{"id":2385,"date":"2019-06-05T17:59:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T17:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2385"},"modified":"2019-06-05T17:59:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T17:59:54","slug":"%ef%bb%bfmobay-mourns-moonie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2385","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffMoBay mourns \u2018Moonie\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Popular businessman found murdered<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Barrington Flemming<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Staff Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cOh God no, dem kill\nhim like animal. He was a good man he does&nbsp;\nnot deserve this at all,\u201d the painful words of a weeping close friend of\nRaymond \u2018Moonie\u2019 Kerr, whose body was found with stab wounds and his throat cut\nat his Appleton Hall apartment, Montego Bay on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kerr, a businessman who formerly managed the Aquasol Theme\nPark, and was the Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA) Western\nRepresentative and Football Manager at his alma mater, Cornwall College, was\nreported missing after several attempts to contact him by phone since Sunday\nwent unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relatives reportedly went to his apartment Monday afternoon\nand made a search when they made the gruesome discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Montego Bay police report that Kerr\u2019s licensed firearm,\nas well as his motor car, are missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Ellis, Principal of Cornwall College, in response to\nKerr\u2019s death said the Cornwall College fraternity is again rocked with shock\nand grief as the life of a \u201cMan of Might\u201d was brutally snuffed out.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt continues to be sad days at the school. There is a\nsombre mood among staff and students, especially the footballers, those who had\ninteracted with him over the years. He has served as member of the school board\nand has been a stalwart in sports. He has made his mark in the institution in a\nvery tangible and physical way. I can guarantee you it is a great loss to\nCornwall College.\u201d Mr. Ellis said, adding that Kerr also gave yeoman service to\nISSA, which, like Cornwall, is in deep mourning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;ISSA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Forbes, Competitions Director at ISSA, says the news\nof Kerr\u2019s death has shaken ISSA as he was a stalwart for 23 years with the\nassociation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe will be sadly missed as he has been a tower of strength\nfor us in Western Jamaica. As a matter of fact, he was supposed to have done\nsomething for us today for basketball presentation. His contribution to ISSA is\ninvaluable I don\u2019t think we are going to find anybody to replace him. He was\nefficient, we just need to say the word and everything would be in place; it\u2019s\na major loss for ISSA and the country,\u201d Forbes said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President of the Montego Bay Chapter of the Cornwall College\nOld Boys Association Stephen Jennings said it was with great sorrow that they\nreceived the news of Kerr\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMooney stood tall among us, his physical stature paled in\ncomparison with his contribution to the sports programme and everything that\nwas Cornwall College. His support most times went beyond the call of duty and\nunderstanding. We have lost a great Man of Might to the crime monster,\u201d said\nJennings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said further that the association anticipates a speedy\ninvestigation to bring the perpetrators to justice as it denounces all acts of\ncrime and violence.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For his part, Dr. Dean Weatherly, who has worked with Kerr\nsince 1991, said he has not only lost a strong support in football, but also a\ngood friend.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DEDICATED TO CC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe dedicated most of if not all his life to Cornwall\nCollege.&nbsp; He was passionate about\nCornwall College, especially the da\u2019Costa Cup team, but he gave not only to\nfootball. He was supportive of the whole school environment and of the\nstudents. For footballers who knew him over the years it is dark-days. So, for\nthe current footballers we are looking at dedicating the da\u2019Costa season to\nRaymond \u2018Moonie\u2019 Kerr. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weatherly said Kerr was a passionate advocate for the\ndowntrodden and was also calling for a second chance for students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe paid school fees, he gave lunch money, bought uniform,\npay exam fees, he did all that but he did not want to publish it, and it was\nfor many students over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Weatherly\u2019s sentiments were echoed by Sue Ann Chang, a\nmember of the football management team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe was always looking out for the boys. He would pay school\nfees for them, buy books and provide meals.&nbsp;\nOn many occasions with the footballers I would call him and tell him\nthey have no food and he would pack box dinners from Aquasol and brought it in\nhis car for them. \u2018Moonie\u2019 was very committed to Cornwall College,\u201d she\nconcluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerr, a businessman who formerly managed the Aquasol Theme Park, and was the Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA) Western Representative and Football Manager at his alma mater, Cornwall College, was reported missing after several attempts to contact him by phone since Sunday went unanswered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-2385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-western-jamaica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385\/revisions\/2387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}