UPDATE: Mourners gather in celebration of life of 'Miss Tensie'
The late Mrs Otencia Fahie-Warren, the mother of National hero Mrs Patsy Lake, passed away on October 17, 2012 at the age of 92.
Among those that turned up for the funeral were Premier Dr. the Hon. D. Orlando Smith, Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark Vanterpool, Minister for Health and Social Development Hon. Ronnie W. Skelton, Minister for Education and Culture Hon. Myron V. Walwyn, Former Premier and Leader of the Opposition Ralph T. O’Neal, OBE, First District Representative and Opposition Member Hon. Andrew A. Fahie as well as Second District Representative and Opposition Member Hon. J. Alvin Christopher.
Hon. O’Neal in his tribute said she took great pleasure in seeing her daughter Patsy develop in the musical field and it was one of her many joys to see her playing as Organist in the Road Town Methodist Church on the big pipe organ, and later as an entrepreneur and successful businesswoman.
Tributes also came from Deputy Governor V. Inez Archibald as well as members of Mrs Fahie-Warren’s family.
Viewing of the body took place from 9:30am to 10:30am at the church and interment will be at the Road Town Methodist Church cemetery in Long Bush.
Miss Tensie was a prominent Virgin Islands’ businesswoman and one of the first merchants doing business in Road Town.
Her ailing health had taken a turn for the worse at her home on October 17, 2012 and she was later pronounced dead at Peebles Hospital.
She is survived by four children; Junio Todman, Patsy Lake, Maxim Fahie-Titley and Condon Cochran.
Her daughter, Mrs Patsy Lake, is regarded as a national hero as a member of the activist group- the Positive Action Movement that protested the long term lease of Wickhams Cay on the main Island of Tortola and large portions of Anegada to British Developer Bates Hill, a move that could have changed the history of the Virgin Islands.
Mrs Lake stood with Pioneer Noel Lloyd in the struggle and opposition by residents to the Bates Hill Agreement, which would have prevented locals from accessing the Wickhams Cay area of Road Town except for jobs as servants.
Mrs Lake's name is on a plaque at the now Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park located in the centre of Road Town, regarded as the Virgin Islands’ capital city. She followed her late mother as a businesswoman and owns many landmarks in Road Town.
The Board of Directors, Management and Staff of Virgin Islands News Online offer our sincere condolences to the family of the late Otencia Fahie-Warren aka Miss Tensie.
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