Former Tourism Commissioner Pamela Richards Dies At Age 65

John McCarthyPosted oninBreaking News, Community Affairs, St. Croix News, Tourism News

It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Pamela C. Richards on May 23, 2024, at the age of 65.

She was preceded in death by her father, Arthur A. Richards; mother, Myrna T. Richards; and brother, Arthur Anthony Richards; and sister-in-law, Karen Smith Richards.

Pamela is survived by her brother, Duane L. Richards; sister-in-law, Dr. Gillian Richards; nephews, Duane Richards II and Quentin A. Richards; special cousin, Willis C. Todmann, and close friends Theodora Morehead, Susan Penn, Danny Coughlin; and other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.

REST IN PEACE: Pamela C. Richards on St. Croix

Arrangements are entrusted to James Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 15, 2024, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Frederiksted, St. Croix. Interment will follow in the Frederiksted Cemetery.

Tributes can be submitted electronically

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.