CLARKE MICHAEL FRAN­CIS, aged 83, of Chancery Lane, Christ Church, Bar­ba­dos. For­mer­ly of Di­a­mond Vale and Blue Basin, Trinidad and To­ba­go. Born 29th May 1942. En­tered in­to rest 17th May, 2026. Alum­nus of Gaines Nor­mal Pri­ma­ry School, Queen’s Roy­al Col­lege (Trinidad), and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wa­ter­loo. For­mer Prin­ci­pal of Trin­i­ty Col­lege, re­tired Cur­ricu­lum Of­fi­cer, and for­mer CXC Ge­og­ra­phy Chief Ex­am­in­er. Son of the late Lil­lian Ward and Ir­win Browne. Nephew of the late Edi­son Fitzroy ‘Boysie’ Clarke. Hus­band of the late H. Joy Clarke. Fa­ther of Col­in Clarke and Chris­tine Smith. Fa­ther-in-law of Nico­la Clarke and Lloyd Smith. Grand­fa­ther of Christo­pher Clarke, Jen­nifer Clarke and Zahra Smith. Broth­er of (May) Heather Robin­son, (Avril) Susie Her­bert, and the late Bri­an Springer and Mar­jorie Browne. Step-broth­er of An­gela Pick­er­ing, Lin­da Bowen and Ronald Springer. Un­cle of Michelle Springer, Monique Springer, Ron Her­bert, Kevin Her­bert, Olivia Simp­son and Melody Oyewusi. Broth­er-in-law of Aharon Yosef,Lester Flax, Pa­tri­cia Flax-Hatch, the late Oliv­er Flax, El­na Springer and David Robin­son. God­fa­ther of Char­lene Warn­er and Ali­cia Charlerie. Cousin of John Clarke, Hal­cy­on Clarke-Es­delle, Gail Clarke-Al­leyne, Joan Phillip, Yolande Good­ing, Jean Bar­row, Di­ana Daniel, Mar­garet Wor­rell, Jer­ry Ed­wards, George Year­wood, Clive Clarke and El­va Clarke-Dray­ton. Rel­a­tive of the Clarke, Sel­man and Ed­wards fam­i­lies. Friend of Kei­th and Berna Warn­er, Calvin Archibald Sr., An­drew and Joyce­lyn Hack­shaw, Paul Al­cala, Ver­lee Noel, Delia Cher­ry, So­nia Noel, the late Mon­i­ca and Arthur Joshua, Fazia Baksh, Noel Sosa, the late An­tho­ny Lewis, and many oth­er rel­a­tives and friends. Fa­ther fig­ure to many. Amemo­r­i­al ser­vice will be held at St. Michael & All An­gels An­gli­can Church, Di­a­mond Vale, Diego Mar­tin, Trinidad and To­ba­go, on Sat­ur­day 11th Ju­ly, 2026 at 10:00a.m. In­ter­ment of ash­es fol­lows at St. Mar­garet’s An­gli­can Church Ceme­tery, Bel­mont. The ser­vice will be streamed live via We-Link Stream­ing Ser­vices on YouTube.