Thousands of persons yesterday turned up at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to pay their final respects to local basketball star Damian Liverpool who tragically died in a motorcycle accident in Suriname on June 29.
Cars lined both sides of Homestretch Avenue and a number of prominent sports persons were in attendance at the service.
Pastor Derek Gaspar welcomed the gathering and later delivered the message while Juanita Liverpool read the Eulogy. Tributes were also read by Liverpool’s colleagues from the Customs Enforcement Unit where he worked and by Andrew Hercules of the Plaisance Guardians basketball Club. The 34-year-old Ravens Basketball Club