Theodore Roosevelt Aranda
Friday, 9 November 1934
Sunday, 10 July 2022
Wife: Cecilia Aranda
Children: Ted, Derek and Lerna
Ex-wife: Maria Albertina Lopez Aranda
Child: Lerna Aranda
Sisters: Anaca and Jesse
Brother: Victor
Grandchildren Afton, Haley, Ava, Thandie, Preston, Phoebe and Marley
Funeral Service: Sunday, 17 July, 11:00 a.m., Sacred Heart Church, Dangriga.
1979 - one of the five representatives elected for the UDP, representing the Dangriga constituency
1979 - elected as UDP Leader
== - Had a brief stint as the first post-independence Leader of the Opposition
1983 - He briefly revived the Christian Democratic Party
1984 - Unsuccessfully sought re-election in Dangriga under its banner
== - He joined the People's United Party
1989 - Won the Dangriga seat under the PUP but lost in 1993
1998 - Won the Dangriga seat under the PUP
2000 - Established the World Garifuna Organization with the objective of furthering Garifuna inclusion
The service honored him not only as a national political figure but as an elder of the Garifuna community. Speakers and tributes referenced his decades of advocacy for Garifuna rights, his insistence on dignity and representation for Garinagu, and his national service under both major parties.