Sir Avery Arnold’s coffin
arrived at London Heathrow at Midday on Saturday and after being cleared
through customs it was released to Hemmings and Son Funeral Directors and
driven to Pipershaven.
The following day Molly’s
visitors flew to the UK and George met them at the airport and delivered them
to the Beaumont Manor that afternoon.
So on Sunday night there was
a tearful reunion dinner at the Orangery, with Molly, Danny, George and Katie
joining, the household staff from Colorado, Elisa Ghelardoni, Rebecca and Ross
Clarke and Victoria Pullen.
On Monday Sir Avery continued
his journey when he was transferred to the Hemmings funeral parlour in St
Pierre and then the funeral cortege drove to Spaniards Creek on Tuesday.
Sir Avery passed away in the
early hours of the morning of May 16th, so the Reinterment was on the first
anniversary of his Death and although it had been many years since he was last
on the island, there were still a lot of people who knew him and wanted to pay
their respects.
It was a very emotional day
for Molly, but she was fulfilling her
grandfather’s wishes by laying him to rest with her parents, Charlotte and John Barrington, and
her Grandmother Bella Arnold.
Having her “family” from
America with her was a tremendous comfort to her, as much as she loved Danny
and as caring as he was, they understood how she was feeling much better than
he did.
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