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The Cabinet says it decided to offer an Official Funeral to the late Parliamentarian, Honourable Henderson Simon, who died less than one week ago. <\/p>

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The former Minister of Government served two terms in the House of Representatives\u00a0from 1984 to 1994; was once the General Manager of APUA; was a teacher and an instructor in mathematics, who gave of his time at no cost to many students from Barbuda and from City West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The date of the funeral will be decided in conjunction with the family, the Church, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>

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The Cabinet says it decided to offer an Official Funeral to the late Parliamentarian, Honourable Henderson Simon, who died less than one week ago. 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