Joey ‘Posh’ Richard­son was re­mem­bered by his daugh­ter Josil as one who en­joyed him­self even un­til his pass­ing on Au­gust 20.

Speak­ing at her fa­ther’s fu­ner­al ser­vice at the Ch­agua­nas Ro­man Catholic Church on Wednes­day, Josil shared, “My dad lived a life with no re­grets. We did a lot of fun stuff. Dad, I will miss you, but I know where you have gone, you will be jam­ming still.”

The church com­pound was flut­tered with large flags rem­i­nis­cent of those Richard­son car­ried to crick­et and foot­ball match­es at home and abroad. Many of his close friends wore red Trin­ba­go Knight Rid­ers (TKR) t-shirts along with the TKR flag. Four Bar­ba­di­ans, clad in blue shirts with Richard­son’s pho­to em­bla­zoned on the front, showed up as well. They too walked with their tow­er­ing Ba­jan flag.

Col­leagues of the re­tired in­spec­tor of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice did not for­get their flags they waved in his ho­n­our.

For­mer pres­i­dent of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Olympic Com­mit­tee Bri­an Lewis as well as for­mer pres­i­dent of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Bas­ket­ball Fed­er­a­tion Clay­ton Black­man and ex-T&T na­tion­al foot­ball goal­keep­er Clay­ton Ince were al­so present to show their re­spect.

Ro­man Catholic Dea­con Tris Mathu­ra, in de­liv­er­ing the hymn, said the cel­e­bra­to­ry mood of the ser­vice re­flect­ed Richard­son’s life. “From what I gath­ered from the eu­lo­gy, Joey would have pre­ferred that we have a cer­e­mo­ny of thanks­giv­ing of joy rather than any tears.” Mathu­ra added that the flag­pole car­ried by “Posh” was like the cross of Je­sus Christ, which brought hope and joy to many cit­i­zens. “When we re­flect to­day on the promise of Je­sus of eter­nal life and we al­so re­flect on those who bring us joy of be­ing na­tion­als of this blessed na­tion. In Joey we would have had a man who we would see every­where we are re­mind­ed we are called to be a peo­ple of joy al­so a peo­ple of hum­ble peace.”

Guardian Me­dia Sports Cor­re­spon­dent Clay­ton Clarke al­so shared on his friend­ship with Richard­son. “A true pa­tri­ot, the re­al in­ter­na­tion­al boss. Al­ways decked in red, white, and black. From his cap to his shoes, even his slacks. All com­ple­ment­ed with that big, big flag tow­er­ing over him, flut­ter­ing with­out lag. This one is re­al­ly tough. Yes, hard to swal­low like a bit­ter pill. Rest well; sleep on Joey. We want you to know we’re jam­ming still.”

Richard­son passed away at the age of 68 af­ter suf­fer­ing a stroke. He was laid to rest at the Long­denville Pub­lic Ceme­tery. Josil is one of three of his chil­dren. Brent and Richie are the oth­ers.