CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -News has been received of the passing of Mrs. Clara Walters, M.H, M.B.E, wife of the late Nevis and Leeward Islands cricketer, Harold Walters.
She worked through various spheres of the Civil Service, starting as a substitute clerk in the General Post Office in St. Kitts, to the Customs Department, to becoming the first female Treasurer on Nevis, to eventually being appointed as Permanent Secretary to the Premier.
She was also very active within her community, as Girl Guides Commissioner; People’s Warden at her church; Vice President of the Nevis Netball Association; Vice President of St. Kitts and Nevis Red Cross Society; Returning officer in local and federal elections and invigilator and supervisor for overseas examinations.