Fr Branch: DJ Chris’ life changed, not ended

Life has not ended for popular DJ and talk show host, Christopher “DJ Chris” Seon, but it has changed.

Those were the words of Canon Ronald Branch as he gave the sermon at Seon’s funeral yesterday at St Margaret Anglican Church, Belmont. Seon, 45, was diabetic and died last Sunday after being diagnosed with a lung infection which later developed into pneumonia.

Branch said life was like vapour, that people did not know the time or place they would die. He said the material things people fussed and fought about could not get them a resurrection to eternal life so they should try to understand what God expected of them and live their lives a little better.

“Too many of us feel that we are preparing for death. No we are not preparing for death. We are preparing for life! For Christopher, life has not ended you know. It has changed. So it will be for us.”

He added that, as exampled by Seon, young people were not immune from death so everyone needed to prepare themselves for the resurrection. He said people should look at their lives and determine how they wanted to live in the new year. He asked if it would be the same old story, if they would do the same thing and make the same mistakes year after year, or live as kinder, more generous people with good habits and personalities.

“Maybe Christopher has come here to change that. To make you realise that this life is uncertain.”

He encouraged the congregation to improve their spiritual strength, pointing to Seon’s family as an example of both spiritual strength and confidence since Seon’s father, Michael Seon, died in August of this year and Seon died on December 23, his father’s birthday. He said they both had good habits that would “stand them in good stead” for eternity.

“God knows, God understands and God will reward in this time and the next.”

He told mourners to thank God for giving them someone like Seon to know and for the gifts he had, including his resourcefulness, that he generously spread among others and used to help them.

Speaking to Sunday Newsday, Randy “Smooth” Monsoor, Seon’s co-host on the Boom Champion’s programme, Make up or Break up for the past four to five years, described Seon as a good person – helpful, loyal, and an excellent father.

“Working with him was amazing. I learned a lot from him. He shared in making Make up or Break up the biggest programme in the country. He was a huge help in that regard.”

He said Seon worked at Power 102 in the same building so they knew each other before working together. He said Seon started visiting the studio during the show which evolved to him being a guest and later a co-host.

“It went from a casual acquaintance to him being a friend, to family member, to my brother. We used to tell each other anything on the radio and we wouldn’t get upset with each other. We shared that kind of love.”

Those in attendance included wife of the Prime Minister, Sharon Rowley, soca star Destra Garcia, UNC Senator Khadijah Ameen, former sports minister Anil Roberts, CNC3's Sampson Nanton and numerous others from the media and music industries.