{"id":24866,"date":"2012-08-21T08:43:50","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T12:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=24866"},"modified":"2012-08-21T08:43:50","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T12:43:50","slug":"charles-maynard-official-funeral-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/08\/charles-maynard-official-funeral-announced","title":{"rendered":"Charles Maynard Official Funeral Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_15156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15156\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15156\" title=\"charles-maynard\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/charles-maynard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/charles-maynard.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/charles-maynard-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Maynard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NASSAU, The Bahamas \u2013 Cabinet Office has announced that an Official Funeral will be held for Charles Maynard, former Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister on Friday, August 24, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Christ Church Cathedral, George Street.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Maynard\u2019s body will be interred at Woodlawn Gardens on Soldier Road, following the service which is expected to be addressed by\u00a0 Dr Hubert Minnis, Leader of the Official Opposition; former Prime Minister the Rt.\u00a0 Hubert Ingraham; and Minister of National Security\u00a0 Dr. Bernard Nottage.<\/p>\n<p>The Rev. Neil Nairn, Assistant Priest at St Agnes Anglican Church will deliver the eulogy, Dean Patrick Johnson will perform the commendation and the Rev Sebastian Campbell will also be asked to participate.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Maynard\u2019s body will be viewed at the Free National Movement Headquarters on Mackey Street on Tuesday, August 21 until Wednesday, August 22. It will then Lie- in-State at the House of Assembly on Thursday, August 23 to Friday, August 24, and then taken in procession to the cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Maynard, 42, was serving as the National Chairman of the Free National Movement and co-coordinator of the by-election campaign for the North Abaco Constituency when he fell ill and died on Tuesday, August 14, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Affectionately called Charlie, he was born on June 6, 1970 to Edward Andrew \u201cDud\u201d Maynard and Isadora Maynard. He attended Queen\u2019s College and graduated from the College of The Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Maynard was a young entrepreneur, who developed his family\u2019s business establishment, the Corner Motel on Carmichael Road and Faith Avenue. He is married to Zelena Maynard and is the father of three children.<\/p>\n<p>An avid community activist and Junkanoo participant, Charles also served in several civic and social organisations including the Masonic fraternity.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Maynard joined the Free National Movement in early 2006, shortly after the dissolution the Coalition for Democratic Reform, of which he had been the Deputy Leader. He won the Golden Isles Constituency in the May 2007 general election, and was appointed Minister of State for Culture in the Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2009, he was promoted to full ministerial status as Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, and was instrumental in the development of the new Thomas A. Robinson Track &amp; Field Stadium, which opened in early 2012.<\/p>\n<p>After the May 2012 general elections, he was elected to serve as the FNM National Chairman, the responsibility he carried out with his customary zeal and dedication.<\/p>\n<p>By Lindsay Thompson<br \/>\nBahamas Information Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Official Funeral will be held for Charles Maynard, former Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister on Friday, August 24, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Christ Church Cathedral, George Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[396],"class_list":["post-24866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-politicians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}