Everton Weekes: An iconic Bajan and cricketing genius!

 
By Stanley Collymore  
 
You came from the humblest  
of beginnings but, in spite  
of this, you never once  
allowed the demons  
of adversity to ever impact  
on, shape, or in any other  
feasible way determine  
what was so arbitrarily  
seen by others in their  
thoroughly subjective    
calculations of what  
so very productively  
you were markedly,  
most conclusively  
decisively and as    
well justifiably in  
your endeavour    
to so earnestly  
engage in; set  
out positively  
on individual  
vital actions    
 
that clearly proscribed by  
what they chose to see,  
then very unthinkingly  
believed, and clearly  
gratuitously ascribed, as  
your natural limitations.  
If as you keenly hoped  
to see your personal  
ambitions, if at all  
they equally then    
assumed, also  
taking you to  
your choice  
individual  
realm of  
you as  
 
being quite realistically, a  
fully fledged, universally  
acknowledged and a    
justifiable, cricket legend    
come into fruition. And  
how very marvelously  
naturally resourceful  
in your appropriate,  
and so discernibĺy  
apt and effective  
response vitally  
to all this - you  
unequivocally  
so decisively,  
cleverly and  
forever too,  
proved those clearly    
jealous naysayers  
and disdainful  
doubters to  
be utterly  
wrong!  
 
(C) Stanley V. Collymore  
29 July 2020.  
 
 
Author's Remarks:  
A truly world class and a phenomenally outstanding and successful cricketer who not only made an indelible impact on the game of cricket at all levels, made himself famous in the process, but also brought great joy and international recognition to his native and beloved Barbados but also the entire process too of West Indian  international cricket.  
 
Born on the 26 February 1925 Sir Everton Weekes died on the 1 July 2020 aged 95 years. An official funeral was held for him on Thursday 30 July 2020, which was attended by Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley and other dignitaries.  
 
The funeral took place at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies in Sir Everton's native homeland of Barbados.  
 
The internment was also held there, with Sir Everton Weekes laid to rest alongside his other two illustrious and iconic Barbadian and West Indies cricketing star: Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Frank Worrell, with whom he jointly made the legendary and renowned name as one of the 3 Ws.  
 
So my heartfelt thanks Sir Everton for all that you have singly and equally so as a member  of the world class 3 Ws: Clyde Walcott, Frank Worrell and yourself done for our country Barbados, the West Indies likewise, and the international cricketing world.  
 
Thanks for everything; rest eternally with the Angels, as you're everlastingly remembered.