Deborah — a cheerful soul

I first met Deborah at The Bomb newspaper where we worked as colleagues with Cecil Parris and Irene Medina. We formed a formidable team that had the Bomb rocking along with Louis Lee Sing, Horace Monsegue, Rod Lewis and the late Trever Smith. The Bomb throbbed with delight as our readers’ week began on Fridays.

As young journalists we wrote on every topic and toiled under the late great journalist, Patrick “Choko” Chookolingo, for meagre pay but that didn’t daunt our spirits.

Deborah, the daughter of journalistic great George John, had a cheerful and chirpy personality which sustained the crew in difficult times. However, we learned the rudiments of journalism under Choko, who was a hard taskmaster.

Like Deborah, I worked on the newly-established Sun Newspaper under editor Lance Baptiste. It was on the Sun desk Deborah distinguished herself as a feature writer, dealing with pan, calypso and the arts. No wonder she moved up the ladder to publication/features editor at the Express newspaper.

She was indeed a cheerful soul.

Condolences to her family and media friends.

KEITH ANDERSON via email