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A lifetime of commitment — The Denise Eldemire-Shearer story

When the Most Honourable Professor Denise Eldemire-Shearer married Jamaica’s third prime minister the Most Honourable Hugh Shearer, she was already a giant in her own right.

The daughter of former Minister of Health, Dr Herbert Eldemire, the idea of serving others never seemed too far away.

Eldemire became a medical doctor like her father and by the time she caught the eye of the former prime minister, she had already embarked on significant work with one of the most vulnerable segments of Jamaican society, the aged.

In fact, Shearer, during his wedding reception at the Beverly Hills home of Mr and Mrs Arnold Foote, pointed out how fantastic a job the new Eldemire-Shearer had done as head of the National Council of the Aged.

Back in 2015, Minister of Education, Fayval Williams said Eldemire-Shearer’s story was “one of an unfailing commitment to the poor and most vulnerable in our society&rd