Sucker Garden/Philipsburg:--- Hundreds of St. Maartener's both young and old paid their last respects to the late Eulalie Meyers-Hazel while extending sympathies to the Meyers and Hazel families on Saturday.
The late Meyers-Hazel is the mother of Minister Franklin Meyers and mother in law of Senator Silvia Meyers. Besides being a staunch Methodist and founder of the Sucker Garden Zion Methodist Church she was also the founder of the boys and girls brigade on St. Maarten and Anguilla.
Dignitaries from both sides of the island as well as from the neighboring islands made it their duty to attend Miss Lalie's home going ceremony. She was described as hardworking, one that was dedicated to her church and had a special soft spot in her heart for inmates.
The ceremony began shortly after 9am at the Zion Church in Sucker Garden, residents, friends and church members of the Zion Church began the ceremony with tributes and songs from the Faith Band of the Pointe Blanche Prison. The Zion Church was heavily guarded as several inmates were brought to the location to perform for their friend and confidant who would constantly minister and pray for them.
Her sons namely, Toochie, Charlie, Franky, were visibly shaken throughout the service. The body was then moved to the Philipsburg Methodist Church where the final viewing and official ceremony took place.
Giving the eulogy was her son Minister Franklin Meyers while Prime Minister Sarah Wescot Williams spoke on behalf of the government of St. Maarten.
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