Adieu Joey Carew

Joey Carew

THERE were all the mixed emotions so typical of such West Indian occasions. The tearful sadness at the death – unexpected and premature – of the cricketing icon that Joey Carew unquestionably was pervaded the packed congregation at his funeral service at St.Theresa’s Roman Catholic Church in Port-of-Spain on Friday morning.

The neat, modest church at which he regularly worshipped is just a stroll away from his long-time home in Woodbrook,