SHORTLY before her death, Mrs. Barbara Elizabeth Beharry, wife of Chico Beharry, Co-Chairman of the pioneering business company Edward Beharry and Sons, made a final wish.
She wished that all those who would attend her funeral should wear bright colours.She got her wish yesterday.

At her funeral, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Brickdam, officiating priest, Fr John Persaud was forced to remark, “What a colourful funeral. This is the first time in memory that I have seen all these bright colours at a funeral. It is like she wanted to say to us ‘Celebrate my life; don’t cry’.”
The funeral yesterday of a matriarch of descendants of the iconic Edward B Beharry and Sons company was attended by a large cross section of persons, including several Ministers of Government.
Ministers included Minister of Governance, Mr. Raphael Trotman, Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnarine, Minister of Tourism, Mrs. Cathy Hughes, and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan.
During the hour long ceremony Mrs. Beharry, who was also known as “Auntie Barbara” was eulogised as a loving person to family, to relatives and friends, and a person with a very lively sense of humour.
Barbara Elizabeth Beharry was the daughter of the late Frank and Mabel Stevenson.
The Beharry, into which she married, had established the well-known Edward B Beharry and Sons in 1937.
It began as an importer, wholesalers and retailer of food products and incorporated several agencies into its line of items.
The family-owned business subsequently made “Chico” bubble gum and “Indi”, a household name, and in 2005 achieved ISO: 9001:2000 certification for its Confectionery Products.
It also established numerous other aspects of business, including banking in the form of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI)
Following the colourful funeral, the remains of the late Mrs. Barbara Elizabeth Beharry were cremated at the Memorial Gardens Crematorium in Le Repentir.