In Memoriam


Cyril Michael
January 22,1898 March 5, 1978

March 9, 1978
Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral
St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands


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Cyril Michael

January 22,1898 March 5, 1978
Cyril Michael, Presiding Judge, U.S. Attorney for the Virgin
Islands, Clerk of U.S. District Court of the Virgin Islands, Interpreter,
Law Clerk, Secretary, Musician, U.S. Navy Retired, Teacher, Legion-
aire, Husband, Father and Grandfather, was born to Andreas and
Wilhelmina Michael on January 22,1898 in St. Thomas, Danish West
Indies, and received his early education at the Catholic Parochial
School.
Music was his first love and very early Cyril Michael learned to
play the organ, piano, violin and trombone. His enlistment into the
U.S.. Navy, like many other Virgin Islanders who were members of
"Adams' Juvenile Band," resulted in the establishment of the first
U.S. Navy Band whose membership was comprised entirely of black
men.
During his enlistment, Cyril Michael pursued courses in Secretarial
Studies, Harmony Counterpoint and Advanced Composition with the
University Extension Conservatory of Chicago, Illinois, and later
taught music and secretarial courses.


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urw of the fhtit1 h)uld the IU. N.,w. Ma~K~a WM Pewr<(ia ad
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acbn is 191T FuUlrwig A *JrractuI, he ro a frxAn A'toniy at
Law so UIA AUVrty nd latnrt Attorney of the Virgn fknidk.
lIe ttTuw a Abudp of Urt Poler C'oiat 1901 67. Jud, of tUh
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rnt a jnotUo held rcmn I P3t tw 196-.
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b)oci md atAlwide nrewsm(w IHr strtd s(rcif mor< oo-pts&
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arnd pt prumdu sA, r Re*zse Amocuum. In 19"2 Ul hItato
tlt Ccoarfk. B&A.. wanted khn the 8i)vb r SS r He slo beld
aicabraJblp In Anarican. NatIUna. and FPed~ d hr AmucltkeU
and wm a pat Frmtntl cd the Varon armds Bar Amorlcam.
leh wai JniALed nt practice In t Vhrlon Wdald Ccutu.. Circuit
Court of Apg, lk Std Caruw, aM the US. aupmen (' Cowu IH
btwrme a hocKtry Ailstant Atsewvy GerAtw) o Cwor0 In
191( aid Cc at4. lkincmy OQnf of KerbmUy in 171. Hus
larnip rldle "Who' Hho M Atnrrc". "Mrs c Acirt mffta".
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FUNERAL MARCHING ARRANGEMENTS
From Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral to Western Cemetery

20 Year Veterans with Colors
St. Thomas Community Band
Honor Guard
American Legion Honorary Pallbearers
Honorary Pallbearers
Priest and American Legion Chaplain
Hearse with Casket
Family
Governor of the'Virgin Islands
Lt. Governor of the Virgin Islands
President of the Virgin Islands Legislature
Members of the Virgin Islands Legislature
Friends and Well-wishers












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SURVIVORS

Elizabeth T. Michael, Wife
Zephyra Jacobs, Sister

CHILDREN
Edna Michael
Dale R. Michael
Elba Michael McIntosh
Betsy Mae Michael Goodwill

GRANDCHILDREN
Ronald Simmons
Tynetta McIntosh
Damien McIntosh

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
Kevin Simmons












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CONCELEBRANTS
Father James Freeman, C.SS.R., Father John Murphy, C.SS.R.

FINAL COMMENDATION AT THE GRAVE
Edward Harper, C.SS.R., Bishop of the United States Virgin Islands


HONORARY PALLBEARERS









HONORARY PALLBEARERS
AMERICAN LEGION
JAMES H. OLIVER POST No. 90









USHERS


Almeric L. Christian
Alexander A. Farrelly
Louis Hoffman
Verne A. Hodge
Antoine L. Joseph
William F. Moorhead
Eileen R. Petersen
Viola E. Smith



Emile Cruse
Theodore Dorsett
Romeo Malone
Charles McBean
Murat Moore
Rupert Richards
Louis Taylor
John Todman

Julio Brady
Otto Brown
Robert de Jongh
George H.T. Dudley
Julian Estrell
Lucien Moolenaar
Justin Moorhead
Arturo ,Watlington


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