at the Regional Security System, died on Saturday, February 3, at the age of 80. The official funeral with military honours will take place on Friday, March 8, at the St. Thomas Parish Church, Arch Hall, St. Thomas, starting at 1:00 p.m.