President Dame Sandra Mason suggests latest centenarian to receive a Builders of Barbados Award
Channel: Barbados Today
Date: 2023-10-31

On Monday, former National Senior Games athlete Collie Cleotta Ernestine Lovell who retired from participating in the games at 96 years old, expressed gratitude that her prayers of celebrating her 100th birthday had been answered.

Smartly dressed in a burgundy frock and beige heels, Lovell shared snippets of her life story with President Dame Sandra Mason who joined her birthday celebrations in the church hall of the Holy Innocents Anglican Church, St Thomas.

Member of Parliament for St Thomas Cynthia Forde, who has known Lovell for many years, even teaching at least one of her children at Holy Innocents Primary, noted that the centenarian was still playing an active role in the constituency. She said as recently as two months ago, Lovell attended a Barbados Labour Party branch meeting.

Dame Sandra suggested to Forde that she should submit Lovell’s name for a Builders of Barbados Award for her sterling contribution to national development.

 📷: Haroon Greenidge