Governor Bryan Proclaims William S. Harvey Day
in the Virgin Islands
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – Governor Albert Bryan Jr. proclaimed Wednesday, November 13 as William S. Harvey Jr. day in the Virgin Islands.
Harvey served three terms in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Virgin Islands Legislatures from 1979 to 1985 and ran the Virgin Islands Emergency Management Agency from 1985 to 1991. He died in 2008 at the age of 80.
Born in New York, he grew up in St. Croix, where he graduated from Christiansted High School. Harvey served in the US Army and attended New York University, where he studied journalism. He worked in advertising and journalism, as well as for several government agencies, and hosted a weekly television talk show.
Harvey was a member of American Legion Post 85, the American Red Cross, V.I. Businessmen’s Association, St. Croix Community Band, Boys Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, St. Croix Federal Credit Union, St. Croix Public Information Association, Community Hospital Organizations, Boys Scouts of America, Little League, and many other community service organizations.
In 1993, Harvey retired and moved to Deltona, FL, where he was active on local committees and boards. He served as president of the African-American Association of Deltona, was elected to the Deltona City Commission in 1999, and served two terms until 2007, when he was appointed Vice-Mayor of Deltona.
William S. Harvey, Jr. was married to Ruby M. Harvey for 23 years and had four sons, William Harvey Franklin, William S. Harvey, James William Mack and James Benn; 10 daughters, Valerie Harvey, Evelyn Harvey Grubbs, Vanessa Harvey Hinds, Vivian Harvey Parquette, Jamilah Harvey Moorehead, Venetia Harvey Velasquez, Josephine A. Christian, B.J. Young, Dionne K. Mack, Patricia Benn Simms; 42 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
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