The Tribune

FAMILY and friends paid tributes to veteran journalist and broadcaster P Anthony White at a special memorial service held at St Agnes Anglican Church last night.

Earlier yesterday, in the House of Assembly, several MPs also celebrated the life of Mr White, with Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell calling him a role model, despite their political differences.

Celebrating Mr White’s affection for and support of the “Over the Hill” community from which he hailed, Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said: He was an extraordinary journalist and historian . . . a very, very articulate writer, and he did a lot for the Free National Movement in his years returning back to the Bahamas.”

Mr White died last week after experiencing complications following a surgery. He was 73 years old.

He worked as a professional writer for more than 40 years. At one point, he served as a New York correspondent for the Nassau Herald and spent three years at the New York Herald-Tribune.

He was chairman and CEO of the radio station Joy FM at the time of his death.

Mr White is survived by three daughters, one son and eight grandchildren.

The funeral mass will be held 2.30pm on Sunday, December 8, also at St Agnes.