MONTEGO BAY, St James: Cornwall College mourns passing of promising student, 17 y-o Cedric 'CJ' Murray.... Vice-Principal of Cornwall College, Lisa Allen, described Cedric as "a very good, active and valuable student, someone we would be happy to continue having".

BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer West reporter  Thursday, January 08, 2015    

MONTEGO BAY, St James — A pall of gloom continues to hang stubbornly over Cornwall College's school community, following the sudden death of one of their promising students, days before the start of the Easter Term.

On December 28, Cedric 'CJ' Murray, a 17-year-old grade 11 student at the Montego

Former 2008 Youth Mayor of Lucea and outstanding student
of Cornwall College, 17 year-old Cedric Murray.

Bay-based institution, was taken to hospital for medical attention, after he complained of having a headache.

He later returned home but things took a turn for the worst that night when he wet his bed and became mostly unresponsive.

At about 2:00 am the following day he was again taken to hospital, where he was admitted following a battery of tests.

But, within 10 hours of being at the medical facility, he was pronounced dead.

On Monday, Vice-Principal of Cornwall College, Lisa Allen, described Cedric as "a very good, active and valuable student, someone we would be happy to continue having".

Allen said that the school community is taking Murray's untimely passing very hard and that counselling has had to be provided for students, some of whom cried openly at the sad news.

Teachers are also in disbelief, she told the Jamaica Observer West.

"We provided grief counselling for the students, particularly from his class [11 Science] and we are trying to cope with the sudden loss. That's the best way I can put it," expressed Allen, in trying to explain the tremendous grief the school community is undergoing. more