Parliamentarians pay tribute to Lady Patricia Golding
Vanassa McKenzie / Our Today
Members of Parliament on both sides of the aisle on Tuesday, October 8, paid tribute to Lady Patricia Golding, the mother of Opposition Leader Mark Golding, who passed away last week at the age of 92.
She was also the wife of pioneering orthopaedic surgeon and rehabilitation physician the late Sir John Golding.
Minister of Tourism and Leader of Government Business in the House Edmund Bartlett, while making his tribute, said he shared a close relationship with Lady Golding during her earlier years at the University of the West Indies.
“What I experienced was a lady of great passion, a woman of deep resolve, and someone who had a generosity of spirit that knew no bounds. Her sense of philanthropy was equally so and she shared with her husband in building out the most enduring institution for the protection of the disabled Jamaicans. The Mona Rehabilitation Centre, so many people who otherwise would have not gotten their limbs were able to have restoration and comeback to their normal existence as a result of Sir John and Lady Golding’s work.
Both now have expired and have gone to better place. They have left behind, however, a legacy, a strong and powerful legacy, not only in terms of the institutions that are their; the Mona Rehabilitation Centre stands out, but certainly she has produced one who now has aspirations for the highest level of service in our land,, and we want to say that her compassion and unwavering commitment to service will no doubt renown to Mark’s own efforts in the year’s to come,” he said.
Member of Parliament for Kingston Eastern and Port Royal Phillip Paul also moved to pay tribute to Lady Golding, saying she was one of those remarkable woman that the country would have had that is oftentimes overshadowed by her more renowned husband.
The Speaker of the House, Juliet Holness, also paid tribute to Lady Golding and offered her condolences to the Golding family.
Particia Golding was born in England on December 24, 1931, the daughter of Jamaican, Dr Logan Levy, and his wife, Alice Jefferson. She grew up in Savanna-la-mar, Westmoreland and in Kingston and St Andrew.
Lady Golding attended St Andrew High School and university in England, earning a sociology degree. In 1953, she was employed as an administrative cadet assigned to the Colonial Secretariat, then to the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and the Central Planning Unit.
In 1961, she married Orthopedic Surgeon, Sir John Golding. Lady Golding spent the rest of her working life at the Mona Rehabilitation Centre and as a leader in the Girl Guides, among her other interests.
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