PRESIDENT David Granger has extended heartfelt sympathy to Mr Kenwyn Carmichael and the other relatives of the late Mr Fitz Uriel Alexander Carmichael, who passed away on Friday.Carmichael had served as Regional Minister of Regions One and Nine before he became Minister of Forestry during the Presidency of Forbes Burnham. Before his ministerial appointments, Carmichael had been a teacher and principal at the Burnham Agricultural Institute (BAIT) at Port Kaituma in the North-West District

Carmichael collapsed on Thursday in the vicinity of Camp and Robb Streets, Georgetown, and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

He was 81 years old.

His son Kenwyn Carmichael hailed him as “a man who was the pillar of strength, support and discipline [and] whose love for family was never questioned.”