Golding mourning loss of mother, prime minister expresses condolences
Vanassa McKenzie / Our Today
Opposition Leader Mark Golding is mourning the passing of his mother, Lady Patricia Golding.
Golding shared the sad news via social media on Friday, September 27.
Lady Golding reportedly passed away last night, September 26, at home, surrounded by her family. She was 96 years old.
“Walk good mum. You will forever live on in our hearts and in our memories. We miss and love you,” he said in a captioned post featuring a photo of himself and his mother.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness expressed condolences to Golding and his family.
“On behalf of the government and people of Jamaica, I extend heartfelt condolences to Mr Mark Golding and his family on the passing of his beloved mother, Lady Patricia Golding,” Holness said in a tweet on X on Friday, September 27.
Lady Golding was the wife of pioneering orthopaedic surgeon and rehabilitation physician Sir John Golding. He died on March 23, 1996.
She 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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