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Barrington Gaynor

"COBRA" GAYNOR'S FUNERAL SATURDAY APRIL 9 6.4.2011 – The Funeral Service for Barrington “Cobra” Gaynor will be held on Saturday, April 9th at the Pentecostal Tabernacle at 72 Wildman Street at 10:00 am with interment to follow at Dovecot Memorial Park in St. Catherine.

Gaynor died on Saturday, March 19 at the Westchester Medical Centre in the United States, after a long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Cobra was 45 years-old at the time of his death, and had been confined to a wheelchair with ALS since 2008.

Gaynor was a member of the famous Camperdown High School triple-championship Manning Cup, Walker Cup, and Olivier Shield winning team that dominated Jamaican school football in 1982. Other notable members of the 1982 Camperdown team were, Peter "Jair" Cargill, Christopher Bender, Dominique 'Dam Dam' Spaulding, Mark Salmon, Andrew 'Bowa' Hines and Andrew Williams.

Gaynor's most notable accomplishments as a player was being a member of Jamaica's historic team which won the Shell Caribbean Cup in 1991, and which placed third at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1993.

In 1992, Barrington Gaynor graduated from Alderson Broaddus College in West Virginia with a Bachelor of Science degree (BSc) in Computer Science, and in 2008, he was inducted into the Alderson Broaddus College Hall of Fame for his outstanding exploits in soccer.

Earlier this year, Harbour View football club retired the number 2 jersey worn by Cobra as an orthodox left-back during his many HVFC years. And, the Jamaica national football team and staff, under the leadership of national coach Theodore "Tappa" Whitmore, that recently defeated El Salvador 2-0, donated 25% of their per diem (US$2,683) earned from that assignment to the Gaynor family to assist with Cobra's funeral expenses.

Barrington "Cobra" Gaynor is survived by his wife, Nyoka, and daughters, Shaniece (15), and Juanelle (5).

In lieu of flowers, the Gaynor family request that donations be made to the National Commercial Bank account # 204 - 095 - 744.