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Deborah Barbara Spooner, affectionately known as “Debbie,” was born on March 29, 1952 in Tunapuna, Trinidad, West Indies. She was the only child of the late Sylvia and Darmanie Payne, and the first grandchild of the late Etheline and Enos Bain. Debbie attended Tranquility High School in Trinidad before she migrated to the United States in 1969 to live with her aunt, the late Pastor Enid Crooks, and her family. She graduated from Prospect Heights High School in Brooklyn, New...