Large crowd in Grande as brothers laid to rest

WHILE most of Trinidad and Tobago was getting in some last minute shopping in preparation of celebrating the season of gifts, joy, life and love, a Sangre Grande family laid two brothers to rest. The two brothers — Keron  and Kirk Brereton — died instantly last Monday when the car in which they were travelling crashed into a wall along the Valencia stretch. The brothers were returning to their Sangre Grande home when tragedy struck. Kirk, 29, a father of two — Kirsha and Alex —  reportedly lost control of the car, which began to skid and hit a road sign on the opposite side of the road, before smashing into a wall just off Maycock Street, Valencia. 

Delivering the eulogy, Wendy Ann Samuel described Keron, 27, as a person who had a great deal of  love for family, art and music. She said Keron was loved by everyone at the Ministry of Education, where he was employed for six months with the On-The-Job-Training Prog-ramme. She also said he was artistically inclined and had a wonderful voice. He was described as a person who often gave guidance to the ones around him. Also speaking at the funeral was cousin Garvin Dubisette, who said the brothers were people who always stood up for what was right, and who were both artistic and humourous.   

He pointed out that the duo were “true friends” to him, stating that “I could never have friends like them in my life again.” However, it was Cynthia Brereton, mother of the two men, who brought some measure of hope, stating that things could have been worse, since her eldest son Kester almost accompanied his brothers to drop off their uncle. Outside the packed church, where hundreds of Sangre Grande residents had turned up to pay their last respects for the two brothers, Kirk’s wife Keisha Berk Brereton was beyond consolation and constantly cried to “see my husband one last time.” She also told family members that “there must be some mistake, that is not Kirk lying in there.”

Among the mourners paying their respects was a large contingent from the Police Service, who “presented arms” as the coffin bearing PC Brereton was taken from the St James the Just Anglican Church in Boys Town, Sangre Grande. ACP Winston Cooper was also on hand to pay his respects. The duo’s mother Cynthia, father Augustine, sister Kerdell and eldest brother Kester all maintained their composure during the proceedings. After the service at the church, officiated by Fr Carlyle C Adams, the brothers were laid to rest at Foster Road Public Cemetery.