POPULAR dominoes enthusiast and sponsor Maniram Shew, who died last week Wednesday following a prolonged illness, will be cremated today, following a service at the Memorial Gardens, Princes Street, Georgetown. The service is set to commence at 9:00 hours and will be followed by the cremation at 10:00 hours.
“Manni,” as he popularly known was the founder and skipper of International 6 dominoes team which participated in numerous tournaments in and out of Georgetown.
In 1996, International 6 joined with Doctors dominoes team for a tour of Barbados where they engaged the Royal Barbados Police Force and other teams in a memorable tournament.
Shew was also the proprietor of Shew’s General Store of Leopold Street, Georgetown, following the death of his parents.
Today’s funeral was preceded by a wake at his residence on Leopold Street on Tuesday night and a night of refection at Everest on Wednesday night. He was a Life Member of the Camp Road Club.