Melis­sa Doughty

Cur­tis Wil­son, Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Net­work's (CCN) for­mer con­tent di­rec­tor was re­mem­bered for his "hu­man mild­ness," at­ten­tion to de­tail, and his long and mer­i­to­ri­ous ser­vice to the me­dia.His life was cel­e­brat­ed yes­ter­day at the Church of the Na­tiv­i­ty, Crys­tal Stream, Diego Mar­tin.

Wil­son, 57, died at home on Jan­u­ary 7. He worked in tele­vi­sion in T&T for 38 years. In­tegri­ty Com­mis­sion chair­man and for­mer chair­man of CCN TV6 Ken Gor­don, head of news at CCN TV6 Do­minic Kaliper­sad, and Fa­ti­ma Col­lege's class of '75 were among those present to say good­bye to a for­mer col­league and friend.

He was re­mem­bered as the for­mer pres­i­dent of the Lu­pus So­ci­ety, a mem­ber of Fa­ti­ma Col­lege Club '75, found­ing mem­ber of TV6, and an em­ploy­ee at state-owned T&T Tele­vi­sion. The Fa­ti­ma class of '75 sang the school's song in trib­ute to their for­mer class­mate.

Bernard Pan­tin and Wil­son's broth­er Earl de­liv­ered the eu­lo­gy. "There is a lot we can learn from the life and ex­ploits of Cur­tis Stan­ley Wil­son: the val­ue of dis­ci­pline, the at­ten­tion to de­tail, the ze­ro tol­er­ance for slop­py work and, above all that, the im­por­tance of putting oth­ers above self," Pan­tin said.He leaves his moth­er, Sybil, broth­ers Her­bert, Earl and Ju­lian among those to mourn. Wil­son was in­terred at Lapey­rouse Ceme­tery.