Michael Zepherine Matthew was born on February 22, 1946 in New Hampshire, St. George’s Grenada to the late Christiana Botas (nee Munro) and Adrian D. Matthew, he was raised primarily by his grandmother Catherine Francis, whom he loved dearly. He always had a strong passion for law and politics and at the age of 17 he worked as a Clerk at the Magistrate Court in St. George’s for 5 years. To further pursue his studies in law, he moved to England to attend The University of Law earning his LLB, shortly thereafter immigrated to the States where he worked at the Legal Aide Society and New York University of Law Library. In the late 70s to early 80s he was the Director of Inmate Grievances for the State of New York, during this time he met his wife Carmelita whom he later had two children with.
After leaving his position at the Inmate Grievances Office he pursued an entrepreneurial path and established his own company, Afro-Carib Consortium Corp. Through his business dealings he was required to travel all over, primarily Nigeria and Papua New Guinea always bringing back gifts and mementos for his family. He was also able to invest more of his time into politics where he became an active member of the Republican party meeting prestigious members of society, among those were former President Ronald Reagan and physicist Edward Teller. In the late 1990s, he was awarded Life Membership in the Republican Senatorial Inner Circle and Medal of Freedom.
He left behind his beloved wife Carmelita, his children: Michael “Wayne”, Micheal, Earon and Amanda and his grand-children: Michael “Mikey”, Tiana, Jimmel, Briana, Madison and Mekhi, and his great grand-daughter Avery, as well as his many brothers and sisters.
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