welcome back to Prime Time Sports Thursday a scholarship fund and the keys to the city of
Kingston are just two of the ways that the country will pay tribute to the national footballer Luton
Shelton the gestures were announced during a thanksgiving service for the life of Shelton
who passed away last month following a four-year battle with als members of the football and wider
sporting fraternity joined family and friends to celebrate the life of the country's leading reggae
boys goal scorer with kovid 19 always a clear and present danger all protocols were observed
at the invitation only ceremony tears mingled with laughter as attributes flowed about the man whose
love affair with football began from a tender age shelton hail some tivoli gardens in western
kingston from where a youngster will receive a scholarship named in honor of their famous son
i remember when i became the member of parliament he came to see me and we sat for about an
hour he spoke about the many things that he wanted to do for the community to give back
to west kingston
we want to remember him in a special way
and this morning i'm pleased to announce following discussions with his mother and bobbitt
that commencing in the new school year the constituency of west kingston will offer a full
five-year university scholarship to our kingston student in honor of lewton sheldon and his family
will also receive the city's highest honor in shelton's memory because at the last seating of
council council summit moved a motion to have a resolution at the next city of council which
is in march to for us to confer upon luton the highest honor of the city of kingston
shelton represented harbourview from the youth stage and the club chairman cabell
stewart reflected on his journey first of all the sadness has been our own for quite a while now
even a little bit before he was diagnosed with an illness and when we saw his difficulties
it really was very painful he was a stalwart as you know a leader among
among players and of course leader in goal scoring shelton's former teammate and coach theodore tapo
whitmore also reflected on a life well lived well indeed it's a sad day but um it's a reality
we just have to face up to the reality we are here to pay our last respect you know a very sad moment
but as a as again it's a part of it really assam is something that i would like to see
not not just for loot and shelter we have seen um former players you know who who pass on and
in japan so again would would love to see um a name like lutan shelton you know is
also a name in jamaica so we'd love to see shelton who was pre-deceased by his father
luton senior just under two years ago is survived by widow bobbitt four children
mother precious and several siblings he will be laid to rest in a private ceremony at a later date