Service for The State Funeral: Dame Ruth Nita Barrow GCMG, DA

Item Overview

Title

Service for The State Funeral: Dame Ruth Nita Barrow GCMG, DA

Creator

Government of Barbados

Date Created

December 29, 1995

Date

1995-12-29

Collection

Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Notes

Description

Her Excellency Dame Nita Barrow was the Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Dame of St. Andrew. She was the sister of former Prime Minister, Errol Walton Barrow. Dame Nita was appointed in 1990 as Barbados’ first female governor general. In that post, she served as Queen Elizabeth II’s representative to this former British colony. Dame Nita was seventy-nine years old (1916-1995) and served as Governor General for five years (1990-1995). The funeral service was held at the James Street Methodist Church on December 29, 1995, at 10:00 am.

Physical Description

Extent

9 pages

Dimensions

14.5 x 20.5 cm

Keywords

Genre

Program booklets
Memorial service programs

Subject Geographic

Saint Michael (Barbados)
Barbados

Subject Temporal

20th Century

Longitude

13.1939

Latitude

59.5432

Resource type

text

Subjects

Funerals
Funeral service