Members of the Loyal Hill, Devonshire community stood as one last night to celebrate the life of murder victim Michael (Bubblas) Phillips on what would have been his 43rd birthday.Family and friends gathered or a candlelit vigil at the Mid-Atlantic Boat Club, where he was gunned down on October 14 last year in the parking lot. Many shed tears as two pastors led the tribute.The father of two daughters, Mytaé Durham, 16, and Zaynah Evans who is three, was killed by one of two gunmen who fired shots inside and outside the club as he sat on his motorcycle in the car park.Chaplain Elder Kevin Santucci said: “What we have seen taking place on this Island is a travesty, lives being snatched away and it seems like no one cares.“But by the demonstration by those here tonight shows there is love in the land. People do care, the family cares, residents care but most of all God cares.”He lamented the fact that seven months have gone by and no one has been charged with the murder yet.“No word on who took Michael’s life, who snatched out a wonderful minded man who cared for his daughters, understood what the worth and what it meant to take care of family.“He was a man who reached across to extend a helping hand. And there were some times he put people in that taxi who had never paid him — you ought to pay up this evening.“The point is here, you have family members who are left behind and they feel the pain, the weight, and sometimes it makes you want to get angry. But how do you deal with it? How do you move on?“A number of children will not see their fathers or mothers this evening because mother is out working two jobs because father is dead.“A lot of mothers will lay down on sleepless pillows still thinking about their precious loved ones because there’s no one there to bring comfort to them.“There is a nation right now that is reeling and trying to understand, while many of the elderly have told me and others that they can’t go out at night anymore because they can’t trust even our own land.“But the anecdote and the answer comes through people like you and me, by living lives of love and by reaching out and touching even those that do harm.”He reminded the audience of what the Bible says about enemies in the Book of Matthew, Chapter Five.The vigil was opened by Rev Kevin Goater, the assistant priest at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.He noted that Mr Phillips had touched the lives of so many during his short time on earth.He recalled his early childhood with the victim growing up in the Loyal Hill community. And encouraged all to enjoy life to the fullest because “time is promised to no one”.Rev Goater also asked: “Why is a man respected more when he is dead, shouldn’t that respect be paid in the living instead?“I stand before you with a heavy heart because it saddens me to know that Michael went the way he did.“If we want to eradicate most of the problems plaguing our society, especially among our young black men, then we all need to take our rightful place and be the person that God has called us to be. That’s each and every one of us.“Every man dies but not every man really lives. In my opinion Mickey Bubblas had conquered both. To the family I send my heartfelt condolences, to his daughters I just want to say this, death ends a life not a relationship.“Hold on strong to the memory of Michael and continue to love one another.”Mr Phillips’ daughter Mytaé and other family members threw carnations out to sea at the end of the ceremony.Participants were asked to hold up their candles for Mr Phillips whose death marked the fourth murder committed in 2012.