Bunny Wailer Will Be Buried At Dreamland Farm On June 18

LEGENDARY reggae singer Bunny Wailer will be buried at the Dreamland Farm on the border of St Thomas and Portland on June 18, according to an obituary that was published in the Sunday Gleaner this week.

Peter Perry, chief executive officer of Perry’s Funeral Home, confirmed the date, adding that the viewing of the body will be held at Perry’s Funeral Home on Thursday, June 17th commencing at 9 a.m.

“The viewing will be on the 17th while the burial will be held on Friday, June 18th at the family plot,” Perry explained.

“If there will be any tributes, it most likely will be done on a day when the body will not be present, so we don’t know exactly what the format is yet,” he added.

In a move to curb the spread of COVID-19, the government has decreed that burials are allowed on Mondays to Fridays between 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The ceremony is to be no longer than 30 minutes with 10 mourners and five clergy. Since April 14, the maximum number of people allowed in church is 30 people.

Meanwhile, all the directors of Solomonic Productions Ltd have been summoned to a directors’ meeting on June 17 to hammer out issues regarding the proper corporate governance of the company and the future of Bunny Wailer’s music legacy.

The meeting will likely take place via Zoom.

Bunny Wailer died on March 2, 2021. He had been in and out of hospital since his second stroke in July 2020.

Hailing from Trench Town, Bunny Wailer’s given name is Neville Livingston. He is a founding member of The Wailers, which included Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.

Marley died of cancer in May 11, 1981, while Tosh was killed at his St Andrew home on September 11, 1987.

Bunny Wailer’s albums include Blackheart Man, released in 1976, and Rock ‘n’ Groove which came out five years later. His hit songs include Cool Runnings, Ballroom Floor, Crucial, and Bald Head Jesus.

In 2017, the Jamaican Government awarded Bunny Wailer an Order of Merit, the country’s fourth highest honour. The Government again recognised his contribution to Jamaican music in February 2019 with a Reggae Gold Award.