Glowing tribute was paid to Grenada’s outstanding statesman the late, Theophilus Albert Marryshow on Friday.

Referred to as the Father of Federation, Marryshow struggled to have a united West Indies for the greater part of his adult life.

Had Marryshow been alive he would have been one hundred and twenty-two years on November 7th.

The students of the institution named in his honor, The T.A. Marryshow Community College spent much of Friday reflecting on the life of the Grenadian hero.

During a special school assembly, they rendered songs and made other presentations, which reflected on s life and times.

Theophilus Albert Marryshow was born on November 1887, to Eugenia De Souza of Lucas Street in St.George's, Grenada’s capital city. He was the son of Prosper Isaac Marryshow, a cocoa farmer, who seemed to disappear after the 13 january 1888, the day his son was christened at the Methodist Church, in St. George's.

T.A. Marryshow was a journalist and politician and was one of the founders of the West Indian newspaper in 1915.The paper, edited by Marryshow for twenty years, had as its slogan – “The West Indies Must Be West Indian.”

Marryshow’s son Avison Marryshow used excerpts of the newspaper to create a plaque which was unveiled during the remembrance activity at the College on Friday to mark the 2009 Marryshow Day observance.

The late T.A. Marryshow’s House is now the home of the University of the West Indies campus Grenada.

Director of the UWI Open campus Dr. Curtis Jacob highlighted important aspects of the life of Theophilus Albert Marryshow during Friday’s ceremony.

T.A. Marryshow advocated greater independence from Great Britain, self-government and the establishment of a West Indian Federation. He died in 1958.