OSMOND GEORGE GORDON WAS BORN ON AUGUST 14,1939 TO SILBERT AND

MYRTLE GORDON IN RETREAT, ST. MARY, JAMAICA, WEST INDIES. HE WAS THE

FIRST OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE WAS POPULAR AMONG A BROAD SPECTRUM OF

STUDENTS AND ADULTS AND A ROLE MODEL IN THE DISTRICT. FRIENDS

CALLED HIM O.G AND HIS LITTLE SIBLINGS CALLED HIM BROTHER OSMOND. AT

AN EARLY AGE HIS TEACHERS IN RETREAT PRIMARY SCHOOL WERE

IMPACTED BY HIS BRILLIANT MIND AND TREATED HIM AS A GIFTED CHILD WHO

WAS PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY HIS PARENTS AND THE REST OF HIS FAMILY. As

A PREFECT, HIS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS WERE FREQUENTLY

MENTIONED OVER THE INTERCOM BY THE PRINCIPAL OF THE

SCHOOL, COMMENDING HIM AS SOMEONE FOR OTHER STUDENTS TO

EMULATE.

HE WAS RESPECTFUL, SERVED AS A SCHOOL MONITOR, AND WAS

SUCCESSFUL IN ALL THE EXAMINATIONS THE SCHOOL OFFERED. AT THE AGE

OF SIXTEEN HE WENT TO EXCELSIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA

WHERE HE SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVED BOTH ORDINARY AND ADVANCE LEVEL

EXAMS IN THE GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION IN SPITE OF LIFE

THREATENING INJURES SUSTAINED FROM A CAR ACCIDENT. OUR FAMILY

ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO HIS FREQUENT VISITS WHETHER IT WAS FOR A

WEEKEND, SUMMER, OR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. AFTER GRADUATION HE

WORKED AT JAMAICAN IMMIGRATION, THEN TRANSITIONED TO THE

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS FOR MANY YEARS DURING WHICH TIME HE GOT

MARRIED TO VERENA BLAKE. THIS MARRIAGE PRODUCED THREE

CHILDREN.OSMOND WAS LATER GIVEN A SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY TO

STUDY IN ENGLAND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH HAMPTON WHERE HE

OBTAINED HIS MASTER’S DEGREE IN SOCIAL STATISTICS.

WHEN HE RETURNED TO JAMAICA HE WORKED AS HEAD STATISTICIAN AT

JAMAICA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS AND THEN MOVED ON TO A CHIEF

STATISTICIAN POSITION AT CARICOM, AN OFFICIAL

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION OF UNITED NATIONS.OSMOND

SERVED AS SECRETARIAT OUT OF THE HEADQUARTERS IN GEORGETOWN,

GUYANA.HE RETIRED IN 2004.HE SPENT MOST OF HIS RETIREMENT

YEARS IN HIS CHILDHOOD HOME IN RETREAT WHERE HE ENJOYED SERVING

THE LORD AND FREQUENTLY MENTORING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN

WHO WERE SEEKING INFORMATION TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. IN 2019, HE

MIGRATED TO HIS SON HOWARD IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS

A PERMANENT RESIDENT, HOWEVER, HIS SIGHT AND HEALTH WERE FAILING

AT THAT TIME.

OSMOND LEAVES BEHIND HIS CHILDREN HOWARD, RICHARD, MICHAEL, AND

SUESHELL;5 GRANDCHILDREN: CHRISTOPHER, AUDRIC, RONEIL, KAYLA, AND

ABIGAIL; 3 BROTHERS: RUDYARD, BARRINGTON, AND COLLIN; AND 4

SISTERS: STEPHANIE, WINSOME, CLAUDETTE, AND BEVERLY; NIECES AND

NEPHEWS.FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

DAD, YOU LIVED A LONG LIFE FILLED WITH ACCOMPLISHMENTS.WE WILL MISS

YOU.REST IN PEACE.

• Date of Birth: 08/14/1939
• Date of Death: 07/04/2022
• Country of Residence: USA
• First Name: Osmond
• Deceased Middle or Maiden Name: George
• Last Name: Gordon
• Name of Next of Kin: Howard Gordon
• Next of Kin Email Address: hwgor01@gmail.com
• Location of First Viewing: Caballero Rivero Woodlawn South
• Date of Public Viewing Remains: 07/17/2022
• Time of Public Viewing: 11:00 AM
• Link to First Viewing:
• Location of Memorial Service :

  Caballero Rivero Woodlawn South
  11655 SW 117th Avenue
  Miami, Florida 33186

• Funeral Date & Time: 07/17/2022 at 11:00 AM
• Live Stream and Funeral Service Link:
• Name of Cemetery: Caballero Rivero Woodlawn South