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Plans For Official State Funeral Finalized
posted (September 20, 2011)
It's not everyday that a national hero is buried - and George Price's Official State Funeral seems as if it will be suitably monumental.

The plans were finalized by his family late yesterday and they are as follows:

The preparation for the event starts on Saturday morning at 7:30 when the BDF will transport the body from the KHMH Morgue in a procession, which will go through the streets of Belize City to the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts where it will lie for viewing from 8:00am to 3:00pm.

The body will then be taken to the George Price Center in Belmopan where it will lie from 8:00 in the morning to 5:00 in the evening.

And then on Monday morning, the day of the funeral, the body will be transported from the Price Center to Independence Hill at 8:15 in a BDF hearse.

The funeral will proceed at 9:00 with a mass and the eulogy delivered by Price's nephew Mr. John Waight and a few words said by the PUP Party leader, John Briceno.

And following the service, the body will be taken to the entrance to Belmopan, where it will be carried in a closed hearse to Belize City.

At Faber's Road Junction the casket will again be transferred to the BDF open hearse for transport to the Lord's Ridge Cemetery where Mr. Price will be interred in the family crypt.

For those who'd like to see the body as it proceeds through the city on Saturday morning - the route has not yet been disclosed, but as soon as we have it, we'll let you know.

As for the funeral on Monday, we expect to air it live on Channel 7.

Until then, with the exception of Independence Day, the official period of mourning continues with flags flown at half-mast throughout the country.

Condolence Books have been opened for well-wishers to write in and those are at the House of Culture in Belize City and in the Capital, at the George Price Center for Peace and Development.

And today at George Price's Pickstock Street Home in the City we saw one mourner, Rosalie Staines placing a bouquet - while another well-wisher had already placed a flag.

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