Installment FiveThe attachment herewith pretty much concludes the information I had intended to write about my father and it will save me some time if you could work it in to what I've sent previously. The resume was submitted to the Cayman Government to recommend dad for selection to the Hall Of Honor .He was accepted for recognition and has name has been inscribed on the Honor Wall in Georgetown.
If you don't acknowledge, I'll know I goofed in sending this. This is the first time I have tried my hand at sending attachments. So I'll be waiting Susan or Lynda.
12/27/2003
5:34pm
NAME OF HONOREE: John Timothy Ebanks, Sr
Date of Birth: Sept. 16, 1874
Date of Death: Oct. 7, 1946
WIFE’S NAME: Elizabeth Susannah Ebanks (nee Henning)
Date of Birth: April 4, 1878
Date of Death: May 22, 1935
AN OUTLINE OF HONOREE’S COMMUNITY SERVICES
A. Christian Services and Affiliations:
1. Vestryman:. Mr. Timothy, as he was called in his community of West Bay, was a vestryman (elder) of the West Bay Presbyterian church virtually all his adult life.
2. Presbyter: Served as a lay presbyter representing his church at the Grand Cayman Presbytery.
3. Synod Attendee: On occasion represented his church and Presbytery at called Synod conferences in Jamaica – and that was when travel was neither comfortable nor reliable.
B. Business Interests:
1. Owner and operator of general merchandise store in West Bay
2. Rancher
3. Farmer
4. Investor – primarily in real estate and maritime shipping
C. Community Service:
1. Justice-of-the-Peace and Magistrate. As magistrate he at times presided at
Grand Court in Georgetown. Some of the misdemeanor element in George
Town respectfully referred to him as the “ninety day man”.
2. As magistrate he represented his community at Commissioner’s Council
meetings.
3. Member Board of Education
4. Supervisor of Road Construction…As a young man he was commissioned to supervise much of highway construction linking West Bay and Georgetown. He was also commissioned to build much of the Crewe Road highway.
Mr. Timothy was a man of uncommon strength and virtue and seldom ever refused to answer a call for help yet he would go to considerable effort to not give his responses the appearance of charity. He was truly a servant of his Lord and his fellow man. He deserves to be numbered among the honored.
End of Installment Five