Williams’ daughter dies

Pamela Williams, elder daughter of TT’s first prime minister Dr Eric Williams, has died.

Williams, 71, died in Barbados on December 11.

Pamela was one of two children Williams had with his first wife, Elsie Ribeiro, and was named Elsie after her, though she was known by her middle name. Williams also had a son, Alastair, with Ribeiro.

He had another daughter, Erica Williams-Connell, with his second wife, Soy Suilan Moyou.

Pamela’s funeral took place yesterday at the Chapel of Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens in Barbados.

She will be cremated on Friday.

Former People’s National Movement stalwart Ferdie Ferreira said he did not interact with Pamela as much as he did with Erica and Alastair, but said he remembered Pamela as a “decent, classical person” and was aware she had a “very powerful academic career.” Pamela was a retired regional representative of the Inter-American Development Bank and a former Caribbean Development Bank employee.

She lived in Wyndham, Strathclyde, St Michael in Barbados.