Mr Anthony Rodriguez

ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ (aka McCovey), BORN IN GREENPOINT HOSPITAL IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, TO ANTONIO AND AIDA RODRIGUEZ ON OCTOBER 21, 1946. HE WAS THE ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN BORN OF THIS UNION. ANTHONY GRADUATED FROM BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT DIRECTLY INTO THE U.S. ARMY. HE SERVED AS ARMY MEDIC WHILE HE WAS IN GERMANY. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED. ALONG LIFE’S JOURNEY, ANTHONY WAS ALSO KNOWN AS JUNIOR, TONY, AND McCOVEY. HE MET AND MARRIED MS. ANITA LAWSON, AND TO THAT UNION, ONE DAUGHTER WAS BORN. ANTHONY’S PASSIONS WERE MANY. HE LOVED TO READ, TRAVEL, AND TO LISTEN TO MUSIC OF ALL KINDS.HE LOVED TO LAUGH AND TO JOKE. HE LOVED TO WATCH MOVIES AND TELEVISION. HE ENJOYED SPORTS OF ALL KINDS, WHETHER THEY WERE PLAYED HERE OR ABROAD. HE FAVOURED BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL ABOVE ALL. THERE WERE OTHER THINGS THAT HE ENGAGED HIMSELF IN. HE ATTENDED QUEENS COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND EARNED AN ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE. ANTHONY WORKED FOR NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY AS A MAINTAINENCE MAN. HE WAS THEN TRAINED AND PROMOTED TO PLUMBER AT NYCHA. AFTER MUCH STUDY AND A TWO YEAR PROGRAM, THIS GENTLE GIANT WENT ON TO BE A MASTER MECHANIC FOR THE ELEVATOR SYSTEM AT NYCHA. ANTHONY CONTRIBUTED FORTY THREE YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO NYCHA. HE THEN MET AND MARRIED MS. LINDA ARSCOTT .THERE WERE NO CHILDREN BORN TO THIS UNION. MANY ADOPTED HIM, BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS. ANTHONY ACCEPTED THE LORD AS HIS PERSONAL SAVIOUR IN 2000, HERE AT PILGRIM (FATHER) CHURCH. AS OFTEN AS HE COULD HE ATTEND SERVICES. IN HIS OWN WAY, HE LOVED GOD AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF GOD. AFTER SUFFERING A STROKE, IN LATE 2010, ANTHONY RETIRED FROM NYCHA. ON SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018, WHILE OUT ON A DATE, WITH HIS WIFE, LINDA; ANTHONY ANSWERED THE MASTER’S CALL TO COME HOME FOR A BETTER LIFE. HE WAS A BELOVED SON, BROTHER, UNCLE, FATHER, HUSBAND AND FRIEND. ANTHONY LOVED HIS FAMILY, HIS SIBLINGS, AND HIS FRIENDS CAME SECOND TO NONE. LEFT BEHIND, TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE ARE THOSE WHO LOVED HIM MOST. HIS WIFE, OF 21 YEARS, LINDA, HIS DAUGHTER, JUANITA, GRANDDAUGHTER, SHANNELL, GRANDSON, ANTHONY, BROTHERS, PETER (OCALA, FL.), DAVID (CLARISE), SISTERS JULIA, SONIA (ELIAS), STEPSON (ANTHONY) AND A HOST OF NEPHEWS, NIECES, RELATIVES, AND CHERISHED FRIENDS.

Mr Anthony Rodriguez

October 21, 1946 - March 31, 2018