Memorial Service For Sugar Minott’s Grandson Will Be July 31

David Minott, the grandson of the late veteran reggae singer and producer, Lincoln ‘Sugar’ Minott, will be buried close to his famous grandfather on Sunday, July 31.

The thanksgiving will be held earlier that day at the Ranny Williams Centre in St Andrew.

The teenager’s body will be interred in Harker’s Hall, on the border of St Catherine and St Andrew. The family is heartbroken over his loss.

“We’re trying but it is not easy,” Sharon Miller, David’s grandmother and his official guardian, told DancehallMag.

“No amount of counselling will work, it will take time.”

Miller takes solace in the fact that her grandson will be buried beside Sugar Minott, who had shared a special relationship with his grandson.

“He will be buried right beside his grandfather, just one grave between them. It seem like divine intervention, that is the only space left to close out that little section,” she said.

Sugar’s funeral was August 1 at the National Arena and his grandson’s funeral will be held on July 31, an uncanny coincidence for two individuals who were so close in life.

“David has touched so many lives, it is just remarkable, the service starts at 10 a.m and we hope to be finished by 2 pm. I don’t know if four hours can do it, trust me, because there is so much to say about David. It will be on youtube and zoom, we hope it is enough time…we should be there at cemetery by 4 p.m.,” she said.

Wolmer’s Boys’ School held a memorial service for him two weeks ago. David, who was an A student, was the public relations officer for Inter-Schools’ Christian Fellowship and represented the school’s Passion and Purity groups. A video of him from his group showed David articulating his strong Christian beliefs.

Ms. Miller hopes to establish a home for the elderly in memory of David Miller’s benevolence and dedication towards those in their advanced years.

“He looked for all the old people, he was just 16 years old, he loved the elderly, he always looked out for them. He served then, gave them water, take their lunch to them, and he did it every Sabbath, while other young people were socializing, he would look after the old people, and almost everyone get a hug, when he puts his hand around you, you feel it with your heart; he was just a remarkable human bein,” Miller said.