In a press release today the Government of Antigua and Barbuda expressed condolences to the family of Dame Edris Bird and announced the decision to offer her an official funeral.
According to the press release the decision was reached by the Cabinet based to offer the late Dame official funeral celebrations because of her “selfless contribution to nation-building, which has been praiseworthy.”
The release further stated-
“Dame Edris Bird’s impact on national growth is immeasurable, and her love of country was expressed in her unstinting gifts of time and talent to nurture an ambitious and daring people.”
“Dame Edris Bird will be remembered for her intelligence and wit, her ability to learn and to teach, and for the impact she had on a generation of potential leaders who would help to create the New Jerusalem. She taught and helped to shape a former prime minister, a slew of youth who fractured the past to plant new seeds and a modern future, and countless men and women who were determined to scale the hurdles which colonial Antigua and Barbuda erected to prevent excellence.”
Dame Edris Bird died at the age of 91 over the weekend.
