Public Funeral to be Held for Campbell Bridges
CIBJO President Offers Condolences
JCK Staff -- JCK Online, 8/17/2009 4:24:33 PM
A public funeral service will be held for Campbell Bridges who was killed in Kenya last week.
The service for the 71-year-old Scottish geologist who discovered tsavorite will begin at noon at All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi Friday, August 21st. Following the service, the International Colored Stone Association will host a wake.
Flowers can be ordered through Festival of Flowers who will ensure they are delivered to the church in Kenya.
For more information call (800) 753-7676, (703)-329-2245 or e-mail proflst@aol.com.
The World Jewellery Confederation president Gaetano Cavalieri sent his condolences to the Bridges' family both personally and on behalf members of the organization. Cavalieri said in a statement he was saddened and disturbed by the murder of Bridges and that CIBJO urges the Kenyan authorities to bring Bridges' attackers to justice as soon as possible.
