Dear Subscriber,
I am saddened to report Shandy Dawkins, a good friend, fisherman, and local farmer and rancher from Strachan Hill (near the salt pond by Bennett’s Harbour) here on Cat Island, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2018 after diving. He was air lifted to Nassau and passed in the hospital shortly afterwards. Shandy was in his forties and is survived by his wife and children. I do not have any details on when or where his memorial service will be, and will pass those along as soon as they are available.
Anna and Sandro Leipold, homeowners at Pigeon Cay, suggested a memorial fund for Shandy’s family be setup to help with the costs of the emergency air flight as well as for his funeral and his family. A PayPal account using our Pigeon Cay Homeowners Association has been setup to accept donations for the Shandy Dawkins Memorial Fund. The following link can be clicked to make whatever donation you are able to. Please Donate to the Shandy Dawkins Memorial Fund
You may also visit our webpage dedicated to Shandy to donate by clicking here. All donations will be kept confidential, and the total funds collected will be reported on Shandy’s webpage above.
Shandy did so much for Cat Island and was always actively working and serving others. His smile was contagious under his dreadlocks. Shandy had a previous diving incident earlier this year and spent several weeks in Nassau recovering at that time. Shandy has done work for many of the homeowners here and was to help with the culverts to be added to our access road into Pigeon Cay. He also helped in the refurbishing of the Arthur’s Town Community Play Park in 2014 and assisted in removing the sand barge wreck from the Orange Creek estuary in 2012.
As many of us celebrate Thanksgiving, please pause for a moment and give thanks for family, for friends, for life, for health and the relative prosperity so many of us enjoy, And if you can, please donate to help Shandy’s family. Sandro Leipold will help oversee the donations and ensure they are given to Shandy’s wife.
Blessed Regards, James Honeycutt, Pigeon Cay Homeowners Association