10052023 OBITUARIES

Thursday, October 5, 2023

Death Notice for

ELEAZAR McINTOSH, 36

Of Garden Hills #1 Geranium Avenue, New Providence, The Bahamas. Died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Sunday 1st October, 2023.

Left to cherish his memories are his, Father: Hilton McIntosh Esq. J.P.; Mother: Idell McIntosh; Daughter: Lashantae Royalty McIntosh (Lashan Edwards) mother of Child/ special friend; Sisters: Samantha Bastian, Christianna Gibson & Celeste McIntosh Scott, Jacqueline McIntosh; Brothers: Elsworth, Andrew (Deceased) Jarvis, Elrad and Sherman McIntosh; Aunts: Estell, Altamese King, Rosemae Smith Ruthmae King, Joy McIntosh Bell, Prescola Roberts, Pandora Palacious, Fanny King, Paulette King, Muddie Rolle (Deceased) Annamae Mortimor (Deceased); Uncles: Lawrance, Mervin, Hon. Minister Basil McIntosh M.P., Norenson Palacious, Roy Palacious, Ernes, (Deceased) Uriel, Kendal, Howard (Deceased) Nathaniel King, Timothy King, Nelson King, Daniel King, Ezra King, David King, Phichol Smith and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.

Funeral Arrangements will announced at a later date.

Funeral Service For

Ellen Louise Higgs, 76

a resident of Yellow Elder Gardens and formerly of Drake’s Hill, South Andros, who died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Friday, September 15th, 2023 will be held at 11:00 am. on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 at New Destiny Baptist Cathedral, Gladstone Road. Apostle Delton D. Fernander J.P. assisted by other Ministers of Religion will officiate. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Gardens, Soldier Road.

Precious memories will forever be in the hearts of husband: Donald Henry Higgs; daughters: Tiffany Adderley, Darnell & Dawn Higgs; adopted daughters: Francina Rolle & Jennifer Rahming; sons-in-law: Ronald Adderley & Outhnell Collins; grandchildren: Taron & Ronika Adderley, Davonte Sweeting, Dasareo Wallace, Aulia Collins, Hadassah Hunter & Kaeson Johnson; sisters: Gwendolyn “Queenie” Rolle, Maeronnie Pinder, Sylvia Phillip (The Bluff, Andros), Iona Sweeting; brothers: LeCertus, Victor, Lewitt Forbes and Desmond Carey; sisters-in-law: Paulette, Dianne (Grand Bahama), Janet & Vernice Forbes, Cindy Mackey, Sherrie Brice, Carol Stuart, Shelia Saunders, Daphne Hepburn & Irma Davis; brothersin-law: Anthony Sweeting, John Rahming-Rolle, Troy & Courtney Higgs, Kendal Hepburn, Elijah Brice, Rickey Mackey (Former Member of Parliament) & Livingston Stuart; nieces & nephews: Rollie Rolle & Family, Ernest Rolle & Family, Brenda Scott & Family, Delerease Wright & Family, Cassius Rolle & Family, Lestine & Helen Nicola Rolle, Deron Pinder, Vernette & Juliann Rolle, Bridget Lloyd & Family, Jennifer Rahming & Family, Jerald Rahming & Family, Dominique & Family, Iona Annishka Rahming & Family, Paula Russell & Family, LaShena, LaSean, L’ Shabazz, Cordington and Lisa Forbes, Garnell Newchurch, Christof, Shacanta Forbes (Grand Bahama), Nathaliae, Alexander, Lewitt Jr. (PJ) Forbes, Jerome & Leole Forbes, Denise, Katy, Rolph, & Tanya Penn-Forbes & Family, Nicoya & Niquincia Jones &

Family, Una Daniels & Family; cousin: Lawrence Burrows and family of Driggs Hill Andros; other relatives and friends including: Patrica William (Pat), Tony Rolle & Family, Tony Bodie &, Family, Dave & Kirklyn Harris Family, the Higgs & Percentie Families, Basil Hunt & Family, Rev Stanley Forbes (Driggs Hill Andros), Irma Delancy & Family, Ines McKenzie & Family, Katie Johnson & Family, Hilary Smith & Family, Belinda & Latoya Higgs & Family, Kim Cartwright & Family, Elder Juliet Newbold & Family, Shannon Rolle & Family, Olive Hanna & Family, Marla Rolle & Family, Shelia Forbes & Family, The Community of Yellow Elder (Derby Road), Anna Saunders & Family, Communities of Driggs Hill South Andros, Management & Staff of John Bull (Paradise Island, Mall At Marathon, Southwest Plaza, and Bay Street), Apostle & Members of the New Destiny Baptist Cathedral Church.

Relatives and friends may pay their last respects at THE CHAPEL OF MEMORIES THE NEW COMMONWEALTH FUNERAL HOME, INDEPENDENCE DRIVE on Friday from 11:00-5:30 p.m. and at the church on Saturday from 10:00 am to service time.

Death Notice For James Levi Webb Sr., 73

a resident of Winton Highway and formerly of Arthur’s Town, Cat Island, Bahamas died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023.

He is survived by his Wife: Maeoni Webb; sons: James Jr., Jamal, Jerome, Jeremy (deceased), Jaleel, Dario and Earl; daughters: Daria, Cheryl, Raquel, Kenya and Jammie; brother: Cloephas (Ophie) Webb; sister: Sheba Webb and other relatives and friends.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to THE NEW COMMONWEALTH FUNERAL HOME and will be announced at a later date.

Funeral Service For

Deacon Edsil Bowe, 63 affectionately called “Bopie Boga”

a resident of Pinewood Gardens who died on Thursday, September 14, 2023 will be held on Saturday, October 7, 2023, 11:00a.m. at Mt. Nebo Union Baptist Church, Marshall Road. Offciating will be Rev. Dr. Charles E. Rolle, J.P. assisted by other Ministers of The Gospel. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Gardens, Soldier Road.

Fond and precious memories will forever be in the hearts of his loving and devoted Wife: Tiny Bowe; daughters: Tamika Rahming, Krishanna and Edlicer Bowe; son-in-law: Quentin Rahming; grandchildren: Edrico Bowe, Brianna Johnson, Skhi Rollins, Quinn Rahming, Wayne Phillips and Othello Rahming; great grandchildren: Breniyah Marcellus and Kaylyn Bowe; sisters: Judymae Earns and Stephanie Sears; brothers-in-law: George Dean, Kendall and Leon Edgecombe, Tyrone Ferguson; sisters-in-Law: Vendella Lousie and Michelle Bowe, Nelly Dean and Antoinette Ferguson; nephews: Renrick, Sean and Shavarus Sears, Dorien and Anvonne Bowe, Elvardo, Lemero, and Larando Wright, Pastor Craig McHardy, Ezra Bodie Sr., Devon Ferguson; nieces: Prophetess Keva McHardy, Minister Ingrid Bodie, Jennifer Armbrister, Ella and Minister Elva Earns, Shekera and Rodrese Bowe, Georgiemae Smith, Georgina, Melvern Dean, Candy Ferguson, and Prestina Wright; uncle: Stephen Romer; aunts: Betty Romer, Veronica Curtis; grand nephews: Craig Jr., Cody, Cory and Cohen McHardy, Pachaino Earns, Shaquan Bowe, Davion and Rio Smith, Saron Sturrup, Ashton and Ashaad Armbrister, Shairi Bowe, Javaughn, Andre, Xavier and Akari Murray; grand nieces: Kayonita Murray, Archarn Tucker, Ashley and Ashtra McCardy, Aliyah Ferguson, Stanisha Smith, Asha Armbrister, Tavara, Tristian, Tremeeah Thompson, Natisha Earns, Janae Eden, Sarina Sturrup, Maronique, T’Niayah, T’Naj, Symiah, Kaiya, Chloe and Nila Green and Blair Wright; other relatives and friends: Elder General and Deaconess Audrey Taylor and family, Pat and Mazilee Knowles, Paula, Marsha, Carey Jr., Whitney and Sharon Thompson, Nicholas and Marva McKinney, Dion and Rochelle Miller, Dwayne, Don, Anthony and Latovia Romer, Adell Rolle, Derick, Standford and Monique Romer, Brenda Albury, Clement Ferguson, Kenny Bowe, Sophia and Daxon, Cudy Mae, Edith Mae, Eldora, Susan, Lonniemae, Betty Cox and family, Archer family, Joanne and family, The Newbold family, Frank Stuart, Asrido Henfeld and family, Minister Morvis Smith and family, Jestina Neely and family, Francina Nixon and family, Arnold McKenzie, Catherine McKenzie and family, Janice Stevenson and family,

Kerline Rahming and family, Hans Rollins and family, the late Albury and Bloaaom McKenzie family, Alvin Taylor and family, Renae Rolle, the late Cleveland and Annie J. Rolle family, Lillian B. Rolle and family, the late Rev. Iggerina Taylor family, Patrick, Archie, David, Kendal Curtis, Franklin Rolle, Mara, Kevin, David, Althea Knowles and family, Mae and Mitsy Papageorge, Tomisita and Esse, Jacinth White and family, Kenris, Drucella and Desrie Davis, Verline Clarke, Fred Storr, Yvette White and Anna Cooper, Paula Mae Rolle, Edrick Rolle and family, Verline Knowles and family, Dorcus, Audrey Carey and family, Joanne, Glen, Elvis, Janice Rolle, the late Rena McPhee family, Annis Mae Sands and family, the late Curlene Nixon family, Val Clarke, Rolston Knowles, Eusteve Rolle, Gladstone Rolle, Alice and Mae Munnings, Bessiemae Lloyd, Linda Curtis and Family, Shirley Williams and family, Cindyann, Byron, Castina Rolle, Rev. Adam Brown, Ena Rolle, Debbie Munroe, Alice Rolle and family, Jeff Ferguson and family, Nomicos Williams and family, Dario Charlton and family, Ashley Cooper, Joey and family, Deborah Ingraham and family, Arnicker Wood, Deandra Adderly, Todd and family, Johnson and family, Richard Wright and family, Godfrey Simms and family, The Ricketts family, Patricia Rolle and Family, Linda Sands and family, Dawkins and family, Dunkin Donuts Family, Half Moon Tours, PDC Corporate Services, Seven Hills Family, The entire Bozine Town family, The entire C. V. Bethel family, The entire Grove family, Rev. Dr. Charles E. Rolle, the entire Mt. Nebo Union Baptist Church Family and The entire Rolleville Community.

Viewing will be held in the Legacy Suite at Vaughn O. Jones Memorial Center, Mt. Royal Avenue and Talbot Street on Friday from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m and again at the church on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until service time.

Death Notice For David Anthony Dean, 69

a resident of Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera, Bahamas and formerly of Ludlow Street, New Providence, Bahamas who died on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at Princess Margaret Hospital.

He is survived by his sons: David Dean Jr. and Devaughn Dean; step daughter: Sharika Gaitor; grandchildren: Da’scha and Devon Dean and Deshi Marshall; numerous other relatives and friends.

Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.

Funeral Service For

Doris Franchester Poitier, 60

Rubyann, Samantha, Samuel Jr., Sheldon, Shebaniah, Dr. Saletha, Renville Jr., Selma, Gerard, Andy, Tameko, Valenzia, Tamalo, Errol, Beck, Benjamin and Christopher; special friends: Brent Strachan Jr. and Christian Newbold; and other relatives and friends including: The Moss Family, Celanthia, Idina and family, Roshanda and Family, Kenlhe McPhee and Family,Wells Family, Apostolic church of Christ Family, Michelle Williams, Sandals Emerald Bay and Housekeeping and Laundry Department, RN McKenzie, Exuma Medical Health Center, Super Club Breezes, Charles, Mr. McKenzie, Deon Harvey, Mr. Mutton Wilkinson and Family, Angelique, Gail and Palestine Union Baptist Church.

a resident of Dew Gardens and Georgetown, Exuma, Bahamas who died on Saturday, September 23, 2023 will be held on Monday, October 9, 2023, 10:00am at Apostolic Church of Christ, Mermaid Blvd. Offciating will be Pastor Tyrone Mott; assisted by other Ministers of The Gospel. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Gardens, Soldier Road.

Left to cherish her memories are her son: Kevin Poitier; daughters: Melizza and Page Poitier; grandchildren: Kevaughtae, Kevin Jr., Kevondre, Kevaughn and Dior Poitier, Bailee and Bryson Strachan; sisters: Carol Sherman, Karen and Joanne Poitier and Carol Thompson; adopted sister: Jackie Moxey; Brothers, Philip, Brian, Anthony (Whopper), Anthony (Spider), Anthony (Eyes), Geno and Eric Poitier; aunts: Judy Pinder, Maryann and Idama Smith, Crowlance, Paulette, Junemae Barnett, Patricia Darling; uncles: Pastor Ruberty, Elder Joseph, Elder Samuel, Errol Smith and William Barnett; nieces: Meoshe, Briesha, Brea, Antonique, Antrice, Anya, Betsey, Rhonda, Roshanda, Kayla, Danielle, Edrica, Patrice, Ashontai; nephews: Kendrick, Anthony, Camren, Amarrie, Campbrell, Canaan, Brian Jr., Breon, Kaydian, Charles, Robert III, Kendrick Jr., Kayshawn, Kirk, Rico, Anston, Adrian, Tarasheo and Enoch; sister-in-law: Shanaka Poitier; brothers-in-law: Robert Stevenson Jr.; cousins: Valencia, Petty Offcer and RN Michelle Woods, John, Tevin, Bernadette, Andrea, Perry, Parick, Patricia, Lavern, Kendal, Nicola, Minister Paul, Shelly, Janet, Anastasia,

Viewing will be held in the Legacy Suite at Vaughn O. Jones Memorial Center, Mt. Royal Avenue and Talbot Street on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and again at the church on Monday from 9:00 a.m. until service time.

Death Notice For King David Deveaux, 87 affectionately called “Babby”

of #12 Gun Hill Road, Fox Hill and formerly of Hard Hill, Acklins died at his residence on Monday, October 2, 2023.

He is survived by his two sons: Retired Superintendents of Police David and Deacon Wendall Deveaux of Freeport, Grand Bahama; daughter-in-law: Katie Deveaux; grandchildren: Pamala Miller, Latoya Green, Jessica Charlton, Edwin, Shianica, Shervon, Shamica, Randell, Wendall Jr., Cedanio, Anthon, Kristal, Tristen and Audley Deveaux; 14 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends including: Willamae Collie, Mazel Deveaux, Effe Kemp, Mable Cox, Ormand and Ethel Collie, Beverly Beneby, Leonard Johnson and Leroy Williams.

Funeral Service will be announced at a later date.

Funeral Services For

Dorothy Bodie, 73

will be held at Fountain of Life Kingdom Ministries, Rock Sound on Saturday 7th October, 2023 at 11am. Officiating will be Prophet Jermaine Kemp, assisted by Bishop Bradley Ferguson. Internment will following in Rock Sound Public Cemetery.

Cherishing a lifetime of memories are her children: Michelle Knowles (Cephas), Marilyn (Pastor Juan Sr.) Symonette, D’Shann, Frankie and Crystal Leary, Krishna Knowles (Timothy Sr.), Mickelle, Lakeisha Bodie. Sisters: Edith Brown and Ulamae Bodie; Brothers: Livingston and James Bodie; Grandchildren: Dr. Juanteria Thompson (Kyle), Juan Symonette Jr. Trevano, Timothy Jr. (Tristia), Timanique, Jarred, Aidyan, Jason, Ravana, Kendaniqua, Princina, Cenio (Philadesha), Deangelo, Princia, Chris, Prescola, Laxian, Alexia, Raemyah, John Dascally Jr. Immigration Officer Alchrista and Julian; Great Grand Children: Rayshawn, Kendrick, Jadyn, Cenio Jr., Cenrico, Cianna, Deandre, Christacia, Chamiyah, Garon, Samuel, Twylar, Jason Jr., Kayleah, Kaydan, Kandyka, Samara, Travash, Summer and E’mani; Sisters-In-Law: Rosa and Renae Bodie; Brother-In-Law: Bradley Brown; Nieces: Nurse Lydia, Doretia, Tressie, Linda, Tiffany, Melissa, Vanessa, Daisha, Angela, Bernice, Jackie, Sonovia, Nicola, Cassandra, Desiree, Shaniqua, Denise, Margarata, Jennifer, Robyn, Terrisha,Marissa,Dencia,Reanne, Amanda and Shaniqua; Nephew: Perry, Eddie, Philip, Johnny, Dwight, Devon, Shawn, Downey, Recardo, Raynard, Reginald, Timonthy Jr. Caffey, Dennis, Casey and Lavano. Grand Nieces: Paulshanae, Kmaii, Wandanika, Fredeshia, Wandashia, Wendianna, Raketra, Norvetta, Rodreka, Janay, Davina, Devonya, Davantia, Davinique, Michaela, Jonnica, Zion, Brittney, Donneshia, Deshaniqua, Keva, Alexis, Aldika, Jameca, Karetta, Meslia, Jamayah, Measha, Damariniqua, Lakeisha, Deangaliqua, Timika. Grand Nephew: Devantas, Wendell Jr., Christian, James Jr., Devon Jr., Dwight Jr., Delron, Ashley, Delano, Azhar, Akaisi, Quincay, Marco, Tahj, Elwood Jr., Duran, Alax, Jatano, Mario, Dantae, Grayson, Ashton, Maurice, Somoreo, Jaden, Marino, Christian, Jarmaina, Jarvano, Jeffery, Antone, Reborne Jr, Tico, Zachairah, Deangelo Jr. and Franciso Jr.; Great Grand Nieces & Nephews: Asha, Jamario, Sky, Alaia, Heaven, Surai, Britney, Qauri, Jamayah. Special Friend: Anthony Leroy Leary. Other Relatives and Friends including: Rebourne, Tara, Anthony Jr. Dancia and Reonardo, Oral Cutis and family, Tyrone Sands and Family, Ida Symonette, Bradley Thompson and Family, Leitha Tynes, Breon Leary and Family, John Dascally, Danielle Maynard and Family, Rodney Cartwright, Lashonda Leary and Family, Margaret Ward and Family, Roslyn and Robert Sands and Family, Gloria McSweeney and Family, Aspostle Raymond Wells and Family, Prophet Stephen Monroe, Marcia Seymour and Family, Margarita Hill and Family, Betty Davis and Family, Roland Ferguson and Family, Claudia Sands and Family, Delana Symonette and Family, Edith Moxey and Family, Barbara Farrington, Mary Butler and Family, Lisa Brown, Colleen Saunders, Judith Knowles, Jackie Symonette and Family, Iva Hall, Member of Parliament for Central and South Eleuthera Minister Clay Sweeting and Family, Angela Thompson, Mildred Bethel and Family, Kristna Rolle, Erma Sands and Family, Kendra Taylor, Recka Sands and Family, Pastor Lincoln Young, Ruth Stubbs, Merionette Hall and Family, Bonnie and Angela Leary & Family, Deanna Thompson, Arametha Hepburn, Nita Bannister & Family, Gloria Jean, Shandeshia Marshall, Annalia Michal, Harry Horton and Family, Dr. Sidney Smith, The Cancer Society of Eleuthera, Dr. Halliday, The Cancer Center in Nassau, Dr. Reginald Carey and the staff of the Ladies Medical Center. Eulamae Symonette, Ernestine Johnson and Family, Roslie Gibson, Keva Culmer and Family. Tina Munnings and Family, Clement Hall and Family, James Hall, Rose, Brenda Hall and Family, Shanell Farrington and Family, Leticia Kemp and Family, Margo McCartney, Jeremy and Ida Pinder, Desmond and Romayne Hall, Edith Hall and Family, The Staff of Nessa’s Kitchen and the entire community of Rock Sound. The entire Curtis, Rolle and Bodie Families in Rolleville, Barraterre and Mount Thompson, Exuma and other friends too numerous to mention.

Viewing will be held in the Hope Room of Freedom Memorial Center, Rock Sound on Friday 6th October 10am – 5pm.

Lisa Marie Petty-Similien, 67

will be held at Regional National Church of God, Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera on Saturday 7th October at 11am. Officiating will be Bishop Clifford N Petty assisted by Bishop Sylvanus Petty and Minister Emily Petty. Interment will follow in Governor’s Harbour Public Cemetery.

She is predeceased by, Parents: Prince Sr., and Elizabeth Petty; Siblings: Franklyn Petty and Retella Davis; Brothers-In-Laws: Eric Russell, and Gerald Davis Nephews: Richard Petty and Wilson Bethel; Nieces: Leah Davis and Clarice Decosta.

Left to cherish her fond memories are, Husband: Sydney Similien; Children: Patrick, Sandy, and Steven Similien; Daughter-In-Law: Tia Similien; Son-In-Law: Lanardo Johnson; Stepson: Sydney Similien Jr.; Granddaughter: Phaedra Similien; Step Granddaughters: Sidlene, Theria, and Chania Similien Adopted Children: Jennifer Davis, Roshanti and Daniel Gierzwski, Latiesha Petty, Ranaria Brown, Shandera and Shakara Sands. God Children: Estherlitha Burrows, Shane Kelly, Gerald Petty, Donica Johnson, Phillip Hepburn Jr., and Marco Calixte Jr.; Adopted Nephew: Prophet Randolph Barr; Sister: Emily Russell; Brothers: Prince, Bishop Clifford and Bishop Sylvanus, Anthony, Brent, and Leo Petty. Sisters-In-Law: Evangelist Velma Petty, Pastor Blessed, Lillian, Dolly and Beulah Petty. Nephews and In-Laws: Garfield Bethel, Pastor Keith (Aretha) Sands, Alfred, Harry (Ethlyn) Cecil, George (Anne) Thaddeus And Ezra Petty, Daniel Decosta Sr., Jerome Davis, Leo Jr., Jason (Sharon), Frederick (Kara), John (Yvonne), Michael Sr., Mario (Tiffany), Lavardo, Anthony Jr. and Honourable Sylvanus Petty MP., North Eleuthera, Constituency (Ocilia) Petty. Nieces and In-Laws: Janet Burrows, Dorothy Jones, Dale (Philip) Hepburn, Bernadette (Richard) Robinson, Pattie Hepburn, Carol Wood, Kathy Davis, Hyacinth Sands, Susanne Rolle, Avis (Jefferey) Bethel, Donna, Shane, Melleah, Clementina, Brendalee, Roshanti, Latiesha, Leathia, Roxianne, Ashanti and Leshanti Petty, Monique Johnson, Stacey Rodgers, Maria (Evan) Gardiner, Therice Thomas, Wanda Bissainthe, Rhonda (Billie) Saunders, Vanessa Mane, Mallisa (Jerrado Sr.) Rolle, Shonell McPhee, and Apostle Margaret (Jerry) Seymour. Grand Nieces: (46), Grand Nieces In- Law (5): Isabelle Hepburn, Nickeda and Tania Sands, Jasmine Fernander, and Sharon Curry. Grand Nephews: (46) Grand Nephews-In-Law (4): Kedlet JeanBaptiste, L’senio Bethel, Jason Rodgers, Junior Banton. Great-Grand Nephews and Nieces:(42) Other Relatives and Friends Including: National Church Of God Families (Nassau, Bahamas and United States), The Late Rev, Charles Sands and Family, Emily Petty and Family, Patsy Petty and Family, Bennet Bowles, Deajy Jackson, Gloria, and Alicia Bethel, Bishop Edlin Scott, Pastor Phillip Bethel and Family, Stephanie Johnson-Bethel and Family, Pastor Audley Hepburn and Family, The Late Michael and Gordon Sands and Family, The Gaitor Family, Dr. Cliff Bacchus and Family, Linda Petifere, Katherine Petty, Deborah Sweeting, Debra and Kevin, Paulette Cash-Brown, The Gierzwski Family, Helena Gardiner, Pastors Viola and Freddie Barr (Andros), Nigel Sands Jr., Evangelist Violet Thompson and Family, Ruthmae and Bishop Llyod Cartwright, The Entire Cooper and Culmer Family of Savannah Sound, Lotricia Ferguson, Mary Fernander and Family, Harrison and Joyanne Petty (Nassau), Hugh Bethel and Family, Geleta and John, Kirk Griffin and The Entire Griffin Family, Olga Johnson, Sheila Sands and Family, Family of The Late Rev. Raymond Hepburn (Nassau), Rev. William Hepburn and Family (Nassau), The Entire Governors Harbour Community, Staff of The Wellness Centre (Eleuthera).*If your name was not mentioned it is not intentional just too many to name in a limited space.

Viewing will be held in the Faith Room of Freedom Memorial Center, Rock Sound on Friday 6th October, 2023 10am – 5pm.

Funeral Service for

GELITA SIMMS LEWIS,

64

will be held at Triinity Global Cathedral, Marshall Road, Nassau, Bahamas Saturday, October 7th, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. Officiating Bishop Trevor Williamson. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens & Mausoleums John F. Kennedy Drive & Gladstone Roads.

Left to cherish her fond memories are, Husband: ASP Alphonso B. Lewis Jr.; Children: Alkeshia B Lewis (1989-2015), Alphonso B Lewis III, Gabriel B.J. Lewis; Adopted Chosen Children: Latia Major and Evanique Munroe; Grandson: Alphonso B. Lewis IV; Sisters: Deacon Eulamae Gomez, Florina and Marilyn Simms, Minister Christine Dean, Evangelist Susan Knowles, and Yvonne Rolle; Brothers: John, Cyril & Jonathan Simms; Parents-in-laws: Pastor Alphonso B. Lewis Sr., Evangelist

Tryphenia H. Lewis; Sisters-in-law: Leta, Linda, Genevive, Evangelist Agatha Simms, Maltese St. Clair, Janet Lewis, Elizabeth Johnson, Perlene Baker; Brothers-in-law: Bishop Christopher Dean, Deacon Joseph Knowles, Franklin Johnson, Jonathan Parker, Timothy Rolle, Paul Lewis, Mark Lewis; Aunt: Evangelist Marilyn Ingraham; Nieces: Patricia Dawkins, Paula Cartwright, Gaylene Brice, Charlene McDonald, Harriet Gomez, Antonia Williams, Tyfiney Williams, Jessica Simms, Veronique Scott, Donette Simms, Shandlene Grant, Jonette Munroe, Bernadette Hepburn,, Carla Simms Mageon & Keffee Simms, Tasha Mills, Sherique Dill, Chenika Francois, Shantell Simms, Nikez Wilson, Carla Simms, Chervain Stuart, Lachrisser Scriven, Trudy Dean, Tameka Curry, Sabrina Rolle, Josette Knowles, Cosma & Charisma Johnson, Bianca Simms, Felicity Hield, Tavonya Carroll, Deandra & Kayla Rolle, Ada Guillamae, Leona Mills, Charlese Johnson, Actoria Lewis, Jada Lewis, Jorja Baker, Zaria Lewis and Maltese Lewis. Nephews: Barry, Greg & Oscar Gomez, Deon, Marco, Jerrod, McGarrett & Donavan Simms, Sherwood Simms Jr. & Paul Simms, Kenneth Cornish, Delvern Simms, Elton McKenzie, Jeremy Simms, Cordero Dean, Cyril Simms Jr., Trivene Simms, Jonhathan & Abraham Simms, Franklin Johnson Jr., Ronald, Kevin, Carlos Swain, Bernard Lewis, Khalin Lewis, Darius Lewis, Edison Lewis; Grand Nieces

& Nephews: Grea Woodside, Carlisha Parker, Kameron Simms, Matthew Parker, Anjudde Parker and others. 23 Cousins: Vincent, Cyprianna, Donna, Bridgette & Christine Ingraham, Rosemarie Dean, Elizabeth Cornish, Barbara Dawkins, Debbie Roland, Marjorie Martin, William & Nixon Johnson, Cubell Davis, Brenda Roberts, Tamara McIntosh. If we failed to mention your name, please forgive us, it was not intentional.

Relatives and friends may their last respect at Evergreen Mortuary located on Parkgate & Village Roads on Friday from 10:00 to 5:00pm and again at the church from 8:00am until service time.

Death Notice for

ANDIJAR CEDENO ROLLE, 46

“Andy”

of #35 Seagrape Way, died on on Monday 25 September 2023 at The Princess Margaret Hospital.

He is survived by his, Father: Robert Rolle; Sisters: Olinkya Rolle-McCoy & LeDellie Rolle; Brothers: Kendrick, Kellen Sr. & Ahmad Rolle; Daughters: Dejuar Armbrister & Aniyah Rolle; and a host of other relatives and friends who will be announced at a later date.

Funeral arrangements has been entrusted to Evergreen Mortuary located on Parkgate & Village Road

also known as “Flood”

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Funeral Service for

NATALIE RUSSELL ROLLE, 39

of McKinney Close, off Carmichael Road will be held on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 at 11:00am at Southland Global Ministries on Soldier Road. Officiating will be Apostle Ivan D. Rolle Sr.; Assisted by: Rev. James M. Curry. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Garden, J. F. Kennedy Dive.

Left to cherish her precious memories are her parents: Deacon Donald and Deaconess Marion Rolle; Brother: Donald Rolle Jr. and his wife Caroline Deveaux Rolle; Sister: Donnella Rolle Beckford, Niece: Natalya Beckford (aunty’s sunshine); Adopted Brothers: John Davis and Shannador Andrews; Adopted sisters: Shantol Clarke, Irene Williams and Melonie Major; Aunts: Deborah Richardson and her husband Howard Richardson and family, Natalie Comas and her husband Ted Vernon and family, Mebra Evans and family, Donna Stuart and family, Montrea Rolle and family, Norma Johnson and family, Paula Emmanuel and family, Shirlene Murphy and family, Iva Butler and family, Melony Poitier and family, Vernita Dean and family, Hillaiy Wilson and family, Joan Saunders and family; Uncles: Glen Rolle and family, Leonard Rolle and family, Samuel Rolle and family, Pasquel Rolle Jr., Ronald Rolle and family, Lynwood; Clark and family; and Special Cousin: Darryl Bridgewater and family. Grand aunts: Marion Rolle of Rolle Town, Exuma and family, Ola Fowler and family, Rosa Fowler and Family, Altheamae Lewis and Family, Runez Major and Family. Other Relatives and Friends include: Livingston Beckford and family, children of Arimentha Fowler, children of Madlyn Ferguson, children of Orvall Fowler, Grand children of Amy Grace, Elder Lavanni Jolly and family, Rochelle Sears and family, Bertram Rolle and family of Eleuthera, Apostle Ivan D. Rolle and Elder Ruthann Rolle and family, Reverend James and Deaconess Willamae Curry and family, Prophetess Shanar Petit-Frere and family, Daisy Hanna, William and James Davis, Jacqueline Higgs and family, The entire Leadership and

Members of Comfort House Ministries Int. family, Rev. and Mrs. Thompson of Deep Creek, Eleuthera, Rev. Leviticus and Deaconess Anderson and the Leadership and members of Mount Zion Native Baptist family Deep Creek, Hazel Bullard and family, Sharon Chase and family, Barbara Bullard and family. CR Walker class of 2000, The entire length and breadth of South Eleuthera, especially the Deep Creek Community, The McKinney Close Community family, Sophia Fisher and Community Pharmacy, Kiwanis of South Eleuthera, Bahamas Integrated Toastmasters, The Bahamas Alliance for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Toastmasters Soaring Eagles, The Lions Club of South Eleuthera, and The Bahamas Society of Ophthalmic Nurses.

Relatives and friends may their last respect at Evergreen Mortuary located on Village & Parkgate Road on Friday from 10:00am - 5:00pm and again at the church on Saturday from 10:00am until Service time

Death Notice for DIANNE MURPHYCARTWRIGHT, 46

of Cowpen Road, died on Thursday, September 28th, 2023.

She is survived by his, Husband: Craig Cartwright; Son: Brandon & Brent; Daughter: Breneya; Siblings: Arlington, Nevis, Leroy, Steven, Constance, Sylvia, Shaneka and Christine; Granddaughter: Ahyla; and a host of other relatives and friends who will be announced at a later date.

Funeral arrangements has been entrusted to Evergreen Mortuary located on Parkgate & Village Road

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Funeral Services for

RUBY DIANNE MORLEY-BULLARD, 57

of Balliou Hill Road, will be held at Remnant Tabernacle of Praise 309 Carmichael Road, Nassau, Bahamas on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 at 11:00am

Officiating will be Rev. Patrick V. Smith, assisted by Rev. Luther Smith. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens J.F.K. Drive & Gladstone Road, Nassau, Bahamas.

Left to cherish fond memories are her Sisters: Minister Karen Stubbs, Rochelle Morley, Caphy Morley-Woods, Phenice Morley and Marva Cleare.

Nephews: Dianesio and Treymayne Peet, Dervin and Tyson Stubbs, Niketo and Simon Brown, Ahmaré and Jahmeer Major, C-Jay Charles, Deon Nottage, Olanda, Jave, David, Kenneth, Sam, Laban, Richardson and Michael Morley. Nieces: Davronette Henson, Kristonette Lewis, Ania Major, Clarencia and Whitney Morley, Jillian, Dekoya and Sasha Smith, Veronica Micklewhyte, Ardel Johnson, Debra Moxey, Cynthia and Edith Nottage, Charmaine, Coramae, Carline, Sharon, Behula, Cathyann and Lillimae Morley, Dianna Simpson, Quennie Brown Fern Scott and Levelle Martin. Grand Nephews including: N’khyri Brown, Jayden Smith, Kaleb Sweeting, Tremico Peet, Dervin Stubbs. Grand Nieces including: Jasmine Smith, Xia Brown, Britney Morley, Dianesia, Teniqua, Tenisha Peet, Tyiesha Stubbs. Aunt: Norma Hutchinson. God Children: Roshenna Pollard & Shannon Newry. Numerous Friends and Relatives including: Chrishanda Rahming, Nathaniel Pinder, Dekendra Rolle, Drexel Duncombe, The Morley Family, Manerva Smith & Family, Jeffery Saunders, Dr. Gertrude Holder & Family, The Roberts Family, The Hutchinson and Evans Family, Sheryl Stubbs & Family, Mr. Ferguson, Eugene Newry, Christine Pinnock, Tanya Stevens & Family, Anthony Rolle & Family, Garnet Brown, Valencia Rahming & Family, Kevin Brice, Peter Tracey, The Rahming and Kelly Family, Rodney, Denise, Puchie, Jason, Bling, Dianna, Tyrone and Jimmy of Miami, Florida, The Taylor Family, Moffitt Cancer Center, Life Path Hospice; and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.

Relatives and friends may pay their last respect at Evergreen Mortuary located on Parkgate & Village Roads on Friday from

10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m. and again at the church from 10:00a.m. until service time.

SHABARAH ALICIA CASSINE ROLLE, 50

of #56 Podoleo Street, Balfour Avenue, will be held on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Baptist Bible Church, Old Trail & Soldier Road, with the interment at Lakeview Memorial Gardens and Mausoleums John F. Kennedy Drive and Gladstone Road. Officiating will be Reverend Kenny Mackey.

She was predeceased by her Son: Ricardo Farquarhson Jr, Grand mother: Agnis Major (who raised her) and Father: Rudolph Rolle.

She is survived by her Common Law Husband: Ricardo Ricky Farquarhson. Aunt: Beatrice Taylor; Daughter: Shabricka Farquarson. Sisters: Santasha Rolle; Brothers: Rudolph Rolle, Renardo Rolle and Rodari Rolle; Nieces: Romika Rolle, Ru’neysha Rolle, Ru’nai Rolle, Reniyah Rolle, Rodaesha Rolle. Nephews: Cayden Rolle and Rodari Rolle Jr.; and host of other friends and family.

Relatives and friends may pay their last respect at Evergreen Mortuary located on Parkgate & Village Road on Friday from 10:00am -5:00pm.

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Death Notices for MATRIARCH

JOYCE

ORINA HANNA, 85

MERVIN McPHEE JR., 68

Also known as “Pimp”, “Dede”

Of Jenny Street and formerly of Pestal, Acklins, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Thursday, September 21st, 2023.

She survived by her Daughters: Maureen Hanna-Major and Elva Pinder; Sons: Ned, Cristoff (predeceased), Pastor Peter, Simeon and Kim Hanna; Two Sons-in-Law, Five Daughters-in-law, Eleven Grand children and Nine Great Grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.

Of East Street South, died Wednesday, September 27th, 2023.

He survived by his, Daughters: Racquel Darville, Belinda Pinder and PettyAnn Knowles; Son: Demetrio Johnson; Brothers: Shadrick & Kendrick McPhee, Vincent Andrews, Reginald McPhee, Anthony Ferguson, Vardo McPhee, Kendal and Adrian McPhee; Sisters: Euthalie Rahming, Minerva Forbes, Emmalee McPhee, Linda Colebroke, Sandra McPhee, PettieAnn Demeritte, Laverne Ferguson-Legree, Wanda Munroe and Sabrina Hepburn; Uncle: John A. Brown; Sons-inlaw: Kevin Darville, Deon Micheal Pinder; Daughterin-law: Oliva Johnson. A host of other Relatives and Friends too numerous to mention.

Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.

Funeral Service For Lauretta Mildred Dean, 71

of Bahama Sound Drive, Mastic Point, North Andros, will be held on Saturday, October 7, 2023, 11:00a.m. at Living Water Church of God #2, South Mastic Point, North Andros, The Bahamas. Officiating will be Bishop Reginald Ferguson assisted by other Ministers of the Gospel. Interment will follow in Uncle Ben’s Cemetery, South Mastic Point, North Andros, The Bahamas.

She is survived by her children: Cerone and Teriko Dean; grandchildren: Lamon, Zahierand Vezel Dean; sisters: Evangelist Elizabeth Fowler, Otterine Jones, Berris Bar, Andrea Smith, Min. Maude Johnson; brothers: Aposlte George Fowler, R/A.S.P Stephen Gibson, Ricardo Cox, Kelsey Cox; neices and nephews: Dr. Keva Fowler, Lisa Wallace, Sherry Hepburn-Heavenly, Natanya Gibson, Stephanie Woodside, Lakeisha Oliver, W.P.C. 4292 Harmeisha Hermeka Jones, Sandy, Shaketria, Cardia and Karlie Cox, Bishop Heath Fowler, Garvin Wilkinson, Tameko Cox, Zhorvago Henfield, Stephano Sterling, Stevie Gibson, Cordino Bowe, Hermeo Jones, Ricardo Jr. Nathan, Ethan, Raven, Keito, Chanis, Perez, Tanchelle, Kobe Kelsey Cox; grand nieces and nephews: Ahmadisyn, Ahreil, Ahmari, Ahrianna Fowler, Jarvon Wilkinson, Devon Wallace, Kelisha Knowles, Kevon Miller, kelva Derek Cleare Jr., Kendra Hepburn, Sherica Williams, Belton and Kelron Miller, Kelesh and Theo Wallace, Dramneko Jr., Dralciece, Dramiyah, Dra’vay Cox, Cory, Sterrod, Dimarco Oliver, Corderion Mitchell, Darria Roberts, Keon Gibson, Cudero Gibson, Natariana Lubin, Zion and Emmanuel Woodside; great grand nieces and nephews: Trishell Ferguson, Demair Gibson, Rashad Thompson, Treasure, Angel Remy and Royal Williams; sisters-in-law: Dr. Saveletta Fowler, Sherry Gibson, Karen Cox; uncles: Assistant Pastor Wellington Saunders, Felix (Dr. Fee) Saunders, Edison Johnson; aunt: Miriam Johnson, Oralee Saunders, Sandramae, Elder Katie Saunders; grand aunt: Catherine Louise Colebrooke; cousins: Hazel, Billy, Christopher, Annalee, Cheryl, Meredith, Troy, John, Wayne, Mark, Marvin, Anastacia, Arthur Jr., Carla, Juanita, Ricardo, Natasha, Rudolph III, Tiffany, Trevor, Daphne, Iana, Pauline, Leon, Wellington Jr., Shanta, Synorio, Theo and Erica, Shereria, Santerik, Shazeray, Dexter, Deandra, Deangelo, Yvette, Raphenzil, Nioka, Kristin, Jaron, Wilton, Elvis, Demetrius, Wellington III, Maurice, John Jr., Gilford Jr., Terrance Dean, Wendy Russell; adopted parents: Sheila And Ephriam Laffeur; adopted children: Richard Russell, Joey Martin, James Storr, Antionio McKinney, Chad Thompson, Andrew Neely, Druilla Smith, Kaye Clarke, Avis Russell, Jessica Nottage, Rhonda Evans, Brittney, Brandon and Shaquille Percentie; soul sister and brothers: Elaine Jonhson, Michelle Bowleg, Medleo Romer, Joan Edgecombe, Elizabeth Saunders, Linda Williams, Paulamae Colebrooke, Melrose Devine, Linda Martin, Angie Stuart, Peggy Barr, Maud Johnson, Paulette Smith, Ms. S. Rose, Catherine Colebrooke, Donna Rolle, Darnell Evans, Evelyn Barr, Olive Hanna, Fredricka Fowler, Annalee McQueen, Janice Rolle, Karen Clarke, Linda Evans and Cora Oliver, Roselda Woodside, James (Killer) Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Cecil Marshall, Prince Mackey, Henson Saunders, Cardy Newton, Eddie Colebrooke, Steve Hanna Jr., Warren Munnings, Mark Burrows; and a host of other relatives and friends: Elder Andrea Fowler, Mark Oliver, Lauria Lightbourne, Rev. Dolly King, Bishop Reginald Ferguson and Living Waters Church of God Churches, Kenaz Strachan, Cynteish Walkes, Margaret Bauld, Renford Munroe and Family, Hon. Leonardo Lightbourne and The Progressive Liberal Party, Final Hour Global Ministries, The Martins, Fowlers, Colebrooke, Saunders, Johnson, Smith, Sweetings, Romer, Gaitor, Woodside, Oliver, Harris, Beneby, Dorsette, Simmons, Murphy, Adderley, Bowleg, Williams, Storr, Pratt, Newton, Barr, Hall, McIntosh, Russell, Tinker, Munnings, Pickstock, Evans Families, Bishops, Pastors and Ministers of the various Denominations, Terrence McQueen and Family, North Andros Clinic, The Ministry of Education, The staff of the Broward Medical Hospital, The Mennonites, the entire Communities of North, Central and South Andros Districts.

The Family sincerely apologized for any names invertedly omitted or missed spelt.

Viewing will be held (TODAY) at the Sir Lyden Pindling Center, Farrington Road from 11:00a.m. to 2:00p.m. on Friday at Living Waters Church of God, South Mastic Point, North Andros, The Bahamas from 12noon to service time.

Death Notice For

Tony Lamont Scriven, 42

a resident of Murphy Town, Abaco, died on Saturday, September 30th, 2023 at The Rand Memorial Hospital.

He is survived by his wife: Lachrisser Scriven; parents: Tony Scriven Sr. and Laverne Ambrister; parents-in-law: Christine and Christopher Dean; children: Tony, Cayden, Lauren, Teigan, and Tiger Scriven; siblings: Tonesh Morley, Tehran and Kerwin Scriven and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date

Funeral Service For

Marva Elva Farquharson, 67

a resident of Alexandria Road, Sunset Park, New Providence, Bahamas and formerly of Spring Point, Acklins, will be held at 11:00am on (NEXT WEEK) Thursday, October 12th, 2023 at Lakeview Memorial Gardens, JFK Drive and Gladstone Road. Officiating will be Pastor Jamal Franklyn and Pastor Nikita Thompson. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens, JFK Drive and Gladstone Road.

Marva was predeceased by her parents: Viola and Wilbert Farquharson; sisters: Sabrina, Icelyn Farquharson, Roslyn Pearson and Vernell Kemp; brothers: Benson and Albury Farquharson; nephews: Derek Pearson and Shamon Kemp.

Marva leaves with precious and gem-like memories are her daughter: Dr. Marvette Moore; sisters: Doraline Farquharson, Grace Farquharson; adopted sister: Charmaine Mott; brother: Horace (Cathy) Farquharson; nieces: Nursing Officer II, Sheryl (David) Adams, Nurse Stephanie (Sherlock) Lockhart, Dr. Carlese (Winston) Henry, Zania (Irvin) Arthur, Attorney Renee Farquharson (adopted) Shanica Kemp, April Farquharson, Dr. Jaquay Farquharson, Nicole Farquharson, Britney Farquharson, Brandi Farquharson, Christina (Damian) Poiter, Gabriel Johnson (adopted); nephews: Kendal, Jerome (Granotta), Jason, Lamont (Cassie) Farquharson, Von Farquharson, Shane Kemp and Stephano Kemp, Benson Jr., Mario (adopted) David Jr. Adams and family (adopted) Lendon Johnson (adopted); grand nieces and nephews: DaeVanda and Derek Adams, Raven and Jared Lockhart, Kendal Jr., Kenton, Kenneth, Ken, Kenny and Kiarr Farquharson, Joshua and J’Adorae Poitier, Lamont Jr., Sanaa’ and Lynae Farquharson, Kristy Henry, Isaiah, Quentin, Janessa and Kahlel Farquharson, Arielle and Amari Arthur, Shane Jr., Kiel Jr., Khalie Sears and Kimani Farquharson; brother-in-law: Ednol Farquharson; godchildren: Myra Davis, Adrian Jr. Miller; numerous godchildren, relative & friends: Clinton and SharonScavella and family, Pastor Jamal Franklyn and family, Gibson Family, Hylene Moss and family, Ronald Simon, Waylon Johnson, Marsha and Andy Gibson family, Whilmena Gibson, Scavella family Gaynelle and family, Shirley Pearson and family, Wilton Cunningham and family, Koralee and Howard Carey and family, Pastor Michael Toote and family, Velshida Dames, Glenda, Beryl and families, Venal

Kemp, the Community of Landrail Point, Hanna, Heastie, Tynes Family, Ruth McKinney, Lynford and Karen Scavella and their families, Violet Stubbs and family, Adrian and Chantell Miller and family, Sharon and Pastor Dennie and family, Sharese and Carlton Bowe and family, Pamela Hensen, Wilton Cunningham and family, Tara Davis, Pastor Kent Price and family, Pastor Nikita Thompson and family, Pastor Valentino Campbell and family, Pastor Kenny Deveax, Wilson family, Walt Forbes and family Kaywana Rahming and family, Rosie Fernander, Dr. Charles and Patrice Rahming & Family, Ron Pratt and family, Sharonette Novel Smith, Pastor Michael A. Smith and family, Manoushka & Maxon family, Shekera and Jack Joseph families, Lynell Thurston and Forbes Family, Leandra Stubbs and Barr family, Shavonne Sherman and family, Sherry Minnis, Arimentha and Roy Hanna and family, Rita Mott, Joseph Moore and family, The Jervis Family, Eleanor and Laurance Palmer Families, Angela Delancy, Pauline Carey, and the Cordia Crest, Pastor Nikita Thompson and family, Breath of life church family, Message of Hope family, Public Hospitals Authority, South Andros and Mangrove Cay, South Bahamas Conference of SDA, Freeport SDA church; and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.

THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC VIEWING.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Cedar Crest Funeral Home and Crematorium.

Death Notice For Ralph Christopher Burrows, 57

a resident of Culbert’s Hill, Winton, New Providence, Bahamas died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Wednesday, September 27th, 2023.

He is survived by his wife: Antoinette; son: Joshua; daughters: Jade and Marechan Burrows; mother: Audrey Burrows; brothers: Brian Burrows, Ricardo Brown, Gentry Moxey, Ricardo Burrows, Kevin Sands and Keith Sands; sisters: Rhonda Butler, Lugia Adderley and Tanya Ward; numerous nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral arrangements are being finalized and will be announced at a later date.

Funeral Service For

Theodace Georges Mirtil, 59

a resident of #96 Podoleo Street, New Providence, Bahamas formerly of Bassin Bleu, Haiti died on Monday, 16th September 2023 at Princess Margaret Hospital. The Funeral service will be held at Our Lady’s Catholic Church, Deveaux Street off East street on Saturday, 7th October, 2023 at 10:00am. Theodace Body be present at the Church for 9:00am. Offciating will be by Fr Jonathan Berdejo and Mr Tyrone Miller and other ministers of the Gospel. Interment will follow in the Old Trail Cemetery, Soldier Road

He is survive by his father: Sentamen Myrtil; mother: Jansilya Jean; wife: Yanick Myrtil; children: Robertson Myrtil, Nico Myrtil, Abidias Gedeon, Tanica Myrtil; brothers: Mikerleange Mirtil, Alphonse Mirtil, Rochener Mirtil; sisters: Rose Mirtil, Denise Mirtil, Nana Mirtil; nieces: Sandra Abdon, Lindsay Abdon, Wildine Mirtil, Shelda Mirtil, Isnaida Mirtil, Sandline Mirtil, Mirlanda Mirtil, Joaned Joseph, Jonika Joseph, Estherdjina Forestall; nephew: Jude Abdon, Wiselet Dormeus, Kendy Mirtil, Marcolbert Mirtil, MarcEvans Mirtil, Bertony Mirtil, Frandly Mirtil, Ronel Mirtil, Michael Mirtil, Hercule Mirtil, Dieula Mirti, Lolites Mirtil, Saintalise Mirtil, Estalius Garcon; brother-in-law: Jonel Joseph, Hilional Joseph, Edgard Joseph, Durenald Joseph, Wilbert Joseph, Jonah Joseph, Marithane Joseph; sisterin-law: Mulose Rephin, Junette Joseph, Medina Forestall, Yolane Joseph; other friends and relatives: Sylvian Rephin, Merciline Joseph, Tresius Forestal, Wilson Augustave, Wilkens Augustave, Benita Philemon, Rodney Philemon, Hermon Philemon, Dieula Francois, Vanessa Pennerman, Adline Qemande, Gui Louis, Cassy Emaniel, Sylvia Emaniel,

Relatives and Friends may pay their last respects at Rest On Funeral Chapel Ltd., Mount Royal Avenue and #166 Kenwood Street on Friday, 6th October, 2023 at 10:00a.m to 6:00pm.

Death Notice For Mckenzie Cajuste, 21

a resident of First Street, Coconut Grove, New Providence, Bahamas died on Tuesday, 26th September, 2023 at his residence.

He is survived by his loving mother and father: Destina Cajuste, Saturne Cajuste; brothers and sister: Carlos Cajuste, Denis Cajuste, Lubin Lubinson, Satilia Cajuste and Nixon Cajuste; girlfriend: Krishna Curtis; aunt: Florida Fenlon; grandmother: Aceline Elmika; cousins: Dina Fenelon, Ranaldo Mirtil, Patrick Mirtil; nephew: Kaisen Arthur, Petron Mirtil; cousins: Jackson, Jasmine, Rosekerline, Wadson Fenelon; uncle: Jean Claude Fenelon; aunt: Norzelia Desamour and other relatives and friends.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Rest On Funeral Chapel Limited and will be announced at a later date.

Maxey Fragilus, Kinder Fragilus, Nelson Fragilus, Gloria Seye, Naibe Ferdin and other relatives and friends.

Funeral Service for Mr. Ivan Ricardo Saunders “Ricky”, 62

Funeral Service for Leonard Leamarde

Collins III, 29 affectionately called “Bonez”

of Malcolm Allotment East, will be held at The Historic Metropolitan Baptist Church, #65 Hay Street & Baillou Hill Road on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. Chief Celebrant will be Bishop Dr. G. Elton Major, Senior Pastor of The Historic Metropolitan Baptist Church, assisted by Minister Cardwell Sands and other Ministers of The Gospel. Interment will be in Old Trail Cemetery, Old Trail Road, Nassau, Bahamas.

of Johnson Road Estates, Nassau, The Bahamas, who died on Saturday, 30th September, 2023, will be held at Global Village Methodist Church, Queens College Auditorium, Village Road, Nassau, on Saturday 7th October, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.

Reverend James Neilly, Senior Pastor will officiate and cremation will follow.

Mr. Saunders was predeceased by his father, Ivan Eugene Saunders.

He is survived by his mother, Patricia C. Saunders; son, Ivan Jonathan Saunders; daughters, Kristyn Megan Koval and A’bria Ivanique Saunders; brothers, Phillip and Michael Saunders; uncles, Alcot Campbell, Floyd Campbell, Keith Saunders and Peter Gates; aunts, Kaye Gates and Yvonne Saunders; son-in-law, Ryan Koval; daughterin-law, Michelea Saunders; sisters-in-law, Charmaine Saunders, Camila “Sue” Saunders and Sheri Lowe; nephews, Justin, Blayne, Andrew and Jerrard; nieces, Justina, Blair and Renee and many other relatives and close friends including JBR Building Supplies family, Global Village Methodist Church family, Johnson Road Estates family and many others too numerous to mention.

Relatives and friends may pay their respects at Kemp’s Funeral Home Limited, 19 Palmdale Avenue, Palmdale, Nassau, on Friday, from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. and at the Church on Saturday, from 12:00 noon until service time.

Arrangements by Kemp’s Funeral Home Limited.

Cherishing his special memories is his, loving Mother: Jacqueline Smith; Adopted Mother: Babara Knowles; Children: Lanaire, Lanae and Leonard IV; Brothers: Lano and Jameko; Aunts: Athream Smith, Nichole Missick, Denise Taylor, Bernice Wright & Lakisha Knowles; Uncle: Feaster Smith; First Cousins: Barry, Patrice, Andrew, Lynette, Croy, Chad, Brennen, Burkley, Broachelle, Kamario, Duffy, Kameko, Kashanti, Sherwin, Francilla, Frankie, Trevor, Polly, Keisha, Sandy, Kristen, Jewel, Arlene, Keaton, Leslie & Eric and also Calron who was like a brother to him; Other Relatives & Friends including Remelda Burrows, Bonnett Wright, Dreka, Leviticus, Vince, Dyante, Zeke, Perez, Precious, Keisha Moss, Krizia Major, Natasha Williams, Oswell Johnson, Jason Graypin, Dwight Charlow, Zhivargo Dames, Teran “Rany” Richardson, Najwa, Edijah, Lyndrea & Akeila Bevans, Anthony and Adrian Pollard, Trevor Smith Jr., Trevon Smith, Melteisha Smith, Akisha Smith, Kyla Lightbourne, Vivian Glinton, Charlie, Erica Smith, Keith Smith, Catherine Ewing, Betika Johnson, Calvin & Patricia Henfield and Barbara Williams of Freeport, Grand Bahama; Neighbours: Okell & Carlene Rahming, Delphine Sands & Family, Howard & Deborah Richardson, Brenda Rolle & Family, Sandra Gordon & Family, Evangelist Larianna Rolle, Sandra Rolle and Daron Lloyd Jr. and other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.

Relatives and Friends may pay their last respects in the “Mother Rovina Suite” at Cornish Memorial Mortuary, #41 Tonique Williams-Darling Highway on Friday, October 6th, 2023 from 10:00 a.m.

Funeral Service For

O’Nea Latisha Thompson-Forbes, 35

of Marshall Road and formerly of Fresh Creek, Andros, Bahamas will be held on Saturday, October 7th, 2023, 10:00 a.m. at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Fresh Creek, Andros. Offciating will be The Rev’d. Fr. Neil G. Nairn assisted by other ministers of the clergy. Interment will follow in Fresh Creek Public Cemetery, Fresh Creek, Andros.

O’Nea was predeceased by father: Oswald Thompson.

Left to cherish O’Nea’s memories are her loving husband: Marvin Forbes Jr.; children: Summer, Shannon and Mataya; mother: Helen Thompson; sisters: Barbara and Omeka Thompson, Patrice Knowles & LaTasha Coakley; brothers: Marvin and Kenny Thompson, Leonardo and Lamont Coakley; father-in-law: Marvin Forbes Sr.; mother-in-law: Mavis Forbes; aunts: Deborah (Walter) Russell, Kenva (Vandi) Poitier, Sharon Coakley-Lockhart, Lisa Adderley, Garnell (Lynden) Coakley-Miller and Carolyn Coakley; uncles: Anthony (Sabrina) Bernnet (Bugs), Shervin (Pinky), Jerome, Charles (Brandy), Deon Coakley and Dario (Aprilla) Gibson and Wendell Moxey; sisters-in-law: Rozela Thompson, Natalie Coakley and Phelisha Forbes; grandaunts: Telzena Coakley, Paricka Ferguson Dorthey (Hiram) Lockhart and Elizabeth Carey; nieces and nephews: Crigteria (Sweetie) Outten, Johnell Thompson, Aisha (Lashawn) Johnson, Kobe Walkes, Leanardo Jr., D’Nardo, Kierra-Marie Coakley, Whitney Thompson, Carlene, Yasmine and Knowles, Aaliyah Sweeting, Tia Russell, Kemeo, Kendrick Thompson Jr., Chrishanna, Christina and Robert Jr Russell; grandnieces and nephews: Brisco, Cleveland Jr., Jayda Ayden, J’Lyn, Alaina, Amira, Samantha and Sharkel, Shonae Curry, Travis, Kelly and Romello Russell; cousins: Shervinique, Sherene, Sherquell, Shervin Jr and Shervan (Dimitria) Mackey, Shakara and Waldez Russell, Kaysa Young, Donell and Derecka Cox, Kwame Martin, Atiya, Shervette, Chrarminique and Christinique Coakley, Carrol Henfeld, Kenton, Dariell, Dario Jr., Otishka and Otis Jr. Gibson, Hosea Hinsey, Bishop Keron, (Latiesha) and Karenell Coakley, Dino, Dave, Daro, Donald, Cordero, Wendall, D’Angelo, Delmar, Astrad, Travis and Pharaoh Moxey, Dale, Dennis Dexter, Devon Adderley, Dashanique Rolle, Marilyn (Derek), Dravanta Neymour, Ashanta Stuart, Patricia Rolle, Ricardo Poitier, Shenique, Terrance and Sherell Charlow, Anthony (AC) Coakley, Anwar Coakley, Angelica Pinder; and a host of other relatives and friends including: Glen (Chubby) Miller, Halicia Russell, Nelson Anderson, LaPeche Dames, Natalie Williams, Lauren and Shakira Thompson and family, Elton Rolle, Verneiqua

Bethel, Oprah Braynen, Brittany Russell, Latisha Nottage, Elizabeth Curtis, Shaquell Mackey, Shakara Trott and family, Eddie and Wanda Robinson, Sharon Bastian, Renell Colbey, Doris Adderley, Elizabeth Hanna and family, Lauretta Marshall and family, Nelson Smith, Miesha Hinsey, Percy Marshall and family, Annamae Hinsey and family, Mr. Vernon and Jane Bodie and family, Metri Azard, Dino Marshell, Wayne Jr (Coola) and Darvanell Cleare, Jerome Scott, Darnell Fowler and Family, Apostle Dorinda Dean and family, Patricia Mackey and family, Kelly Neely and family, Mike and Lakeisha Gossiner, Erica Martin, Val Poitier, Judyann and Deanne Forbes Cleo and Stacy Rolle, Agnes Rolle, Kadesha and Malesha Pinder, Ingrid and Tangenika Braynen, Ingrid Pinder and family, Andrea, Iris Walkes and family, Andre, Romeha and Robin Forbes, Tito and Clinto Rolle, McKenzie family, Hinsey family, Johnson family, Braynen family, Thompson family, Nesbitt family, Coakley family, Pratt family, Walkes family, Russell family, Lewis Family, Sweeting family, Christian Faith Academy, Ranford Munroe and family, Staff of the Captain P Mailboat, DanBrad Limited Family (McDonald’s), The entire Central Andros High especially the Class Of 2005 and many others too numerous to mention.

Viewing will be held in the Serenity Suite of Restview Memorial Mortuary and Crematorium Limited, Robinson & Soldier Roads on (TODAY) Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and again at the church on Saturday from 1:00 a.m. until service time.

Death Notice For Master Dario Anthony

Rahming Jr., 17

of #60 Summer Street, Nassau Village died at the Doctor’s Hospital on Saturday, September 30th, 2023.

He is survived by his mother: Princess Deleveaux; father: Dario Rahming Sr.; sisters: Desha, Daria, Shantesha, Shandia, Angel, Trivette & Keyanna Rahming, Aaliyah DeLa Rosa Berroa & Alberneik Peters; brothers: Jude, Hart, Joshua, Cornielle & Kaymani Rahming; grandparents: John & Nursing Offcer II Deborah Deleveaux; and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.

Arrangements for the funeral service are being fnalized and details will be announced at a future date.

Funeral Service For Private Service For

Mr. Daniel Smith, 86

Beuford Daniels, 71

of #123 Faith Avenue and formerly of Old Bight, Cat Island will be held on Sunday, October 8th, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. Offciating will be Pastor Henry R. Moncur assisted by other ministers of the gospel.

Predeceased by his loving wife: Marena Daniels.

of Soldier Road, Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas will be held on Sunday, October 8th, 2023, 1:00 p.m. at Friendship Haitian Baptist Church, Marsh Harbour, Abaco. Offciating will be Pastor Henry Canton. Interment will follow at Central Pines Public Cemetery, Central Pines, Abaco.

Precious memories will linger in the hearts of his wife of 40+ years: Loulouse; children: Japhet (Kathleen) Tador, Jessei (Sheneka) Tador, Dielta (Lon) Jasper and Mario Tador; step children: Marcel (LaTanya) Agenor and Shirley Agenor; 12 grandchildren: Kaden Joseph, Jah’fye Tador, Jaylen Tador, Kaylani Tador, Jessei Tador Jr., Sheneia Tador, Shennia Tador, Iris Jounasse, Darius Agenor, Jaden Agenor, Tracy Blaise, Fritzaldo Blaise, Bothoven Blaise and Lucianna Blaise; nieces: Acelia Placide, Angelia Placide, Clodine Francis, Etide Tador, Lovita Tador, Anatalie Petit Beau, Angeline Petit Beau and Rodaine Tador; nephews: Marcel Placide, Antoine Placide, Gedeon Tador, Francky Tador, Joseph Tador, Jean Rolan, Limonne Tador, Vilayan, Listenne Tador, Daniel Tador, and Edne Petit Beau; numerous grandnieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends who he loved and adored.

Viewing will be held at Friendship Haitian Baptist Church, Marsh Harbour, Abaco on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and on Sunday from 12:00 noon until service time.

Left to cherish his memories are his loving daughter: Alice Chase; grandchildren: McAlester & Marquis Chase, Branieke Stewart, Avante & Cameron Knowles; sister-in-law: Janice Curtis; brothers: Alfred (Lennor) Daniels, Macktavous (Stephanie) Daniels, Freeman Daniels, Jefferson Daniels; Rudell Daniels; sisters: Rosebell Rolle, Princess (Godfrey) Styles, Shelia Baptiste & Thelma Carey; nieces: Cynthia (Craig) Simmons, Mavis (Anthony) Rolle, Denell Daniels, Charise Daniels, Carla Newton, Crystal (Darren) Pitt, Sheikia (Zech) Hildreth, Nadia (Raymond) Forbes, Damien (Una) Daniels, Missouri (Paul) Thompson, Arizona Bain, Dania (Derick) Seymour, Nevada Bain, Indiana (Rashad) Bain, Udell (Lamin) Kinteh, Erica (Leroy) Henfeld, Janet (Livingston) Williams, Vanria Bullard, Nikki Styles, Kadesha Daniels, Carla (Raymond) Newton, Marissa Wallace & Rochelle Hunt; nephews: Ricardo (Shantell) King, Alexio (Shekira) Wright, Jermaine Daniels, Jefferson II, Nathaniel (Helena) Bain, Denva, Cleveland Bain, Michigan (Shanae) Bain, Mario McPhee, Cephas (Sharon) Rolle, Davidson (Catherine) Rolle, Rev. Kermit (Lisa) Rolle, Neil (Dellarese) Rolle, Garnet Rolle, Vincent Rolle, Superintendent Brad (Carla) Styles, Gregory (Janice) Styles, Dexter Styles, Threz Styles, Marctavous, Reshato, Stephanie & Judah Daniels; grandnieces & nephews: Anshanique (Chester) Johnson, Craig (Crystal) Simmons, Shantia (Garvin) Brown, Shavaughn (St Phanise) Simmons, Shaniesha Simmons, Eureka Rolle, Amber (Edouard) Seymour Joseph, Jade & Shelby Seymour, Zaria Perigod, Riahana Bain, Princess Styles, Cypria, Sanchia, Cydesha, & Cesha Rolle, Annalise McPhee, Ashton & Anfernee Rolle, Garnet Rolle II, Paul Thompson II, Perez Thompson, Brian Bullard II, Sharran Rolle, Cleveland, Tennessee & Phoenix Bain, Zyon & Rashad II Bain, Mario McPhee II, Noah McPhee, Nathan Styles, Vashti & Vanti Bullard, Clifton & Micha Bullard, Roshiek Hunt Hall, Sidney Hunt, Shaquille & Miguel Carey, Rishard Knowles, Alex Young, Rotayvia Butler, Raymond Newton II, Ragan Newton and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.

Death Notices For

Mr. Michael Lewis, 71 affectionately called “Mike”

of # 45 Coral Reef Drive, Freeport, Grand Bahama died at the Rand Memorial Hospital, Freeport, Grand Bahama on Friday, September 22nd, 2023.

He is survived by his wife: Winifred Lewis; daughters: Michaela Lewis and Makel Bowleg; sons: Quinten McNeil Knowles and Sterling Pratt; sisters: Ilean Rolle, Alice Hield, Iris Cooper, Carolyn Walker, Antoinette Morris, Lindalee Bridgewater, Pamela Dorsett, Orline Pinder, Donna Hield and Sherri Hield; brothers: Henny Lewis, Kenneth Lewis, Sr. Paul Francis, Errol Carey and Freddie Francis; grandchildren: Shavez Pratt, Sternesha Pratt, Sterniah Pratt, Khyley and Khelsi Bowleg; aunt: Margaret Lewis; uncles: Minister Cyril ( Bernice) and Pastor Hosea (Joanna) Lewis; mother-in-law: Agatha Musgrove Livingstone; numerous nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.

Arrangements for the Funeral Service are being fnalized and details will be announced at a later date.

Mr. Clinton Franklyn Neil Woodside, 44

affectionately called “Champs”

of # 2 Murchinson Drive, Freeport, Grand Bahama died at the Rand Memorial Hospital on Thursday, September 28th, 2023

He is survived by his daughters: Clintaria Woodside, Reign Woodside and Tatyana Woodside; son: Neil Woodside; sisters: Marlyn Woodside, Michelle Strachan, Shirleymae Strachan, Nadine Curry, Terez Woodside; brothers: Shawn Woodside, Terazzo Woodside, Roosevelt Strachan, Lorenzo Woodside and Garrod Woodside; numerous nieces, nephews including: John Storr and Xavier Adderley; numerous aunts, uncles and a host of other relatives and friends.

Arrangements for the Funeral Service are being fnalized and details will be announced at a later date.

Mr. Prince Albert Ferguson Jr., 61

of Montclair, New Jersey and formerly of New Providence, Grand Bahama, Philadelphia PA., Tampa, Florida, Exuma and Bimini died at his residence on Friday, September 29th, 2023.

He is survived by two children: Kristyn Dixon (Philadelphia, PA.) and Giovanni Ferguson (Nassau, New Providence); one grandchild: Taylor Ferguson (Philadelphia, PA.); two brothers: Philip (Shirley) Ferguson (Nassau, New Providence) and Henry (Clarice) Ferguson II (Freeport, Grand Bahama); one sister: Barbara (Ernest) Sair (Orange, NJ); two brothers-in-law: Lynn (Thelma) Grow (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and Eric (Althea) Moncur (Nassau, New Providence); 9 nephews: Chef Jason Taylor (Palm City, Fla.), Sheldon Ferguson III (Miami, Fla.), Louis Hart (Jacksonville, Fla.), Eric Moncur Jr. (Nassau, New Providence), Christian Ferguson (Nassau, New Providence) and Ashley Neely (Baltimore, MD); 7 nieces: Sheena Darling (Nassau, New Providence), Phillipa (Alpheus) Ramsey (Nassau, New Providence), Crystal (Lancelot) Johnson (Nassau, New Providence), Erica (James) McPhee (Nassau, New Providence), Sharise Ferguson (Nassau, New Providence), Jasmin Sair (Orange, NJ) and Erin (Jamaal) McCartney (Nassau, New Providence); 8 grandnephews: Stephen (Dallas, Texas), Adoryan, Isreal, Ayden, Lathan, Amire, Jace and Rhyen (Miami, Fla.); 4 Grandnieces: Angel, Serenity, Jana and Ciera; Numerous Relatives including: Joanne Saunders, Kirwood Forbes, surviving children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of Henry Newman, Bain and Grants Town, Henry Ferguson I (Fox Hill), Communities at Rolle’s Avenue, Culmersville, Yellow Elder Gardens, Freeport, Grand Bahama, Philadelphia PA, Orange NJ, Exuma and Bimini Islands Bahamas, Hasenbach and Mountclair, New Jersey.

Master Chykino Thompson, 17

of Palmetto Point, Eleuthera died at his residence on Sunday, October 1st, 2023.

He is survived by his mother: Laquell Thompson; sister: Angel Thompson; brother: Lexus Thompson; grandparents: Terry Benjamin & Derek Benjamin; other relatives: Candice Johnson, Shonquie Kelly, Thomas Kelly, Medico Johnson, Angel Johnson, Precious Johnson, Beulah Petty & Ayliah Butler and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.

Arrangements for the funeral service are being fnalized and details will be announced at a future date.

Funeral Service For

Memorial Service For Nathalee Regina Martinborough, 55

will be hosted by Pastor Simeon Outten at New Life Worship Center Coral Road at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 12th, 2023.

Funeral Service For Nathalee Regina Martinborough, 55

a resident of Freeport, Grand Bahama will be held on Saturday, October 14th, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Unity in Christ Assembly, Fiddlers Green, Yeoman Wood Freeport, Grand Bahama. Officiating will be Pastor Jaylon McPhee assisted by Assistant Pastor Edwin Martinborough.

She was predeceased by her beloved father: Theodore Martinborough; brother: Oswald Martinborough and sister: Martha Turnquest.

Her memories are treasured by her mother: Fredrica Martinborough; brothers: Vernal (Rhonda), Edwin (Dirlene), Warren, and William Hayward Martinborough; sisters: Naomi (Rudolph) Pratt, Doreen Russell, and Ena Robinson; adopted brother: Ricardo Lightbourne; adopted sisters: Jane Lord, Ivamae Simmons, Patricia Robinson, Stephanie Higgs, Paulette Bing and Rhonda Rolle; nephews: Kevin (Angela) Pratt, Ethan Robinson, Bonaventure and Eric Uriah (Yamika) Turnquest, Theodore “Teddy”, Demetri, Edriel, EdreiTeran, Tianado and Matthew Martinborough; nieces: Bathsheba (Patrick) Fernander, Corrine (Troy) Laing, Adelecia (Jamique) Campbell, Sirena Russell, Tania (Joshua) Sands, Dr. Tracey (Dr. Lenroy) Martinborough-Bryan, Nadia, Krystal, Tiffany, Edrica, Bree and Blaire Martinborough; grand-nephews: D’Angelo

Pratt, Yanni Turnquest, Thorpe Fernander, Trevaughn Laing, Jamique Campbell Jr., Kasey, Tarin and King Martinborough, Shango Woodside Jr. Harper Williams, Brandon Bryan and Jayden Sands; grand-nieces: Phylicia (Renardo) Rolle, Kristi Pratt, Pasha Fernander, Tavia Laing, Riesha and Erika Turnquest, Verneka, Adell and Antholecia Campbell, Celeste Martinborough, Taylor Rolle, Sade and Kai Woodside and Jahniyah Brown; great-grand-nephews: Malcolm Missick, Jayce and Khaleel Pratt, Tavari Hall, Gabriel and Orick Forbes Jr. and Jrue Campbell; great-grand-nieces: Reniyah Rolle, Angelina, Pratt Oriniek Forbes and Carter Munnings; godchild: Aaliyah Lord; numerous cousins especially: Angela Cartwright, Keith (Glenda) Knowles, Donna Knowles, Norma Swain, Kim Lockhart, Kiki McPhee, Stella McPhee, Diane Crossgill, Lucy “Nita” Knowles, Essie Kerr, Bethsheba Taylor-Bowles, Trinton Taylor, and Donque Taylor-Sweeting; a host of friends and relatives including: Henry Williams and family, Arlene Spence, The McPhee family, Tameka Forbes, Adam Campbell, Freddie Cartwright and family Hon. D. Shane Gibson, Ashley Flowers, Altovese Munnings, Valerie Smith and family, Justice Derence Rolle, Esper Major and family, Hon. Ginger Moxey, Hon. Michael C. Pintard, Theresa Martinborough, Tabitha and Crystal Lord, Evangelist Jella Mader, Ishmael Balliou, Louisa Saunders, Nurse McCartney, John Rolle, Churchill Tenner-Knowles and family, Dr. Terrell Humes, Patricia Rolle, Elizabeth Grant, Dr. Cecil Thompson, Peter Adderley, Denzel Swain, Pastor Frederick McAlpine, Pastor Abner Meus, Unity in Christ family, Pastor Simeon Outten and New Life Worship family, Bishop Arnold Pinder, Pastor Paul and Minister Margaret Mullings, Pastor Gilbert Rolle and family, Pastor Eddie Victor and family, Pastor Silbert Mills, Pastor Rudolph Roberts, Pastor Kim Thompson and family, Mario Donato, Celly “Right Away” Smith, Shasheena Rolle, Romeko Knowles, Quinton Gordon, Allison Smith, Warren Saunders, Roger Russell, Francheska Stuart, Lisa Moxey, Melbourne Bootle, Italia Hall, Megan Shephard, Shenique Miller, Jerome Sawyer, ASP Stephen Rolle, Supt.Tericita Pinder, Merlene Hilton, Natasha Mansuk, Loretta Mackey, Cindy Laing, Carla Brown Roker, Quinton Laroda, Beverly Moss, Keith (Deebo) Barr, Clarissa Morgan of Jamaica, Yaniris Grant ofNew York, Iva Nixon and family, Rose Symonette and family, the Burrows family, the Cartwright family, the Taylor family, the Knowles Family, the Roker family, the entire Hard Bargain Community, Philip Laramore and family, Picewell Forbes, Clint Watson and the entire staff of the Broadcasting Corporation (ZNS) especially the Northern Service, Kendolyn Sands and family, Deonya Rolle and family, Alfred Forbes and family, the Robinson family, Dr. Guerrero and the staff of Life Sight Center, Dr. Turnquest and Dr. Curling and the staff of Oncology Consultants, the doctors and the staff of Doctor’s Hospital, the staff of Lucayan Medical Centre, the staff of Miami Baptist Hospital, the staff of Serendip Cove, Lyford Cay and the Class of ‘86 - NGM Major High School.

Relatives and Friends may pay their last respects at Unity in Christ Assembly on Friday, October 13th, 2023 from 12:00 noon to 6:00pm.

Memorial Service For

Janay Charmaine Outten Carroll, 54

Funeral Service For

Alpheus Finlayson, 76

a resident of Cable Beach will be held on Saturday, October 7th, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at St. George’s Anglican Church, Montrose Avenue. Officiating will be Archdeacon Kingsley Knowles assisted by Rev’d Fr. Ivan Eldon. Interment will follow in The Eastern Cemetery, Dowdeswell Street.

Alpheus was predeceased by his parents: Alpheus and Diana Finlayson Sr.; his brother: Joseph Finlayson; sister: Viola Wimbish, and of course, his wife: Dawn Finlayson and sons: Levaughn and Wayne Finlayson.

a resident of # 70 Buttercup Lane, South Beach will be held at 10.00a.m. on Friday, October 6th, 2023 at Anointed To Reign Kingdom Ministries, Golden Isles Road. Officiating will be Prophetess Dr. Shameka L. Morley, J.P. Senior Pastor assisted by other Ministers of the Cloth. Cremation was Held.

Left to cherish her memories are her children: Kendall III and Kenjwan (Chrystal) Carroll; grandchild: Kayla Carroll; mother: Rafolita F. Williams; brother: Elrod Outten; sisters: Sheila Williams, Betty (Robert) Rose, Shirley Small, Dorothea Gumbs, Donna Pratt, Michelle Cox and Beverley Delancey; aunts: Viola Cox, Rosenthal Gardiner, Almaida Hall, and Victoria Phillips; uncles: Goldstone, Caleb and Alboin Williams; nieces: Cherell (Andrew) Rolle, Ashley Small, Faith Williams and Andrea Knowles; nephews: Rickey, Rodney, Robbie Rose Jr., Keino (Lenorah), Vinter (Donna), Timothy (Dawn), Travaine and Jamal (Annastacia); grandnephew: Seth; grandnieces: Ariah, Tyler, Timothy III, Harmony and Shaniah; numerious cousins: Deborah, Clodeane, Ulette and Wimsett; friends and other relatives including: Claudia, Lynn, Prophetess Dr. Shameka Morley of Anointed To Reign Kingdom Ministries and Church Family and Praise Team Members.

Relatives and Friends are welcome to sign the condolence book at Butlers’ Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Ernest and York Streets on Thursday, October 5, 2023 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Alpheus is survived by his daughter: Alexis Hanna; son-in-law: Khalid Hanna; brothers: Roosevelt and Spence Finlayson; sisters-inlaw: Glenalee Strachan and Iris Finlayson; grandchildren: Shandia Finlayson, Ebony Howell, Nasir, Sadiq, Selah and Noah Hanna; great-grandchildren: Ki’Yah Major, Malachi Finlayson and Eva Howell; nieces and nephews: Diana, Douglas, Victor, and Michael Wimbish, Oscar (Tamissa) Finlayson, Nathan Yungerberg, Laurena and Kwame Finlayson, Leannka Rigby and Misty, Kentrel and Kyle Strachan; grandnieces and nephews: Gabrielle, Jonathan, Oneisha, Dikaios, and Omari Finlayson, Chino Ferguson, Kirsten Campbell, Nathan Lewis and Kayden Strachan; the families of the late: Hasten Finlayson, Vernice Finlayson-Rolle, Muriel Finlayson-Rolle, Birdy Finlayson-Wallace, Joyce Roberts-Miller, George Deveaux, James Deveaux, Manassah Deveaux, Louise Deveaux, Irene Deveaux and Maxwell Turner; aunts: Cynthia Finlayson-Grant and Maria Forbes; other family and friends: family of Cynthia Finlayson-Grant, family of Maria Forbes, Marjorie Rolle-Stuart, Neka Finlayson and family, Fernella Finlayson and family, Miss Sherene Morgan (longtime caregiver), Sheretta and Jeffrey Tynes, Rhoda Hanna and family, Bernard Hanna, Stanley Mitchell, Mike Sands, Shervin Stuart, Philippa Arnett-Willie, The Pioneer’s Sporting Club, The BAAA, CAC, NACAC, World Athletics, The Westward Villas Community, St. George’s Church, The Valley community, Grants Town SDA Church and Community Centre, Colina Insurance Limited, Guardian Radio, Rotary Club of West Nassau, The Sigma Pi Phi Delta Lambda Boule, The St. John’s/St. Ben’s Alumni Association and other family and friends too numerous to mention.

Relatives and Friends may pay their last respects at Butlers’ Funeral Homes and Crematorium, Ernest and York Streets on Friday, October 6th, 2023 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and at the church on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. until service time.

Funeral Service For

Khania Marie Izetta Hall, 39 affectionately called “Kenny”

of Palmetto Close, Adelaide Village will be held on Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10:00 a.m. at Zion Baptist Church, East and Shirley Streets. Officiating will be Rev. T. G. Morrison assisted by other Ministers of the Religion. Interment will follow in Adelaide Cemetery, Adelaide Village.

The memory of Khania Marie Izetta Hall’s laughter, jokes, boundless energy and unwavering spirit will forever resonate in the hearts of her children: Maquel Connolly and Khayvan Deal; parents: Kirk Sr. and Wendy Hall; siblings: Evan Thompson, Monique Jones, Charrah Hall-Rolle and Keewell Hall; brother-in-law: Demiko Rolle Sr.; sisters-in-law: Pamela Thompson and Shivanthi Rolle-Hall; uncles: Rev. Lucien, Chester, Calvin, Frederick and Hillard Hall, Sidney Cartwright, Ronald Cartwright Jr. and Ronald and Marcus Thompson; aunts: Cynthia, Patrice, Vernita, Marilyn, Janet and Debbie Hall, Muriel Black, Jeanne Dinham, Bianca Campbell, Sandralee Cartwright, Helen Thompson, Betty Seymour, Toni, Telsene, Veronica, Multice and Phillis Thompson, Carol Moss and Renae Thomas; nephews: Coreyante, Eliyas and Elijah Thompson, Demiko Rolle Jr. and Naashon Hall; nieces: Nashante Hall, Erin Thompson, Denika and Khylie Rolle; grand uncles: Lester Poitier, Albert and Ernest Forbes; grand aunts: Patrica Simms, Diane Bruno, Marlene Poitier and Shirley Thompson; grandnieces: Ava Hall and Ariel Rolle; numerous cousins including: Kevin (Therese) Hudson, Robert ‘Bobby’ (Janice), Camille Hall, Andrew (Ashley), Dario, Monishka, Gevon (Koya), Tamja, Ashwood, Aliah, Frank Jr. Leonardo, Ricardo, Sharon, Brian Jr., Jeffrey, Correy, Corrian, Cornell, Frederick Jr., Alana, Heidi, Janeen, Nicholas, Andrew, O’Neil, Darren Cooper, Ronel, Valentino, Sidneka, Sydnei, Keil and Kandice Cartwright, Terrel Major, Antonio and Rashad Thompson, Erin McPhee, Michael and Karen Lockhart and Family, Charlene Lockhart and Family, Jacqueline Sherman-Collie and Family, Glen, Walter and Gene Sherman and their Families and a host of other relatives and friends to many to mention.

Relatives and Friends may pay their last respects at Butlers’ Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Ernest and York Streets on Friday, October 6, 2023 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and at the church on Saturday, October 7, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. until service time.

Death Notice For

Marchello Dion Kelly, 56

a resident of Yellow Elder Gardens, died at his residence on Saturday, September 30th, 2023.

He is survived by his wife: Dr. Andrea HuylerKelly; children: Kendino Knowles, and Philicia, Alicia, Nicco and Mariano Kelly; brothers: Derek and Peter Johnson, Ricardo and Kennon Lockhart, Kennatate Kelly and Kenneth Anderson; sisters: Kearen Lockhart and Michelle Albright; numerous nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.

Funeral Services For

LOUIS ASHWELL BERRY, 62

Also known as “Smooth, Bagger Lou”

a resident of Walnut Street, Pinewood Gardens, will be held at Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church, Deveaux Street, on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Officiating will be Fr. Jonathan Duka. Interment follows in Southern Cemetery, Cowpen & Spikenard Roads.

To cherish his precious memories forever will be his three sisters: Brenda Berry, Antoinette Bonaby, Margaret Porter; one brother: Andrew Scavella; nieces: Nadia Williams, Latina Williams, Latoya

Williams-Brown, Vanessa Murphy, Deandra Tate, Lisa Cleare, and Keva Porter; nephews: Shervin Williams, Michael Berry, Tamiko Bonaby, Delano Berry, Calvin Porter Jr., Lorenzo, and Leonardo Morris. Leroy Murphy, Dave Brown, Edison Tate and Sargent 3590 Austin Cleare; grandnieces: Lashan, Derranika, Derrika and Kennesha Butcher; grandnephews: Travis Clarke, Kendrick Williams-Sherman, Rashad Scott, Lavade and Domonic Williams, Tarsman Clarke, Byron Roberts, Elroy Murphy, and Davonte Brown; cousins: Bishop Clifton Scavella, Rev. David and Lavern Scavella, Dorinda Farquerson, Angela and Naphtera Bridgewater, Daniel Jones, Paulamae Mackey and Family, Fontella Rolle and Family, Marvin Fox, Antonice and Anthony Willimas and Family, Jamal Stuart and Family, Diana Munroe, and Barry Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. Eulamae Eldon and Family, Antoinette Russell and Family, Jeffrey and Florinda Rolle and Family, Shirley Williams, Joanne and Family, Charmaine and Family, Michelle Nabbie and Family. Byron Roberts Sr., Cynthia Cooper, Evette Taylor; other relatives, and friends: Monsignor John Johnson (Gregory Town, Eleuthera), Father David Cooper and Father Oswald Ferguson (Freeport, Grand Bahama), Rosemary Grant and Family, Mrs. Curlene Mounts, Mr. and Mrs. Nottage, Evattney Fowler, , Brooks and Family, Henrietta Miller and Family. Ms. Tucker and Family, Nishka and Family, The Walnut Street Family, Workers House FamilyPresident Daron Woods, Harrison Williams, Perry Cox, Suelynn Stuart, Sheila Burrows, Terry Duncombe, Marsha Bullard, Quincy Munroe, Amos Major, Bertam Williams, Cheryl Laing, Stephen Rolle, Labranya Robinson, Viola Lightbourne, Francita Moss, Sherman Delevaux, Randolph Rolle, and Shawte Smith.

Friends may pay their last respects at Demeritte’s Funeral Home, Market Street, from 10-6:00 p.m. on Friday.

JOHNATHAN MILLER, 56

Also known as “Baby John”

a resident of Bougainvillea Blvd., South Beach, will be held at Amazing Grace Missionary Baptist Church, Wilson Track North, Andros Ave East, on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be Sr. Pastor Esther Cooper JP, assisted by Rev. Christina Cunningham. Interment follows in Southern Cemetery, Cowpen & Spikenard Roads.

Johnathan is predeceased by his father, Fred Miller and brother, Fredrick Miller.

He is survived by his Mother: Thelma Miller; Brother: Steven Miller & Thudgelynn Neilly-Miller; Sisters: Sheila Miller-Major & Aubrey Major, Natasha Miller-Strachan & Kervin Strachan; Eight (8) nephews: Damien, Hassan, Lahai, Shamir, Antoine, Shamon, Stephen Miller Fredrick McDonald and Alex McKinney; Four (5) nieces: Shakeria McKinney, Nakieve Miller, Charlissia Ferguson and Lakeisha Farrington; Five grand nieces: Damayah Kyla, Tanah Serenity Miller and Alesha McKinney; Three grand nephews: Omari Rolle, Caden Miller and Fredrick McDonald Jr.; God-Mother: Rachel Gradolph; God-daughter: Quiann Hanna; God sons: Breon and R.J.; Nine (9) Aunts: Grace Roker, Patricia Jones, Rachel Gradolph, Bernese Culmer, Christine Sweeting, Annamae Richardson, Elahmae Blonava and Johanne Ferguson. Four (4) Uncles: Habakkuk & Carl Ferguson, Joseph Jones and Leroy Richardson; Numerous relatives cousins and friends including: Kayshan Jessica Lightburne Crystal and Ramon Jones, Rashette Culmer, Chrisanta Sweeting Lisa Sands, Deidre Butler & family, The Miller Family, Ferguson Family, Hanchell Family, Coakley Family, Hosea Cunningham & Family, King Family, Senator Annafaye Knowles & Family, Pastor Esther Cooper & Family, South Beach, Community & Park crew, Hon. Bacchus Rolle MP- South Beach, Hon. Miles Monroe, Cabbage Hill & Crooked Island Community, Nottage Family, Mavis Strachan & Family, Major Family, Neilly Family, Fr. Sebastian Campbell, Bishop Dr. Charles Johnson & New Solid Church of God Family, Senator Maxine Seymour & Sea-breeze (F.N.M.) Association, Amazing Grace Missionary Baptist Church, Complementary Ambulance Department.

Friends may pay their last respects at Demeritte’s Funeral Home, Market Street, from 10-6:00 p.m. on Friday & on Saturday at the church from 10:00 a.m. until service time.

Funeral Service For

EMMANUEL CARTWELL CURTIS,

53 Also known as “Cardy”

a resident of Faith Avenue & formerly of Fresh Creek, Andros, will be held at Bible Truth Ministries, Martin Close off Cowpen Road, on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Bishop Cedric Mott (Lighthouse Apostolic Ministries) assisted by other Ministers of the Gospel. Interment follows in Woodlawn Gardens, Soldier Road.

Emmanuel Cartwell Curtis was predeceased by his parents: Emmanuel Curtis and Agnes Elliott, siblings: Antionette, Cardinal and Andrew.

Cherished memories will forever linger in the hearts of his beloved wife: Dianna; Son: Alexander; Daughters: Latoya, Cardea and Cardeisha; Adopted Daughter: Tiesha; Son-inlaw: Wesley Rahming; Grand Children: Charisma, Latreco, Trumia and Trinity; Adopted Mothers: Theresa Minnis & Virgina Roberts; Adopted Father: Emmanuel (Bam) Duncombe; Adopted Father-in-law: Eric Sweeting (Valderine); Brothers & Sisters: Wayne Saunders, Juliette (Solomon Lightbourne Sr.), Derrick (Monique Elliott), Rosetta (Leslie Duncombe), Anna Neely, Fayann Oxley, Elizabeth (Dwight Brown), Dexter Adderley, Alexandria Laclaire Curtis, Conrad (Shankayon Curtis), Hugh Edgecombe (Pauline) and Bryant James; Brothers & Sisters-in-Law: Robertha Stuart (Pedro), Gwendolyn Pedican (Troy), Michelle McGregor, Anadell Thompson, Paula Josey, Alicia Bethel (Kenneth), Arlene Bullard (Pedro), Dianne Hanna, Madeline Hanna, Jill Higgs (Pastor Cassell), Erica (Alvin) Collie, Stephen Hanna Sr. (Hyacinth), Paul Hanna Jr., Brent Hanna (Laurie), Hasley Sands (Natasha), Eric Sweeting Jr.; Aunts & Uncles: Avis and Petrona Lewis, Beryl Elliott, Isabella Nesbitt, Virginia, Marion and Olive Curtis, Alice Brown, Alma and Merseda Anderson, Degry and Lacitus McGregor, Jennifer Roberts, Idell Reckley, Ruthmae Francis, Joseph Young, Cleveland, Herbert Curtis, Jollon, Lavina, Veronica, Elan Anderson, Tyrone McGregor (Traceyanne), Cardinal, Charlie & Jonathan Fowler; Nieces & Nephews: Valentino, Euletta, Navardo, Rochelle, Ordell Jr., Creswell, Anthon, Oriel, Andre, Andrea, Ashley, Lamoure, Reno, Vanencha, Cordero, Kyearra, Reconda, Jacob Sr., Sherrill, Pedro, Hope, Ryan, Miranda, Renardo, Miesha, Tamiko, Kenisha, Shaquell, Natherio Mackey, Anastacia, Aliyah, Darron, D’mari, Durai, Ashton, Carlette, Shandonay, Miranda, Melissa, Derrin, Dianna, Gary, Jacob, Carla, Solana, Solomon Jr., Leticia, Aaron, Toni, Daniel, Kayra, Kenneth, Mavis, Lakeisha, Lazetta, Lashanta, Keith, Mavis, Kara, David, Michael, Derrinique, Andrew Jr., Alric, Ancin, Angelo, Andrea, Myeshia, D’andrea, Cree, Cianne, Cadence, Tamesha, Tameah, Valentino, Ryeisa Bowleg, Alisha Coakley, Alphanique (Charles) Newbold, Shantre and Ebony Pedican, Sarah and Abigail Thompson, Dania and Jasmine Hanna, Stevonjia, Ava, Fage, Natherio Kemp, Darius Brown, Brandon, Stephen Jr. (Toya), Oteez, Leslie Jr. (Tiffany), and Donovan Hanna, Annemieker (James) Bodie, Shacoya McGregor, Melissa (Javen) Gibson, Giovanni (Whit-tia) Barrett, Anishka (Delvon) Barton, Avard McGregor, Frederick Jr. & Theron Hepburn, Leondre McKenzie and Cordae Strachan, Jeron and Jeremy McGregor, Delvon & D’Kai; Grand Nieces & Nephews: Chai, Elaina, Keem, Makell, Rakell, Mikhail, Michaela, Deandre, Rheim, Cory, Kenneth Jr., Ashley, Ina, Sh’kynah, Ava, Serenity, Sariah, Geodino, Nathan, Royality, Loyalty, Rashard Jr., Reign, Danae, Daniel Jr., Danae, Mystikal, Shakira, Danielle, Akiah, Kayden, Faith, Amari, Samuel, Isreal, Sarah, Grace, Nathan, Tamia, Tamir, Tamya, Zion, Natazia, Myan, Khaza, Adario,

Pedro Jr., Mateo, Mariah, Ordell, Ordeisha, Isabelle, Delano, Devion, Dre’Sean, Dejohn, Damon, Amara, Amaya, Jadian, Mckaylee, Meya, Maliyah, Haliey, Jacob Jr., Sasha, A’nysia, A’moni, Seosaph, Solana, Chinae, Chinyah, Tailcia, Aaliyah, Natazia, A’Daisha, Layla, Renai, Alaina, Kylah, K’ Maiya, Nathaniel and Anthony, Jaleel, David, Elina, Bria, Kario, Simplicity, and Ordell; Cousins: Ola, Margaret, Philip, Maryanne, Grenell, Debbie, Randamae, Trevor, Edison, Jenson, Marshanell, Clementina, Shantel, Antoinette, Junior, Livingston, Charles, Sanny, Edney, Laurie, Elon, Jackie, Marvin, Kayla, Lucille, Oscar, Michael, Tans, Andrea, Kenneth, Nelson, Kirkwood, Nicky, Lavanda, Alvin, Jollon Jr., Shandlee, Andy, Annya, Claudia, Stephen, Errolyn, Teedra, Lloydeka & Lloyd Jr. Minnis, Omar, Elaine, Teneil, Zintworn, Erica & Addington Duncombe, Ashley, Lynda & Tina Young, Fredricka, Andrea Farrington, Nyoka, Godfrey Sr. Knowles, Rona & Tula Knowles, Godfrey Jr., Shuvan Bonabv Christopher Elliott, Christano, Jamal, Mario, Woodrow & Cheryl, Cornell & Jean, Tiberious & Sandra, Neville II & Tami Wilson, Karen Smith, Cythella & Glenroy Rolle, Deneen Wilson, Tabitha & Dave Forde, Oswald Brown, Alphonso, Bruce, George, Alfred, Norbert, Brent and Jerome Elliott, Patricia Horford, Mable Moultrie, Verona Missick, Nicola Elliott, Floyd, Marvin, Randy, Craig & Jayson Lewis, Lenora Lewis, Cheryl Clarke, Kirk, Larry, Dwight, Julius & Perry Lewis, Hervin Curtis, Alton Curtis, Maria Tate, Christine Edgecombe, Sherry Lafleur, Sargeant 618 Chantel Hepburn, Jason Lewis, Gloria Whyms, Floridamae Gibson, Mildred, Idamae , Rev. Haywood Nesbitt, Pastor Arnold Nesbitt , and Bernard Nesbitt , Shirley, Mariam, Lavanda, Otis, Randolph, Troy and Brandon Neymour, Castina and Daniel Bain, Sharanand Justin Annestor, Marvin John, Sheryl Martin, Frankmae, Eileen, Shelly, Elder Charles Anderson, Clarrington, Edney and Elon Anderson, Loretta Ferguson, Jacklyn Marshall, Lavern Curtis, Registered Nurse Lucy Martin, Kathleen Munnings, Shameka Burnside, Cynthia Annestor and Sargeant 2327 Elvis Curtis, Alma Scott & Family, Pastor Monica Paul and family, Ellen Newton and family, Shirley Brown and family, Angela Riley, Ann & Doramae Scott & family, Una Sweeting & family, Rebecca Newton & family, Cynthia Miller & family, Aretha Thurston & family, Maryann Brown & family. Other Relatives & Friends: Frank Mullings Jr. & family, Charles W. Saunders Baptist School family, Jordan Prince Williams Baptist School family, Apostle Dorinda Dean & Miracle Revival International Deliverance family, Pastor Leonardo Allen & family, Pastor Clement Neely & The Word Church, Pastor Kenyon Williams & Uncommon Favour Ministries, Pastor Keron Coakley & Divine Connection, Rev. Sidney Johnson and Mt. Horeb Baptist Church, Rev. Vyreen Bain & St. Hope Baptist Church, Rev. Elmond and Michelle King & New Hope Missionary Baptist Church family, Davaughn Higgs and family, Charlene Outten & family, Marva & Andre Roberts & family, Virginia Roberts & family, Vince andNicole Sweeting & family, Jeffrey and Preston Rahming, Jerome, Marva, Leroy, Garvin, and Montell Newton, Cephas and Mrs. Cooper, Philip Patton, John Barrett and family, Alvin Marshall, Owen Rahming, Cecil Penn, Ruby, Glen and Robert Johnson & family, The Faith Ave. Community, AUTEC Naval Base Community, BTC family, Nurse Edgecombe & family, Dellarese Hinsey & family, Sharon Smith, Norine Brown, Jayson Lewis, Adline Fowler & family, Eric Sweeting & family, John Barrett & family, Hannah Brice & family, Susan Bethel, Maxwell & Valderine Altidor & family, Inez Gibson & family, Eltoya McPhee, Sherry Brown & family, Truman Shield, Rakell Sands, Isabelle Pierre, Derek Smith (Rat), Maryann Brown, Merlee Conyers, Margaret Riley & family, Orthnell & Annie Colebrooke & family, Rev. Joseph Thompson & family, Monica Sweeting, Accounts division of the University of The Bahamas, Hollywood Subdivision family. Central Andros High School Classes of 1989 & 1990, The Fresh Creek, Calabash Bay, Love Hill, Small Hope, Behring Point, Cargill Creek, Bowen Sound, Staniard Creek, Blanket Sound, Stafford Creek, and North Andros Communities, The Curtis, Anderson, Gaitor, Clarke, Minnis, Adderley, Brown, Johnson, Thompson, Neymour, Braynen, Bain, Smith, Mackey Families, and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.

Friends may pay their last respects at Demeritte’s Funeral Home, Market Street, from 10-6:00 p.m. on Friday & on Saturday at the church from 9:00 a.m. until service time.

Funeral Services For

DONNA VALREA NOTTAGE, 71

a resident of Sapodilla Blvd., Pinewood Gardens, will be held at St. Paul’s Baptist Church, Bernard Road, Fox Hill, on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Bishop Dr. J. Carl Rahming & Rev. George Bodie. Interment follows in St. Paul’s Baptist Church Cemetery, Bernard Road.

She is predeceased by her husband: Reginald Nottage; parents: Ernest and Patricia Adderley; sisters: Lynette Rahming and Wendy Higgs; nieces: Prisca Arnett, Odessa Davis; nephews: Tori McPhee, Donahue Arnett and Roderick Adderley.

Left to cherish her memories are, Daughters their husbands: Felicia and Rev Patrick A. Smith, Tameka Nottage and Uhura and Darren Thurston. Grandchildren: Alunique, Alicia, Alfredo, Alia, Patrick Smith Jr. and Tajh Moss. Great grandchildren: Taylor Grace Godet and Brayden Caleb Henfield. Sisters: Beulah Arnett, Diana Laroda, Ernestine Bartlet (Anthony), Karen Hepburn, Aleta, Tanya and Candia Adderley; 1 Brother: Ernest Adderley Jr.; Nieces and Nephews: Herbert (Janet) Arnett Jr., Terrance (Marina) Arnett, Shandle (Pastor Valintino) Campbell, Charmaine (Jermaine) Clarke, Orenthia, Ricco and Joseph (Raqual) Davis, Vanessa Walkes, Beaucannon and Lavar Jordan, Machello (Glamara) Burnside, Malcom Hepburn, Dwanya and Devinche Adderley, Alkino (Karen) and Allynesia Rahming, Aniska (Sharren) Milford, Antoine Evans, Ashley (Cruz) Carroll, Anado Adderley, Nicole, Rochelle, Raqual, Christine, Peachy, Tameko Adderley, Jamall Petty, Micheal Sweeting and Chaquan Rolle. Numerous Grand and Great Grand Nieces and Nephews. Aunts: Silvia and Gladys Edgecombe and Tezel Stevenson.Cousins including: Julie Reckley, Suzanne Ranger, Lisa Dean, Antoinette Lotmore, Uhura Woodside, Cyril Roberr-Lotmore, Barbara Cooper and Family. Other relatives and friends: Darrannae Thurston, Bishop Dr. J. Carl Rahming and Minister Evangeline Rahming, and St. Paul’s Baptist Church Family, Bishop Dr. Stanley and Irene Ferguson, Caroline Williams and the former staff of Swiss Pastry Shop, Mr. Felix Garcia, Barbara Rodgers, Diedre Winder, Chloe Brown, Barbara Higgs and the Clarke family, Gertrude Burnside, Carmen Smith, Mr. & Mrs. Cooper, Mr. Walter Sawyer, Cecil Hanna, Esther Arnett, Cora Davis and family, Nurse Fiona, Nurse Yvette Sweeting, Nurse Gia Pennerman; Neighbors Eugene and Ruby Thompson, Dwight and Andrea Knowles, Judy Higgs, Virginia Rolle, Ms. Peaches and Crestwell and Family, Louise

Armbrister and the family of the late Christopher Knowles, family of the late Dolores Curry, Charlotte Rahming, Mildred Edgecombe and Violet Rox, The Nottage, Burnside and Adderley families, Atlantis Cove Housekeeping, Nassau Hotel Restaurant and Supplies, 1 on 1 and 2 by 2 Academy, and the entire Step Street and Fox Hill community. The doctors and nurses of the Princess Margaret Hospital and many others too numerous to mention.

Friends may pay their last respects at Demeritte’s Funeral Home, Market Street, from 10-6:00 p.m. on Friday & on Saturday at the church from 9:00 a.m. until service time.

LORENZA ROLLE, 58

a resident of Commonwealth Blvd., Elizabeth Estates, will be held at United Christian Church, Lincoln Blvd., on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Officiated will be Pastor Alkin Rolle, Sr., Pastor and assisted by other Ministers of Religion. Cremation will follow.

Lorenza is survived by his siblings: Derick, Ella (Pedro) and Sandra; nieces and nephews: Dominique, Richard, Adrian, Tara and Emily; adopted sister: Mizpah; aunts and uncles: Edith Jones, Mavis Allen, Ephesus, Theophilus, Herman, Everett Strapp and Audley Hart, Pastor Alkin Rolle and members of the United Christian Church, Rev. Trajean Jadorette and the members of New Covenant Baptist Church, staff of the Family Services Division Department of Social Services; and numerous other relatives and friends.

Friends may pay their last respects at Demeritte’s Funeral Home, Market Street, from 10-6:00 p.m. on Friday & the church from 9:00 a.m. until service time.

Funeral Service For

ESTHER

RAHMING, 97

a resident of Sisal Road West, Golden Gates #1 & formerly of Moonshine Drive, Sunshine Park, will be held at Bethel Baptist Church, Meeting Street, on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 at 11:00 am. Officiating will be Minister Ishmael Lightbourne, assisted by Rev. A. Dewitt Hutcheson. Interment follows in Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Meeting Street, Nassau, Bahamas.

Esther Rahming was predeceased by her father: Jeremiah Bertram Rahming; mother: Rachel Rahming (nee Mackey); her eldest daughter: Patricia “ Patsy” Bonaby; son: Ken Mackey; grandson: Brian Roberts & great grandson: Elijah Roberts.

Left to cherish her memories & continue her great legacy are, Daughter: Loranna “Judy” Roberts; Sisters: Louise Pople and Albertha Turnquest (of Miami, Florida); Grandchildren: Andrew Johnson and Avery (Yakeia) Johnson, Therez Roberts, Unlisa Brice (of Woodbridge, Virginia) and Kayla (Kenneth) Ingraham; Adopted Children: Yordrique Strachan Pierre & Willow Strachan-Pierre; Great Grand Children: Garath Evans, Michaela, Mekera, McKyle & Mirissa Wallace, Tamara Smith (of Woodbridge, Virginia), Job Ferguson, Omega Roberts, Kendia & Kendesha Ingraham, Kiavea & Avery Johnson Jr.; Great Great Grand Children: Angelo Tucker, Loranna Wallace, Kenricka Rolle, Trevonique Armbrister, Lashawn & Loran Roberts, Somaya Sweeting, Exodus Ferguson and Mickhail Morley; Nieces: Andrea Higgs (of Miami, Florida), Donna Smith, Shirley (Roland) Clarke, Karen (James) Clarke, Elsie Pilgrim, Marina Trotman, Min. Rachael Jacqueline (Rev. Stephen G. Duncombe), Princess & Tanya Turnquest; Nephews: Percy (Paulina) Pople, John (Laverne) Pople, Bertram (Dr. Michelle) Pople, David Pople, Timothy (Deborah) Turnquest, Orville (Yasuko) Turnquest, Randy, Gary & Sheldon Turnquest, George Rahming & Alfred Johnson; Numerous Grand Nieces and Grand Nephews; Numerous Great Grand Nieces & Great Grand Nephews; Cousins: Susan Murray & family, Rosalind & Cedric Mackey & family, Sidney Mackey & family, Antionette Flowers & family, Laura Williams & family, Wilfred Rahming & family, Families of the late Deacon Peter, Clifford, Leon, Stafford & Outram Rahming, Family of the late Vernal & Gwendolyn Johnson, Family of the late Rose & Arthur Maycock, Sandra Rolle & family. Caretaker: Ms. Joyce Adderley & Family. Other Relatives and Friends: Carole Young & family, Deborah Flowers & Family, Family of the late Sylvia Edgecombe, Agatha Meadows & family, Lonnie Simmons & family, Majorie Cleare & family, Michal Jones, Dressler Hall & Family, Family of the late Meletta

Rolle (Orlando, Florida), Deacon Terrell Dauphin & family, Sgt. Jamal Johnson, Kenya Cenetha Taylor, Bertha Bain & family, Beverly Nairn & family, Dianne and Bradley Crawley & family, The Huyler family, Allan Tony, Denise and Mona Davis, Anastacia Minnis, Dorothy Sands & family, Dr. Nelson & Deborah, Clarke, Francis Clarke & family, Dorothy Clarke & Family,, Robert McCoy & family, Clifford Higgs & family, Carmetta Rahming & family, Mr. Elston Dean, Mr. McDonald Rolle, Olivia Munroe- Ferguson & family, Edward Farquharson & family, Kevin Sweeting, Marcus Smith, Donna Wilson Haley, Carmen Jones & family, Catherine Davis & family, Constance Major, Family of Edward & Merle Thompson, Family of the late Joyce Saunders, Hedda Armbrister & family, Yvonne Mckenzie & family, Ruby Neeley & family, Endolyn Curtis & family, Idamae Bain & family, Dr. Renaldo Scavella, Family of the late Maxwell Stubbs, Cheryl Wells & family, Nurse Michelle Mortimore, Zhivago Thompson & family, Pandora Pierre & family, Bethel Baptist Church family, Transfiguration Baptist Church family, The League of Mercy Ministry; The Salvation Army Grants Town Church, WM Uriza Hutcheson & The Prince Hall Order of Eastern Star Rebecca Chapter #4, Bahamas Supply Service Department Staff, The Administration, Staff, Students, Alumni of Oakes Field Primary School, The Old Boat Alley, Hay Street, Grant’s Town “ Ova Da Hill” Community and Moonshine Drive-Sunshine Park Family & Golden Gates Community. If we have omitted anyone’s name please forgive us it was not intentional.

Friends may pay their last respects at Demeritte’s Funeral Home, Market Street, from 10-6:00 p.m. on Friday & at the church from 10:00 a.m. until service time.

Death Notice for KIM VERNITA JOHNSON, 65

a resident of Little Creek, South Andros, died at PMH on Saturday, September 30, 2023.

She is survived by her 4 sons: Ricardo, Tamico, Romano & Elvano Johnson; 2 daughters: Patrice Knowles & Terrice Johnson; step daughter: Rebecca Johnson; 10 grandchildren & a host of other relatives & friends.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Death Notices for

Reserve Inspector of Police

LEONARD LAMBERT ROBERTS, 75

a resident of Beaumonti Ave., Gardens Hills #1 & formerly of Harbour Island, Eleuthera, died at PMH on Tuesday, October 3, 2023.

He is survived by his wife: Vara Roberts; 5 children: Eloise Burrows (George), Melonie Smith (Shawn Sr.), Deandre Smith (Leonard), Desiree Roberts & Tario Roberts; 10 siblings: Patsy Clarke, Jenniemae Grant, Marilyn Forbes, Sharlene Roberts, Phillip Roberts, Kirkwood Roberts, Dehenzil Roberts, Andrea Knight of Miami, Fl, Beatrice Roberts of Baltimore, MD & Birdie Neely; numerous grand & great grandchildren & a host of other relatives & friends

Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

DANNY FOWLER SR., 61

a resident of Taylor Street, Nassau Village & formerly of Mastic Point, North Andros, died at his residence on Saturday, September 30, 2023.

He is survived by his wife: Sabrina Fowler; 1 daughter: Danisha Fowler; 10 sons: Danny Fowler Jr., Danmar, Dominic, Dantae, Danté, D’Nagio, Desmond, Dre’mond, Damien & Demrin Fowler; 3 grandchildren: Dae-Shawn & Deanna Fowler & Vanria Dean; numerous siblings nieces & nephews & a host of other relatives & friends.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

HETCEMA REMILDA SYMONETTE

WILLIAMS, 88

a resident of Thompson Street, Dannottage Estates & formerly of Anderson Hill, Acklins, died at PMH on Monday, October 2, 2023.

She is survived by her 1 son: Hurias Williams; 2 brothers: Linrod Symonette of Miami, Fl. & Rev. John Symonette; numerous nieces & nephews & a host of other relatives & friends.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

MARY ELVENA PAUL, 83

a resident of Golden Palm Estates, & formerly of Arthur’s Town, Cat Island, died at PMH on Friday, September 29, 2023.

She is predeceased by her, husband: William Lenord Paul and daughter, Marsha Patricia Paul.

She is survived by her 6 daughters: Karen, Sharon, Marva & Tiffany Paul, Francina Laverity & Judith Smith; 2 sons: David & Deon Paul; 2 adopted sons: Nakeitha & Montez Saunders; 2 sisters: Christine Dean & Lillis Dean Bethel; numerous grand & great grandchildren & a host of other relatives & friends

Funeral arrangements will be announced later

Funeral Services for

Jermaine Antoine Miller, 42

of Belville Circle, Belair Estate, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, 6th October, 2023 at Zion Baptist Church, East Shirley Street. Officiating will be Rev’d. T.G. Morrison. Interment will follow at Lakeview Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, J.F.K. Drive and Gladstone Road.

Left to mourn his precious and loving memories are Mother: Carolyn Young Miller; Father: James A. Miller Sr.; Fiancé : Eureka McKinney (Mother of Anwar Miller); Sons: Antoine J. J. Miller (Mother – Julia Forbes) and Anthony J.J. Miller (Mother- Sheniqua Dorvil); Brother: James A Miller Jr. (Gro Pedersen) of Norway; Sister: Lavanya “Pinkey” Dean of Murphy Town, Abaco; Stepson: Tafari Thompson; Nephew: Zhander P. Miller of Norway; Niece: Lava P. Miller of Norway; God Sisters: Louise Bain, Kaylyn Fisher Butler, Marniqua Dean, and Dr. Toniya Lewis; Uncles: Asheville Neilly, David Spence, Norman Bedford, Allan, Roland, Conrad, and Wesley Maycock, John Young, Percy Sawyer, Jefford, Ronald, and Matthew Roberts; Aunts: Linda Kelley, Janeen Osaremen, Charmaine Thompson, Melda Young Strachan, Mizpah Young Rolle, Madlyn Young, Dorothy Harvey, Harriet, and Victoria Roberts. Uncles-InLaw: Charles Strachan and Samuel Rolle; Aunts-In-Law: Elaine Young, Ann Bedford, Patrice Maycock, Myrtha Maycock and Zerlina Sawyer; Great Grand Aunt: Mrs. Doreen Brown; The Brown Family Bozine Town, Nassau; Other Family: The McKinney Family from South Andros (Mrs. Maureen Edwards & Family; Ms. Barbara McKinney & Family; Mrs. Sharon Andrews & Family; Ms. Sametria & Dellarese McKinney; Rithmond and Hardy McKinney). Mrs. Vernell Harmon, Mrs. Mattie Brown, Carolyn Correa, Delma Miller, Patricia, Larry and Randy Dean. Cousins: Samantha Peterson, Kodiah & Naquel Rolle; Kofay, Charlene, Javaughn and Chaquille Strachan; Samantha, Samuel, Shantell and Sebastain Rolle; Royann, Delbert, Ricardo, Stephano, Marcio, Rayvon Miller; Leslyn, Anastacia, Portia, Deron, Antonio, Charlie; Shantell Spence; Tramaine, Rashad, Israel and Tacoya Bedford; Trinisa & Mitchell Wilson, Terria, Allan Jr., Travis Maycock; Aghosa Osaremen; Desmond, Tara, Donovan, Tieisha and D’Angelo; Johnathan, LaTara, Shantia, Jevika, John, and Yori Young; Asantae, Anthony, Roland Jr., Renaldo Maycock, Rolanda & Marvin Anderson; Rolisha, Rosheka, Rolissa and Rolaysha Maycock; Cordero, Conrad Jr., Christie and Charnise Maycock; Dinero, Akeiro, Omari, Jaxon Maycock; Shan Kelly, Grace & Michael Cooper, Kim, Carla, Natasha, Carlton; Sandra & Kevin Johnson, Sharon Krebs of Switzerland; Nathia Maycock; Ryan Antonio, Dr. Sheena Antonio-Collie; Ms. Chantel Brown; Calvin & Latoya Roberts, Lolanda Mackey, Patricia & Adrian Taylor, Sabrina & Jaime O’Farrell, Raymond, Prescott & Desiree Wilson, Rico, Jefford Jr., Matthew Jr., Antonio, Tanae, Tyrique, and Heziah Roberts. Relatives & Friends: Dr. Rhonda Chipman-Johnson & Family, Mrs. Vanria Rolle & Family; Desmond and Sheila Davis & Family; Dr. Dana Minaya; Mrs Sivlean Rolle- Johnson & Family; Thelma Brown & Family; Dr. Anishka Rolle, Mr. Carlton & Gretchen Jones & Family; Norma Woodside & Family; Mrs. Miriam Thompson & Family; Les & Mary McKenzie & Family; Wilton & Karen Antonio; ASP LaToya Minus & Family; ASP Claudette Lewis & Family; Mrs. Yvonne & Trevor Albury; Ms. Claudette Gibson & Family; Mr. J. Crestwell Munnings & Family; Mr. & Mrs. Wendell Bain & Family; Dr. Dana Minaya; Ms. Olivette Taylor & Family; Shonique and Akeira Jones & Family ; Mrs. Lerlene Walcott & Family; Ms. Debbie Bethel & Family; Mickey & Alicia Mona Sands & Family; Mrs. Sherrylyn Fowler & Family; Mrs. Altamese Isaacs & Family; Dr. & Mrs. Jagadeesh; Mayzina Higgs & Family; Dorolyn Dean & Family; Mrs. Joy Johnson & Family; Mrs. Sherelle Pratt & Family; Mrs. Pamela Wilchombe, Mrs. Alma Evans, Elvin & Vernell Lloyd & Family; Kevin & Darnell Jones of New York; Kirkwood & Zoe Campbell & Family; Mrs. Sheryl Seymour & Family; Mr. & Mrs. Burrows of Belair; Rev. & Mrs. T. Morrison and Members of Zion Church; Mrs. Clemmy Varence

Forde & Family, Georgina & Dallas Jones, Velma Counts & Family, Mrs. Diane Green & Family; Mr. & Mrs. Canute McLaughlin of New York; Cheena Johnson & Family; Shea & Pat Bethel; Lorette & Marlon Soudatt; Ambassador A. Missouri Sherman Peter &

Family of New York; Mrs. Darnell Bosfield & Family; Mr. & Mrs. Brent Vanderpool & Family; Ms. Julia Lysaith of New York; Mrs. Beryl Edgecombe; BACS Community New York; Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Major (CG-NY); Mrs. Antoinette Flowers & family; Mrs. Sylvia Sealy Godet; The Batelco Family; BAAI Community New York; Family of Harbour Island.

May His Soul Rest in Peace!

Friends may pay their last respects at Bethel Brothers Morticians & Crematorium, #44a Nassau Street on Thursday 5th October, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and at the church on Friday 6th October, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. until service time

Anwar Jireh Justice

Miller, 19 months

of Sunset View Villas, West Bay Street, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, 6th October, 2023 at Zion Baptist Church, East Shirley Street. Officiating will be Rev’d. T.G. Morrison.

He is survived by his mother: Eureka McKinney; brothers: Tafari Thompson, Antoine and Anthony Miller; grandparents: James Miller Sr. and Carolyn Young Miller; aunts: Sametria, Maureen Edwards (Perry), Sharon Andrews (Anthony), Barbara, Dellarese and Sametria McKinney Alyson and Kelly Nixon; uncles: Rithmond (Joann) and Hardy (Sonia) McKinney and James Miller Jr. of Norway; god fathers: Terrence Duvalier and Sean Lightbourne, honorary god fathers: Price Sands, Christopher Smith Jr., Leabnard Forbes; god mothers: Dereka Moultrie and Randi Sweeting; honorary god mothers: Dushinka Thompson, Samantha Adderley, Yesmine Rolle, Cherran O’Brian, Vera Forbes, Kara Manouzi; cousins: Sharrell, Santina, Ithiopia, Chanille, Sarah, Tarajah & Dawnell McKinney, Sanovia Tucker (Marcian), Samone Blackwood, Tashia Edwards, Delthia McKinneySnyder (Toby), Nikita Dawkins Rithmond (Merlande), Idiamin, Rimar, Okomfu, Rasamin, Benjamin-Hardy & Toby McKinney (Cynthia), Thurl Edwards, Dillon Ramsey, Ayden & Seth Andrews, Zhander P. Miller of Norway; Lava P. Miller of Norway, Najae Harris, Tylan & Taurian Tucker, Noah McKinney, Ameena Moss, Starmarie Blackwood, Blaze & Genesis McKinney, Olympia Snyder, Adesoji McKinney; granduncles: George McKinney, Archeville, David, Spence Norman Bedford, Allan Maycock, Roland Maycock, Conrad Maycock, Wesley Maycock, John Young, Percey Sawyer, Jeffert Roberts, Ronald Roberts, Matthew Roberts; grandaunts: Mrs. Linda Kelley, Mrs Janeen Osaremen, Mrs Charmaine Thompson, Mrs Melda Young Strachan, Mrs Mizpah Young Rolle, Ms. Madlyn Young, Mrs. Dorothy Harvey, Ms. Harriette Roberts, Ms. Victoria Roberts, Sylvia Phillips, Prudence Rolle, Lialabelle Walker, Doris Kemp, Pearlneva, Barbara and Dorothy McKinney and a host of other relatives and friends: Joy Jonhson and Family, Sheena Newton and Family, Tina Lee and Family, Tammara Thomas and Family, Stacey Benjamin and Family, Sasha Smith and Family, Mr. Keenan and Shakera Johnson, Omar Ferguson, Macartney Munroe, The Extended McKinney Family, The Rolle, Kemp and Johnson Family, Bethell Family, Ferguson Family, Bastian Family, Wilson Family, Bain Family, Lewis Family, Young Family, Neely Family, Ferguson Family, Smith Family, Gibson Family, Rahming Family, Green Family, Burrows Family, Davis Family, Adderley Family, Andrews Family, Edwards Family, Miller Family, Forbes Family, Stuart Family, Knowles Family, Duncombe Family and Harris Family, Walker Family, McKenzie Family, The entire community of South Andros and many others too numerous to mention May His Soul Rest in Peace!

Friends may pay their last respects at Bethel Brothers Morticians & Crematorium, #44a Nassau Street on Thursday 5th October, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Cremation will follow.

Funeral Services for

Retired Corporal 90 Charles Thomas McKinney, 103

of Hillside Park and formerly of Wemyss Bight, Eleuthera, will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, 12th October, 2023 at St. Gregory’s Anglican Church, Carmichael Road. Officiating will be Canon S. Sebastian Campbell.

Charles was preceded in death by his wife: Juanita McKinney & daughter: Jacqueline Backford.

Left to cherish his memories are his Children: Stephanie McKinney-Rolle, Charles (Patricia) and Patrick (Emily) McKinney; Caretakers: Sophia Lightbourne, Kaytora Saunders RN, and Dr. Susana Campbell; Grandchildren: Enique Farrington, Endrenise (Kenrick) Babb, Eldira and Juan Mario (Sherrine) Backford, Antione (Alvadale), Jipco Thompson, Greer, Shovonia and Jermaine (Clouvis) McKinney and Patricia Johnson; Great Grandchildren: Trenique (Craig) Armbrister, Tre’ Farrington, Kaitlyn and Kaiden Babb, Aliana Thompson, Janaya Backford, Ghandi, Ghita and Ghannon Charlow, Caleb Forbes, Shiloh Albury, Ryan Jr. Gabrielle, Charmaine, Isis and Jermaine Jr. McKinney, Vanessa, Natishia and Kyle Johnson, Nieshia Jennings, and Tro’maya Rolle; Great-Great Grandchildren: Craig Armbrister III, Navardo Nairn, Vincent Gaitor, Ganae Ferguson, and Kambrie Deleveaux; Nieces & Nephews: Lydia Rahming, Carol Hanna, Ferlease Knowles, Margaret Larrimore, Mildred Young, Sibline Taylor, Cherryanne Gibson, Karon Clarke, and Winifred Thompson, Willard, Kelsey and Rudolph Williams, Andew, Anthony and Harry McKinney and Walter Gibson; Numerous Grand Nieces & Nephews including: Chief Superintendent Shanta Knowles, Laurane, Stacey, Tia Knowles, Vanria Culmer, Sheila Young, Nicole Brown, Donna Evans, Penny & Kim Ferguson, Chia Gibbs, Margo Bosfield, Tera Sweeting, Monique, Mary & Lisa, Lakeisha Smith, Donna Turnquest, Wanda Stuart, Greg Thompson, Henry Dean, and Tameko & Racquel Larrimore; Other Relatives & Friends: Marina McKinney, Trevor Whylly, Ken Butler, Elaine Thompson, Sandy Moss, Magdalene Sargeant, Rose Burton, Louise Sutherland, Kijana and Jali Thompson, Stephanie Poitier & Family, The Moxey Family, Annabelle Gibson, Janice Gibson, Ernestine Gibson, Evelyn Babb & Family, Christopher Gibson, Phil Cooper, Sybil Archer & Family, Janet Russell & Family, Lagloria Davis & Family, Joanne Miller, Ellen Adderley, Mr. Paul King & Family, Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Collie & Family, Ashtra Bain, Ava Cargill, Irene McKenzie, Mr. & Mrs. Pierre Dupuch & the staff of Executive Printers, Father Rodney Burrows, Judy Delancy & Family, Elaine Thompson, Hope Curry, Father Joseph Mycklewhyte, The Weymss Bight Eleuthera Family, The Mackey Street Family, The Hillside Park Family, The Management & Staff of Ty’s Place, The Royal Bahamas Police Force’s Retired Officer Association, The Judiciary of the Bahamas and the Office of the Attorney General; Neighbors: Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Burnside & Family, Mrs. Ada Miller & Family, Ms. Charlotte Wells, Mr. & Mrs. Colin Puckerin & Family, Ms. Paula Russell, Ms. Nathalie Ramsey & Family, Mrs. Agnes Cooper & Family and Ms. Gabrielle Wells; Special Thanks: Rev. Canon S. Sebastian Campbell & St. Gregory’s Anglican Church, Retired Chief Justice Joseph Strachan, Dr. Ross Downes and Staff, and Sophia Lightbourne.

May His Soul Rest in Peace!

Cremation was held

Neysa Heather Seymour-Miller, 54

of Sapphire Crescent, Treasure Cove, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, 5th October, 2023 at St. George’s Anglican Church, Montrose Ave. Officiating will be Archdeacon Kingsley Knowles.

Left to cherish her fond memories are her Mother: Gloria Seymour; Son: Alex Miller; Daughter: Ashlee Miller; Brothers: Alan Wallace Sr., Noel “Bran” Seymour (Tamara); Sisters: Jill Wallace, Nicole Seymour; Granddaughter: Amiyah Miller; Nephews: Alan Wallace Jr., Brandon Drew and Ryan Seymour and Nicholas Seymour-Capron; Niece: Alicia Wallace; Aunts: Joan Thompson, Thelma Knowles, Sandra (Sidney) Deveaux, Claris and Ilene Smith, Antoinette Seymour; Uncles: Cecil (Jan) Smith, Andrew (Marion) Smith, Fred “Boba” Mingo, Wesley Ingraham; Cousins: June Dawkins, Eartha Granderson, Joni Marchant, Julian Seymour and family, Juliette James and family, Leland and Yvonne Cash, Yvette (Tony) Romain, Andre (Cheryl) Seymour, Ronnie (Athena) Seymour, Lisa Knowles and Helen (Surace) Bhagwandin, Heather Thompson, Diana Mingo, Dena Hanna, Derek Knowles, Cathy, Lisa and Javaughn Deveaux, Kevin and Terrance Ingraham, Deidre (Nolan) Flowers, Shena, Castine, Ceciley and Alexander Smith, Requella, Elaine, Alexander Smith, Amanda Semedo, Monique Smith, Shericka Edilall, Ricky Knowles, Hope Shelly-Ann and Jerome Sawyer; Godmother-Paula Williams; Godbrother-Paul Roker; Other family and friends including: Paulette Rahming, Romiche Hepburn, Toni Seymour, Adrian Capron, Rose, Roshan, Corri and Peter Miller and family, Rose Thompson, Dien and Gizelle Bailey, Fabienne Bailey-Brown and family, Shirley Rodgers and family, Deion Smith, DeAndre “Vonnie” Hanna-Ingraham and family, Felix Coakley, Omar Stubbs, Gail Byer, Karla and Tina Knowles and family, Ryan Bethell, and the Queen’s College Class of 1985, Lybye Johnson, Georgette Dahl, Dean Robertson of Fort Lauderdale, FL, Dusty Vaughn Wilson, the family of the late Maria McKenzie, the family of the late Rowena Thompson, Jane Miller, Malik Kweben, Jeff and Gian Lightbourne, Josh Knowles, Keith Rolle, Sherea Sands, Annabel and Annae Rolle, Roger Simmons and family, Della Symonette, Jacqueline Wallace, Millie Cambridge, Bahamas Foam Products team, Clifford and Sonia Sands, Patrice Varga, the Treasure Cove community, Brien Miller, Michael Carey, Patrick Robinson, Khyle Kemp, Anthea Culmer and family, Jacqueline Wells and family Carvil Wallace and family, Emeril Ellis and family, Deborah Burrows-Bain, Queen’s College Class of 1983, Lodge St Michael 1634 SC, Lodge Eleutheran Adventurers 1816 SC, District Grand Lodge of The Bahamas SC, Jeff and Kayla Randall, Andy and Teri Bethell and family, Linguard and Lemoine Lockhart, Huey Duvalier, Yvette Johnson, Natasha “Jenise” Powell and Monique Robinson; Special thanks to: Dr Locksley Munroe and Mrs Munroe, The Cancer Society of The Bahamas, Christine Wong and the staff of Curry’s Pharmacy, Michael Meicholas and Wendy Newbold of HAZMAC Pharmaceuticals and Adrian Capron.

Please forgive us if your name was not mentioned; it was not intentional In lieu of flowers donations to be sent to The Cancer Society of the Bahamas May Her Soul Rest in Peace! Cremation was held.

Death Notices for

Miriam Amerita Symonette, 97

of Treasure Cove, died on Sunday 1st October, 2023.

She is survived by her, daughters: Marie Ann Gayle, Frances Thomas, and Rosemary Parker; sons: Michael, Lewis, Philip, and Peter Symonette; sister: Enola Burke; sister-in-law: Gloria Ward; 25 Grandchildren including: Nadia Storr and Nicholas Symonette; 22 Great Grand children; 3 Great, Great Grand children; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.

Michael Joseph Bruce Huyler, 74

Augusta Street, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Monday, October 2nd, 2023.

He is survived by his, wife: Deanne Huyler; children: Michaella, Mellony, Vanessa and Tiffany Huyler; 6 grandchildren; numerous sisters, brothers and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.

June Anne Farrington, 72

of Passion Drive, Eastwood Estates, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Sunday, October 1st, 2023.

She is survived by her, children: Stacy Farrington, Durell, Jason, Kino and Deriko Farrington; sisters: Brenda McKenzie, Jacquelyn, Debbie, Sherry and Karen Moxey, Renee Smith, Suzane Knowles and Gaylene Edwards; numerous grand children and a host of other relatives and friends

Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.

Brunetta Melvetous Evans, 94

of Sayle Street and formerly of Lowe Sound, Andros, died at her residence on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023.

She is survived by her, children: Dale Riley, Anginal, Charles and Tony Evans, Jerry and Reo Russell; sister: Susanna Russell; brothers: Bishop John Lewis and Rev. Alphonso Lewis; 22 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; 18 great great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends

Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date

Sean D. Pratt-L.F.D&E C.E.O

Funeral Service for

Correctional Corporal (CC) WILFRED WELLINGTON RUSSELL, 56

of Fox Hill Road, Nassau, Bahamas, will be held on Friday, October 6th, 2023, at 11:00a.m. at Church of God Auditorium, Joe Farrington, Nassau, Bahamas. Officiating will be held by Bishop Rev. Dr. J. Carl Rahming, J.P., M.O., F.D, Assisted by Other Ministers of The Gospel. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Gardens, Soldier Road, Nassau, Bahamas.

He is survived by his Mother: Carmetta Dorsett Russell; 2 Daughters: Brithnay and Wilfernique Russell; 4 Sons: Santanos, Dimaggio, Kashawn &; Treyvon Russell; Stepdaughter: Simone Clyde; Step Son: Renaldo Clyde; 2 Grandchildren: Ebony Gibson & Dimaggio Russell Jr.; Sisters: Michelle, Paulette Rolle, Marion (Rev. Paul) Thompson, Brenda (William) Percentie, Karen Black, and Melinda Black; Brothers: Dave Davis, Martin Davis, Mario Bastian, and Troy Black; Aunts: Mary Dorsett, Una Marshall, Whitlean, Gloria and Delcine Dorsett, Hortence and Barbara Bain, Louis Sarah Duncombe; Uncles: Hayward Dorsett Sr., Zachariah Dorsett, Prince, and Elston Bain; Nephews and Grand Nephews: Perry, Shane, Tario, Jamaio, Coya, Johnathan and Rashad Dorsett, Reginald and Brenton Johnson, Kaleb Rolle, Michael, Joenell Kelly, Devar, Raymond, Calvin, Joshua, Baron Davis, Mario Hudson, Mario Carey, Kiano, Shane Jr., Marvin, Perry Jr.; Nieces and Grand Nieces: Terrylee, Sharine, Vernita, Tequila Dottin, Joenell, Cheyenne, Danika Nottage, Seanrika, Lashanda, Brianna, Deanna, Danae,

Raven, Rena Hudson, Jade Kemp, Pauleisha and Monique Thompson, Paisley, Cheyenne Johnson; Cousins and Other Relatives Including: Jeanette Adderley, Ferron Delva, Glen and Gevaun Adderley, Jennifer, Ruby, and Wesly Peet, Hurmia, Margaret, Coria, Corey, Supt. Franklyn Dorsett, Insp. Manzel Dorsett, Willis, Kirklyn, Laniere, and Tarma Dorsett, Theadora, Lydia, Anthony, Loretta, Yvette, Amelia, Grace, Douglas, Ricky, Sheldon, Mychelle, Dario, Germaine and Elston Bain, Tiffany, Shirleymae, Shirley, Patrice, Hayward Jr., Shirley Dorsett, Shirleymae Dorsett, Kadeisha Smith, Anisha Morrison, Kadijah, Kalia Musgrove and Jeffrey Saunders and family Friends Including: Ida Saunders & Family, Sonia Adderley &Family, Ms. Retta & Family, Diana Ward & Family, Sheniqua & Family, Idamae &; Family, Paula & Family, Vicky & Family, Vera Strachan Duncombe & Family, Elizabeth Hanna & Family, Dellarese Smith & Family, Brenda Taylor & Family, Susan Strachan & Family, Keno Tate Sr. & Family, Lisa Smith & Family, Sheena Deveaux & Family, The Bahamas Department of Correctional Services, Pastor Petty and Family, The Riverside Church Family, Pastor J. Carl Rahming and Family, Progressive Baptist Church Family, Glen Adderley Sr., Evelyn Paige & Family, The Culmer Family, The Hudson Family, Isabel Miller & Family, Louise King Family, The Rolle Family, The Fox Hill Community, Crestwell Knowles & Family, Rt. Hon. Fred Mitchell, Machelle and Theresa Clyde & Family, Eileen Colebroke & Family, Michelle Musgrove & Family, Leta Bain & Family, Neka & Family, Kayleisha Russell & Family, The Management & Staff of Drift & Out Island-BahaMar, Kimberley Ferguson & Family, The Carey Family, Jennifer Stuart & Family, Mr. Kendrick Christie and family.

We do apologize if any names were left out.

May His Soul Rest in Peace!

Please forgive us if we inadvertently excluded your name. We thank everyone for your prayers and support during this time.

Relatives and friends may pay their last respects in the “Rudolph Pratt Memorial Suite” at Amethyst Memorial, #534 East Street South (opposite Fresh Auto Car Lot) on Thursday October 5th, 2023, from 11:00a.m to 6:00p.m.

Due to current Government regulations in respect of Covid-19, masks and social distancing are required and will be strictly enforced.

Funeral Service for Fabian Oscar Rahming, 55

of #12 Rahming’s Drive, Bernard Road, who died on Monday, September 18th, 2023, will be held on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Anselm’s Parish, Bernard Road, Fox Hill Officiating will be Fr. Noel Clarke. Interment will follow in St. Anselm’s Cemetery, Bernard Road, Fox Hill.

He is survived by his, Wife: Rochelle Rahming; Children: Antonio Rahming (Charvari), Natazia Rahming-Nottage (Rambo), Tredia and Tyra Rahming, Tanoya Gaitor, Tremayne Gaitor and Travis Gaitor (Deandra); Grand children: Alejandro, Aamir, Adonis and Nazario Rahming, Elijah Belle, Javardo B. Strachan Jr., Travissa, Tre’mayne, Trenae Gaitor; Sister: Joyann Rahming-Smith; Brothers: Michael Rahming of Miami, Fl., Rev. Dr. Nicholas Rahming, Shayne Rahming, Alvardo Rahming, Ray Sunstrum; Aunt: Barbara Cooper; Mother-In-Law: Ethel-Lee Lockhart; Sisters-In-Law: Jessica Rahming, Daphne Rahming, Helen Rahming, Dr. Lorraine Rahming, Dora Sunstrum, Paulette Lockhart, Renee Rahming; Brothers-In-Law: Michael Smith Sr., Keith Lockhart, Osbourne Lockhart Jr., Oral Rahming Sr., Stanley Knowles; Nieces & Nephews: Sophia and Phoenicia Smith, Shanice Smith, Dr. Inga Smith-Pratt, Yoshi Forbes, Damonia Sands, Precious, Charlotte, Lewanda, Chandice, Candice Mikela Rahming, Hawatha Weathers, Lashanette Blash, Eddie Blue, Eric, Denisko, Michael Tyrone (Crystal), Michael Jr., Michael III, Alvado Jr., Van Jr., Jermaine, Andre, Marvin (Tae), Terry, Valentino, Devario, Deniro (Denaire), Inspector Jason Fernander, Jaylen and Jayvon Fernander, Jayquadin, Richenza (Rona), Michael Jr., and Miguel Smith, Natika, Dhani and Janique Sumstrum, James Weathers, Wilfred Pratt, Benjamin Forbes, Garth Sands, Roston Reckley, Shane Rahming Jr. (Tonya), Basil Rahming (Maria), Haddassa Rahming (Eugene), La’shawn Rahming (Rahneisha), Shnario Rahming, Neveah Smith, Noel Smith-St. Claude, Lashane, Skylar, Shannandor, Quan, Nathan and Ethan, Rishawn, Nova Rahming, Geno, Eugene, Niya, Keisha Neely, Devin Rahming, Shoshanna (Jared) Lewis, Jade and Jaden Smith, Shanko, Khiz, Khiteria and Shamar Smith, Aaliyah, Alona and Alveaha Rahming, Dana, Noel and Trinity Pratt, Devonte Sands, Bella Forbes, Jason Darling, Jaliyah Darling, Simone Rahming-Clarke, Mia Bowe (Dustin), Whitney Rahming, Janae Knowles, Omria Miah, Omara Miah, D’hari Bowe, Maison Clarke, Myles Clarke, Oral Rahming (Walterez); Cousins: Lynda Demeritte and Family, Wayne and Marion Edgecombe and Family, Judy Knowles and Family, Wendy (Leonard) Bain and Family, Donnell Musgrove and Family, Denise (Dudley) Saunders and Family, Natasha (Kiplin) Rolle and Family, Monique (Raymond)

Johnson and Family, Alexia Edgecome, Alice Bonamy and Family, Patrice Cooper and Family, Keith (Virginia) Curry and Family, Insa (Eldridge)

Frith and Family, Charlotte (Clarence I) Brice and Family, Sheldon (Lolita)

Johnson and Family, Sheri, Pat and Randy Wilson and Family, Cynthia

Khan & Family, Judy Deveaux and Family, The entire Robinson Family, The entire Basden Family, Family of The Late Doris Lottmore, Patricia Belle and Family, Hannah Major and Family, Family of The Late Patricia Adderley and Family, Family of The Late Violet Rox, The Arthur’s Family, Dr. Nicholas Fox And Family, D’arcy Rahming and Family, Tyrone Miller, Aunt Alice And Family, Family of The Late Violet Sweeting and Family, Thelma Deveaux and Family, George Deveaux and Family, Robert and Barbara Gaines and Family, Dorothy Seymour, Shayane Strachan, Gwen Bain, Randy, Rashad and Ramon Nottage, Wendy Farrington, Marcel Sands, Family of The Late Veronica Hamilton, Shirley Bonamy and Family, The Family of The Late Godfrey and Carmetta Basden, The Family of The Late Rudy Basden, Rickey and Wanda Lee Bonamy & and Family, The Hon. Keith Bell and Family, Monica Edgecombe, Sylvia and Carol Edgecombe, William Rahming (U.S.A), Robert Rahming; Other Relatives and Friends: Michael and Idina Kelly Iris Smith, Wynton Smith And Family, Rudy Smith and Family, Lisa Smith, Gerald German, Austina Smith-Knowles & Family, Rosalee (Gigi) Strachan, Jewelann Bethel, Frances Armbrister & And Family, Ava Thompson, Austina Clarke, Ollie Tynes, Hubert & Roxanne Chipman, Beatrice Strachan, Ingrid Farrington, Jeffrey Strachan, David Cooper (East End, G.B.), The Entire Rahming’s Court Family Including Theadore, Sid and Thoy Rahming, The Edgecombe’s, Floyd and Jessie Samuels, Shirley Marshall and Family, Sylvia Sands and Family, Davano Belle and Family, Lillith Knowles and Family, Dr. Jacinta & Dwight Higgs and Family, Veronica Hutchinson & Family, Maxine Ritchie, The Hon. Michael Pintard, Leader Of The Fnm and Official Opposition, Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis, Former Prime Minister, Hon. Hubert Ingraham, Former Prime Minister, Mrs. Jaunnianne Dorsett Former MP., Fox Hill and Family, Ms. Shonnel Ferguson, Former MP. Fox Hill, Mr. John Pinder, The Officers and Members Of The Fox Hill Fnm Association, Especially, Lillian Flowers, Lorna Newbold and Family, Prescola Hall, Sasha Burke, Dr. Jackie Knowles, Denise Dorsett, The Entire Fox Hill Community, Earl Thompson II, Judy McPhee, Telsine Sands, Sonja Arthur and Family, St. Anselm’s Catholic Church Community, The Kiwanis Club of Fox Hill, The Honorable Fred Mitchell, Rev. Dr. Carl (Vandeline) Rahming and Family, The St. Paul’s Church Family, Bernard Road Family, The National Insurance Board, Eileen Bain and Family, Joe and Jade Adderley, R.M. Bailey Class Of 1985, The Bahamas Harvest Family, Dwayne Adderley, Jean Fertil, Agnes Cash and Family, Maria Demeritte and Family, Mary Dean, Brian Adderley, Monica Adderley, Leonard Leadon, Kevin Rolle, Pat Deane and Family, Drucilla and Christina Moss and Family, Van Culmer and Family, Barbara Pratt and Family, Lynette Thompson, Wellie Oleander and Family, Terez and Joseph Curry, Larry and Rosie Higgs, Van Culmer and Family, Asa Thompson.

Friends may pay their last respects at the Free National Movement Headquarters, Mackey Street on Thursday from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., again at East Sunrise Mortuary #183 Baillou Hill Road & Cordeaux Avenue from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday and again at the church from 1:00 p.m. to service time on Saturday.

Please visit our website: www.eastsunrisemortuary.com to share your memories and condolences with family and friends.

Funeral Service for Levi Gerome Wilson, 82

of Barbados Street, Golden Gates #2, who died on Monday, September 11th, 2023, will be held on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at The Church of God of Prophecy, East Street Tabernacle. Officiating will be Bishop Dr. Elgarnet B. Rahming, Bishop Kendal C. Simmons and Pastor Scott W. Wilson. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens, John F. Kennedy Drive. He is survived Children: Michael Wilson, Pastor Daphne [Pastor Philip] Simmons, Minister Delpha [Deacon Devon] Rhiney, Tracy [Psalmist Michelle] Wilson, Pastor Scott [Minister Crystal] Wilson, Denise Wilson [Toya Wood], Arnold Gardiner, Keiysha Wilson, Annmarie Stubbs and Percy [Tamara] Darville; Grandchildren: Sean, Gregory Jr., Diego Sr., Levi Jr., Giovaughn, Trevon, and R’mari Wilson, Kevon Rhiney, Selvin Shaw, Arnold Gardiner Jr., Shannon Davis, Foster Russell, Courtney, Ashleigh, Bethany [Maleka], and Logan Simmons, Diashanel, La’Delpha, Devonique and Nadreka Rhiney, Anishka Wallace, R’yanna, R’yelle and Neka Wilson, Lavaughnia and Tamiyah Darville, Jodi Lewis, Markel Hield, Arianna Shaw, Bobbett Gardiner, Keshaunda and Kedesha McKenzie, Khristen Davis, Erica Smith, Brentonyke and Christinah Hield; Great Grandchildren: Jabari, Diego Jr., Deshawn, Zakai, and Azeik Chavez, Kai’El, Malique, Ethan, Chase, Delano, Makelle, Mia, Malaya, Malani, Tayla, Caia, Ta’naya, Chani’yah, Marvinique; Sisters: Arlene Wilson, Arabella Tinker, Eulamae Patton; Sisters-In-Law: Peggy Taylor, Gwendolyn Thompson, Rev. Andrea Taylor, Linda Pinder, Machelle [Desmond] Sands, Vandora Johnson, Ceeney, Butcher, Glenda Wildgoose; Brothers-In-Law: Mr. Larry Allen of Cleveland Tennessee, Bertie [Joan}, Edward, Peter, Bill, Quentin Lorenzo and Gavin Carey; Nephews and Nieces: Maxine {Bernard] Bethel, Julian, Sharese [Carlton] Bowe, Ken [Andrea] Swan,Tia {Kenny] Smith, Dwight [LaTonia] Tinker, Robert [Anya] Tinker, Adrian Tinker, Charis Tinker, Raquel [Kevin] Huyler, Kiesha, Delta Bullard, Marlin, Mervin, Noctorra Robinson, Smith, Willesha Penn, Diego, Tammy, Kenya [Stephan] Gibson, Bishop Terrance [Sandra Taylor, Kenisha, Bentley, Carnell, Shemeka, Peter Jr., Bianca, Lathea Carey, Spicer, George Johnson, Edward Jr., Elevetta, Shantell Ricardo, Virgil, Philistine, Gina, Shamicka, Lawrence, Dr. Deanna, Desiree, Demetria, Jamaal, Tino, John; Grandnephews & Grandnieces: Tennyson Tinker, DJ, Dario, Devette [Chesmond and Maddison] Finley, Kimberley Pinder & Family, Laverne, Kierra, Mrs. Monique Gibson & family, Mrs. Marcita Ranger, & family, Savannah and Sienna Tinker, Keisha Davis, & Harmony Kelly; Aunt: Dorothy Burns and Family; A Host of Other Family & Relatives: All of the descendants of Julia & Alfred King: Japhet (Maudline) King, Loretta (John) Stubbs, Eleazer (Jessiemae) King, & George Ervette King (all deceased), Pearline King, Harrison King, Wellington [Naomi} King, Sabrina Miller, Henrietta King, Michelle Gibson & their families; Rev. Alfred & Pamela Stubbs, Abraham & Precina Stubbs, Francina Cleare & their families; Idel McIntosh, Estelle King, Rosemary Smith, Nathaniel King, Daniel King, Ezra King, David King, Altameze King & their families; All the children of Elmada Stubbs (deceased) Yvonne Stubbs-Rolle, Zendel, Geno

Charles Stubbs, Perry Stubbs, Jeffrey Deveaux, Denise Lewis, Minette Stubbs Darling & their Families. Michael King, Ricardo King & their families, The Simmons family, Delfa Sinclair & Family, Sis. Peggy Butler & family, Dorothy Butler & Family, Lakatia & Don Gibson, Chryshawnda Adams, Laquianne Simmons, Scharone Cefort, Angelique & Tristan Miller, Cheryl & Charles Moree, Myrtis Oliver, Min. Mrs. Fredricka Hield, Mrs. Agnes Glinton & family, The Darville’s, George Henfield & Family; Sis. Patricia Humes & the entire family of Clayton [deceased] and Rosabel Wilson, Rosie Adderley Wilson of Long Island, The entire Stubbs family, The Cat Island Association, The descendants of Sonny & Rainy Dean: Mrs. Audrey Johnson-Gibson, William Deno Dean, Junior Rolle, Cedric [Lonnie] Rolle, Annamae (Grant) Cambridge, Charles Pinder & their Families; All the children of the Late Pastor Leroy & Hazel Carey, and William & Terecita Carey (deceased), the entire community of Hatchet Bay Eleuthera; Mrs. Dora and the staff at VG’s Restaurant; Mrs. Sainia Davis, and Ms. Jillian Foster, Jamaica & their Families; Arthur & Minerva Higgs & Family, Mr. George Henfield & Family, Sis. Culmer, Mr. Deveaux {Ice Cream Distributor}, Mr. Mark Stevens, all patrons of Rolex Ice Cream Enterprise, throughout the length and breadth of New Providence; Civic Friends Including: Rt.Hon. Philip Brave Davis (P.M.), Hon. Pia Glover Rolle M.P. for Golden Gates, Hon. Cynthia ‘Mother’ Pratt, (Governor General) Mr. Shane (Jacquline) Gibson (Former MP), and the entire Progressive Liberal Party. His PLP; Ministers: Lucille Adam and Family, Berthamae Gardiner, Minerva Higgs Norris and Jacinth Williams and Family, Angelique [Tristan] Miller, Terry Walters & Family, Chesmond & Min. Devette Finley; Pastors: Chesley and Sis. Debbie & Family, Cecil & Sis Princess Knowles & Family, Barry Morris & Family, Kirk Staurt & Family, Frank Williams & Family, Terrance Forbes & Family, Yvonne & Edmond Bullard & their Family {Canada}, Pastors at Deliverance Tabernacle including: Lealyn Cargill & family, Kendrick Knowles & family, Christine Richard & family, Dorethea Stubbs & family, Rosie McPhee & family, Alaretha Bethel & family, and Reann King & family; Bishops: Bishop Brice and Teacher Elvira Thompson and Family, Bishop Elgarnet [late Jacqueline} Rahming & Family, Bishop Dr. Franklin & Dr. Rovena Ferguson & Family, Bishop and Sis. Rudolph Bowe & Family, Bishop Dr. and Sis. Woodley Thompson & Family, Bishop Julian and Sis. Johnson & Family, Bishop and Sis. Branson Gibson & Family, Bishop and Sis. Hulan Hanna & Family, Bishop Anthony Roker & Family, Bishop and Sis. Gersham Pratt & Family, Bishop and Sis. Ghaly Swann & Family, Bishop Kendal Simmons & Family, Bishop Jeffrey and Sis Knowles & Family, Bishop Mark and Pastor Iona Knowles & their Family (Deliverance Tabernacle). Staff and students at: C. V. Bethel Senior High, H. O. Nash Junior High, Carmichael Primary, Temple Christian Schools and Carlton E. Francis Primary School; The Ministry of Tourism: Community of Barbados Street, Golden Gates 2; The Staff at PMH - A&E- (Nurses Ms. Albury and Mr. Johnson (Godchild), and Male Medical Ward 1; Church of God of Prophecy Marshall Road - City of Worship and the wider Church of God of Prophecy Family; Deliverance Tabernacle; The Staff at East and Sunrise Mortuary; The Staff at Lakeview Cemetery and Mausoleum; and others too numerous to mention. If you’ve read the booklet and your name or picture you cannot find, please charge it to our head and not our heart!

Friends may pay their last respects at East Sunrise Mortuary #183 Baillou Hill Road & Cordeaux Avenue from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday and again at the church from 9:00 a.m. to service time on Saturday

Please visit our website: www.eastsunrisemortuary.com to share your memories and condolences with family and friends.

Funeral Service for Emil Livingstone Pople, 80

of William Dean Highway, Berry Islands, who died on Tuesday, September 26th, 2023, will be held on Friday, October 6th, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at Church of God of Prophecy, Seven Hills. Officiating will be Pastor Kirk A. Stuart Sr., assisted by Bishop Kendal Simmons and other ministers of the gospel. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens, John F. Kennedy Drive.

He is survived by his loving and dedicated wife of 45 years: Mildred Pople; Children: Earilee Coleby, Rose Marie (Jocenell) Jean and Arlington Sands; Grandchildren: Caelyn Pierre, Khalil Coleby, Latia Daley, Roberto & Shamir

LaRoda: Son-in-law: Karel Coleby: Nephew: Kevin Hanna; Nieces: Eltoy (Brent) Lockhart, Lucine (Steven) Lindsay, Charmaine Pople, Sancha (Oscar) Pinder and Erica (Romauld) Ferreira; Cousins: The Most Reverend Drexel Gomez & Family, Dr. Michael Perry Gomez & Family, Minister Dr. Barbara F. Brennen-Williams & Family, Anthony Gomez & Family, John Gomez, James Gomez, Jerome Gomez, Veronica & Anita Gomez & Family, His Excellency Paul Gomez & family, Julian Gomez & Family, Pamela Gomez and Family, Jenevieve Gomez & Family, Louise Ritchie & family, Linda & Jackie Gomez, Eloise Roberts (Joel) & family, Roxanna Ferguson, Sheila Bethel & family, Florinda Bowe & family, Elaine Gomez & family, Patrick Gomez & family, Kim Gomez & family, Glenn Gomez & family, Keith Gomez & family; Brothersin-law: Pastor Edward (Nelda) LaRoda & Pastor Clint (Wendy) LaRoda; Sisters-in-Law: Margaret (Redwin) Johnson, Doris (Donald) Cash, Patsy Burrows and Gracy (Franklin) Thomas; Other Nephews and Nieces: Tamika (Edmund) Wells, Charlene (Roland) Knowles, Rodney (Rochelle) LaRoda, Lavan (Steadman) McKenzie, Franklyn LaRoda, Velderine LaRoda, Lynden (Georgina) LaRoda, Valarie (Simeon) Murphy, Karen & Melinda LaRoda, Ryan (Misty) LaRoda, Pastor Kirk A. (Jacqueline) Stuart Sr, Dr. Arnette Stuart, Berthia (Joseph) Knowles, Bernard (Zelma) Sawyer, Sharon (Curtis) Wildgoose, Bernardo (Rasheada) Rolle, Brent Rolle, Jacent (Brittnany) Rolle, Dawn (Cleophas) Burrows, Demarius Cash, Ian Cash, Kenritto (Samantha) Burrows, Kendera (Leonardo) Danville, Charmair, Cal, Cadassah & Cardena LaRoda and Wynsome Cash, Martin Fox and Brenda Fox; Other Relatives and Friends: The Church of God of Prophecy Bahamas Leadership - National Overseer Bishop Dr. Franklyn & Minister Dr. Rowena Ferguson, District Overseer Berry Islands, Bishop Nathaniel Jr. & Eulease Beneby, Former District Overseer Bishop Hulan & Valerie Hanna & Pastor Jennifer Roberts and Members of the Church of God of Prophecy Great Harbour Cay, The Family of the late Bishop Nelson Ferguson (Former District Overseer Berry Islands; Bishop Arnold & Vernita Josey & Family, Honourable Leonardo Lightbourne, The Free National Association of North Andros and The Berry Islands, The Family of the late Leroy Pople & Family, Mrs. Cooliemae Francis & Family, Mrs. Ellen Gibson & Family, Mr. Lawrence Rolle & Family, Mrs. Lilimae Rolle & Family, Ms. Carolyn Winder & Family, Associate Minister Christine Saunders and Family,

Dorothy Rolle & Family, Terrence & Malester Winder & Family, The Family of the late Valance & Robertha Dean, Mr. Tony Curtis & Family, Mrs. Barbara Coleby & Family, Minister Beverly Dean & family, Deacon Dirk & Lay Minister Ronnette McAuley, Deodat & Rohini Ramkissoon, Genevieve MacIntosh & Family, Ellabee Rolle & Family, Zelma Albury & Family, Charles LaRoda & Family, Captain Clotaire Pierre, The Communities of Bullocks Harbour and Great Harbour Cay, Berry Islands, The descendants of the Pople and Gomez Families of Berry Islands, The descendants of the LaRoda, McIntosh and Russell Families of Grand Bahama and Abaco, The Wallace, Dean, Brennan & Pinder Families of Berry Island. We the family of the late Emil Pople apologise if your name was inadvertently omitted from the obituary. We acknowledge and appreciate everyone who have contacted us or provided assistance. Thank you for your understanding

Friends may pay their last respects at East Sunrise Mortuary #183 Baillou Hill Road & Cordeaux Avenue from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday and again at the church from 9:00 a.m. to service time on Friday.

Please visit our website: www.eastsunrisemortuary.com to share your memories and condolences with family and friends.

Death Notice for Ret. Cpl. 1317

Brenton Trevor Cornelius Charlton Sr., 55

of South Beach Estates, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Friday 22nd September, 2023.

He is survived by his Wife: Raphaleta Gladys Charlton; Children: Brenton Jr. (Lashonda), Brandon, Bethany and Breanna Charlton; Mother: Francis Darling; Step-mother: Ruth Charlton; Grandchildren: Blair, Bailee, Bree and Jour’nee Charlton; Siblings: Laverne Charlton, Siobhan Charlton-Johnson, Zalman. Vincent, Vynaska, Vynique and Winston Charlton and Nieoka Deveaux; Aunts: Maude “Penny” Cuffe, Albertha Smith, Julia Nottage, Lottie Williamson, Bernice Munroe, Blanche Deveaux and Namette Darling; Uncle: Anthony Butler; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Please visit our website: www.eastsunrisemortuary.com to share your memories and condolences with family and friends.

Funeral Service for LYVARDO JOHNSON, 39

of Montell Heights, who died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Sunday, 3rd September, 2023, will be held at Bible Truth Ministries, Martin Close, off Cowpen Road, on Saturday, 7th October, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Bishop Rev. Dr. Lockwood K. Deleveaux, assisted by other Associate Ministers will officiate. Interment will follow in Southern Cemetery, Cowpen & Spikenard Roads.

Left to cherish his memories are his, Daughter: LyvartiniqueEmpress, Keisha Johnson; Mother: Emma Jane Johnson; Sisters: Joycelyn Johnson-Brown, Thomascene Johnson-Collie, Melissa Williams-Moss, Alexis and Frederica Williams, Johnaca and Johneik Rolle; Brothers: Apostle Elvin Sands and Fredrick Williams; Sistersin-Law: Prophetess Lovan Sands; Brothers-in-Law: Rico Brown, Kenwood Collie and Romane Moss Sr.; Aunts: Doreen Johnson, Uris Coakley, Dianna Pinder, Pamela Burnside, Ruth Moss, Odette Bain, Janet Gomez, Loise, Charlene, Melrose, Ethel, Alice, and Ellie Rolle; Uncles: Hosea, Levi, Bircel and Dennis Johnson, Joseph, Hubert, Simeon, Cornelius, Samuel and Isaac Rolle; Aunts-in-law: Gwendolyn Johnson, Verdell and Nazel Johnson, Medleo Brown; Grand Aunts: Earlene Williams, Doreen Darling, Nelemae Ferguson; Grand Uncle: Franklyn Ferguson; Numerous Nieces including: Antonique Whylly, Anwarnique Smith, Kennise Collie, and Tameka Masena; Nephews: Anthony Whylly II, Jarid Whylly, Rio Brown, Kenwood Collie Jr, Romane Moss Jr and Khamani Wright; Grand Nephews: Anthony Whylly III and Ja’mari Turner; Other Relatives: Stephanie Johnson-Bullard, Samantha Ferguson, Tamica McPhee, Charlesetta, Omar, Astra, Ayden and Amari Rolle, Cyprianna McPhee-Ferguson, Dominique, Destyni, Brooklyn, Dianca, Deon, and Dencil Coakley, Natasha, Nekishna, Levan, Lakishna Johnson, Wentworth, Nicara, Anita, Vaughn, Derek, Crystal, Deandra, Deidra, Birchenell, Bircel Jr., Bertram, London, Dennis Jr., and DeAngelo Johnson, Lisa Deleveaux, Marcus Seymour, Milton, Kyle, Sasha, Kelsey and Theo McPhee, Enith, Perry, Luther Moss, Eneas and Ronald Johnson, Ivy and Amanda, Kay, Ann, Edward, Reds, Terrell and Taneil, Angelo Morley, Shanice Woodside, Craig Jr., and Craijuan Spence, Jessica Newbold, Ashton and Ethan Newbold, Shaquon Moss, Lashantae and Louquesha Roker, Charles Gibson, and Shantisha Johnson; Numerous friends including: Pastor Ellison and

Lady Lelia Greenslade, Bible Truth Ministries Family, Bishop Lockwood K. Deleveaux and Rev. Florence R. Deleveaux Hillside Missionary Baptist Church Family, Candice Nixon and Family, Mario Butler and Family, Chris Munnings and family, Lakeisha Woodside and Family, K.F.C. Family, Gunite Pools Family, the Moxey Family, the Montell Heights Family and The Bowe Family.

Relatives and friends may pay their respects at Grace Funeral Home, #36 Rosetta Street on Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Saturday at the church from 1:00 p.m. until service time.

Death Notice for STEEVENS “Joe” COLAS, 27

of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and formerly of Haiti, died in Ft. Lauderdale on Wednesday, 20th September, 2023.

He is survived by his, Mother: Avila Almeus; Step-father: Tony Medielus; one (1) Sister: Landcy Colas; one (1) Brother: Judson Desauguste; three (3) Nieces: Annayca Acilien, Ashnna Sait-cyr and Cheniya Dolce; two (2) Nephews: Landsley Sait-cry and Lucky Dolce; one (1) Aunt: Margaret Almeus; two (2) Uncles: Steevens and Avrilson Almeus; Special Friend: Valyndria Fenelus; numerous cousins and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.

Funeral Service For

Roselaine Ceus, 41

Derek Basden and family, Natasha Campbell and family, Kerlande Williams and family, Monique Lubin, The Carmichael Road Burger King Family, Richandra Thompson, Katie and family, Mrs. Edna and family, Tishka Paul, Dukens Sagille, Attis and family, Ketly Brave and family, Janet and family, Jilldon and family, Wisner Delva and other relatives and friends.

If we inadvertently omitted your name or listed it incorrectly, please forgive us in our time of bereavement.

Viewing will be held at St. Ambrose Funwral Home, #34 Arundel Street, New Providence, The Bahamas on Friday, 6th October, 2023 from 10:00 a.m - 6:00 p.m. and again at the church on Saturday, 7th October, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. until service time.

Death Notice For Baby Girl

a resident of All Saints Way off Golden Isles will be held at Ebenezer Haitian Baptist Church, Lazaretto Road, Carmicheal Road, New Providence, The Bahamas on Saturday, 7th October, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Offciating will be Pastor Laurent Papouloute assisted by other ministers of the Gospel. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens and mausoleum, John F Kennedy Drive, New Providence, The Bahamas.

She is survived by her mother: Mariela Ceus; father: Vertue Dereus; brothers: Cpl. 3202 Jocelyn Ceus Sr., Markenson Ceus, Odin Valbrun (Haiti), Bernard Dereus (Haiti); sisters: Silfcia Ceus, Jeanty Levanette (Haiti), Rose-Kerline (Miami), Dieudonne and Marie-Verante Dereus (Haiti); sister-in-law: Nurse Thera Seymour Ceus; brother-in-law: Voguel Blaise Excellent; nieces: Derricka Basden, Monica, Diandra and Madison Ceus, Nadine Joseph Excellent (Haiti), Shaira Pètion (Haiti); nephews: Jocelyn Ceus Jr., Anthonio Calix, Roodjensly Leclere (Haiti), Ralph, Ralphendje and Jackson Valbrun (Haiti), Essaie Pètion (Haiti); grand niece: Jayleigh Ceus; grand nephews: Blaisensky and Blaisensky

Excellent; uncles: Louis Syphrin, Mintor Dereus (Ft. Lauderdale), Eluis and Allison Siffrain (Haiti), Celica Milien(haiti), Edouard Saint-Louis (Haiti); aunts: Silvanie, Silfacia, Francilia Siffrain (Haiti), Rosanna Norelus; Cousins: Alberth Richard (Miami), Melvin, Vida, Vanessa, Eliana, Cepadieu and Larry St. Louis (Ft. Lauderdale), Bodora, Willy, Rode Andy, Jn Michael, Andro Marc Edward Jr., Elise Elisena St. Louis, Frank and Paulix Ferdinand, Liveta, Telusma, Nervie, Millias, Luckenson, Rony and Erdia Siffrain (Haiti), John, Kelly, Guytember, Judner, RoseKerline, Roberson, Eniste and Michael Joseph (Haiti), Luckny Blanc, Pèguy Boyer; other relatives and friends including but not limited to the following: Luzette LaFrance and family, Madam Charite and family,

D’naysia Zyrai Melan Kemp, 3 days old

a resident of Faith Avenue North, Hamster Road, Maize Court died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Saturday, 30th September, 2023.

She is survived by her parents: Melissa Butler and Deniro Kemp; sister: Z’niyah Kemp; grandparents: Erica Butler/ Samuel Butler, Melva & Edgar Kemp; aunts & uncles: Rolly, Eric & Tyra Butler, Samuel, Joshua & Davonte Butler, Joshua Knowles, Edgar Jr., Tariq & Makai Kemp; great grandparents: Bradley & Yvonne Johnson, Beryl & Effort Kemp other relatives & friends too numerous to mention.

Funeral arrangements are being fnalized and will be announced at a later date.

Funeral Service For

(Abaco)

Lofton Cardinal Davis, 74 affectionately called “Shark”

a resident of Murphy Town, Abaco, The Bahamas will be held at Bethany Gospel Chapel, Murphy Town, Abaco, The Bahamas on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Offciating will be Bishop Livingston Williams Jr. assisted by other ministers of the Gospel. Internment will follow in the Murphy Town Public Cemetery, Murphy Town, Abaco, The Bahamas.

He was predeceased by his wife: Barbara “Bobbymae” Davis.

Left to cherish his memories are his sons: Ricardo, Timothy, Jerome, Clinton and Marco Davis; daughters: Angela Davis Lewis and Deborah Stuart; son-in-law: ASP Eddison Lewis; daughters-inlaw: Cleopatra and Emily Davis, Nekita Simmons, Bridgette Wallace; aunts: Cleola Sawyer, Edith Clarke, Leotha McDonald; godmother: Ena Swain; step children: Livingston Lewis, Patrice Cooper, Nadia and Georgette Roker; brothers: Prince, Hank (Sophia Penn) and Terrance Davis, Fritz Bootle; sisters: Gwendolyn Penn, Wently Reckley, Ruth Davis and Norma Burrows; brothers-in-law: Eustace Penn, Howard Burrows, Haziel Reckley, Cecil, Leslie and Herbert Lewis and William Taylor; sisters-in-law: Loretta Simms Paul), Tracy Davis, Mary Lewis and Deborah Bootle, Lillian Jones, Deloris Lightbourne, Kathleen Grant, Jennymae Lewis and Shirley Storr; grandchildren: Theadorsha Simms (Ashley), Bianca Lowe (Mikhil Adderley),Brent Lowe Jr., Zaria Rolle, Eddison Lewis Jr., Favour Stuart, Darril Jr. (Kellee), Cayan, Christian, Marcus Davis, Zyon Bain Davis, Marckito, Malia, Tammy,Timothy Jr., Tameko, Timmanique and Leanna Davis, Ja’Mya, Ja’Tayja and Arianna Davis, Ashton Albury Jr., Aliyah Roker, Lavon Lewis, Lashanda Linden, Ronald Lewis Toney, Rashad Lewis, Rashae Lewis, Rashelle and Ronique Cooper, Gorman Butler, Lavonte Roker, Donnie DQ Hanna, Lashawntae Francis, Deneko Bain, Kendal and Kenya Forbes; great grandchildren: Angelia Major, Mikhil Adderley Jr., Zavion Pritchard, Michai Adderley, Kaden Davis, Leon Davis, Lameir Davis, Aiyden Moore, Ambernique Roker, Darya and Ariyah Lewis; nieces and nephews: Quincy and Kareem Penn, Rhonda Eldon, Tamika McDonald (Terrance McDonald), Rex (Misty), Steve and Errol Davis, Quinshikka McKinney (Howard Smith), Ashron and Eronique Williams, Terrance Jr. and Hank Davis Jr., Howard “Milton” (Lendricka “Dreaky” Scott) and Taja Burrows, Fredrica, Talia and Leota, Ashney (Donado Cash) and Anishka Davis, Sherishka Middleton, Olympia Davis, Henrietta Middleton, Geraine Williams, Johniska Swain, Sterano McKenzie (Audrey), Gerald Swain (Nicky), Elvina Simms, Fritz Bootle Jr. (Azuredee), Wes Bootle, Ahmad (Tassie), Anwar and Bjorn Bootle, Wendy Curry (Damalus), Marva Archer (Carl), Annouska Rolle (Sholan), Shaquita Stubbs, Aletha “Lynn” Williams (Travis), Patricia Stuart (Dwayne), Indira Rampersad (Ryan), Pamela Lightbourne, Rodney Wilson, Dwight Lightbourne (Indira), Dwayne Lightbourne (Mary), John Lightbourne (Kay), Kaylecia Storr (Christopher), Leno Carter, Dennyca Miller, Kevin Lewis, Donnell Mitchell, Orjiann Meadows, Trevor and Chad Lewis, Anisha Bethell, Josepthe and Patrico Grant (Veliante), Kenyetta (Leslie), Latoya, Leslia and Leslie Lewis, Shantel Lewis, Lashanda Hepburn (Vida), Nadia Dorsett (Lester), Lamont, Leonardo, Feliciano and Romano Lewis, Rosemary Bridgewater, Bethsheba Jones, Adriana Pickstock, Beatrice Young, Edirenda Jones, Ilene Perry, James Lowe, Wentworth and Marvin Sears; cousins: Felemease Sawyer, Gelita Sawyer, Margaret Moore, Sharon Lloyd (Robert), Robert “Bob,” Walter, Emalin, Floyd, Dennis, Randy & Angelo Sawyer, Clint Sawyer (Erlis), Al Sawyer, Carlos & Craig Sawyer, Dorothy Rolle, Kim Reckley, Christine Bullard, Barbara Castillo, Sabrina Sawyer, Gail Walker, Anita Turnquest, Patricia Cornish, Margaret McDonald, Elease Thervil, Sheryl

Mills, Patrice Simms, Geleta Reckley-Elzera, Julie Wallace, Pastor Alvin Laing, Jonathan Parker, Livingston Cornish, Robert Lloyd, Lennie & Troy Dawkins, Alexander “Zander” Stuart, Elgie Reckley (Jestina), Cleveland Dawkins (Judy), Sylvia Baxter Washington (Francis Sr.), Majorie Swain (Patrick), Ellavease “Ella” Hield, Lenora Heild, Mahalia Heild, Lisa Meadows, Crystal Douglas (Jarod), Tony Heild (Crystal), Bernard Heild (Gertrude), Roxaleta Parker, Verna Stuart, Sherry Davis, Missick Davis, Nancy Bain, Charles Davis (Erica), Vaughn Davis, Johnny Davis, Deidre Smith, Leslie Stuart, Patricia Clarke, Lisa Moss, Donna Lowe, Misty Pinder, Timothy Clarke, Vernita and Margaret Reckley, Grace Aranah, Dornell Swain, Desmond Swain, Carolee Johnson, Juliet Cornish, Sarah Audrey, Priscilla, Alonzo, Eugene, Derek and Joel Dawkins, Ettajane Culmer, James Davis, Barry Davis, Lillian Laing, Aaron Virgil and Jermaine Davis, Weldon Davis, Violet Davis Heild, Rodney “Baker” Davis, Daniel, Jason, Elizabeth and Gilbert Davis and Oswald McBride; godchildren: Patricia Gomez-Dawkins, Shenell Curry and Wade “Manager” Archer; care taker: Shakeria Potier; and a host of other relatives and friends including: Nelson Reckley, Iva Duncombe and family, The Knowles Family of Freeport, Birdie Newbold and family, Viola Newbold and family, Indiana Bain and family, Linda Mills and family, Henry Jr. and Brenda Davis, Oscar Pinder, Rogerick Strachan and family, Sherman Swain, John “Gum” Simms, Sheila Simms, Gloria Mills, Marguerite, Clyde and Scott Davis, Sandra, Joy, Cecile, Helen and Sylvan Davis, Glen, Gary, Patrick and Tanya McDonald, Vangie McIntosh and Romona Bethel, Wenter McDonald, Emma Dawkins, Gwen Carey, Rochelle Brice, Mildred “Millie”, Henly and Vandike Dawkins, Jefferson, Jahleel and Jade Simmons, Salathiel Swain and family, William Swain and family, Dudley Stuart and family, Edimae, Helen and Barbara Davis and family, Sylvia, Udean, Natasha and Shanell Swain, Hudson Simms and family, The Simms family of Murphy Town, Neville Stuart and family, Minalee Bodie and the entire Bootle family, Cubell Davis and family, Veronica “Princess” Stewart, the entire Murphy Town Community, Cornish and Williams family from Blackwood, Parkers family from Fox Town, Sawyers and Sands family from Coopers Town, the Cancer Society, Nurses and Doctors of Princess Margaret Hospital and other friends and relatives too numerous to mention.

Viewing will be held at Bethany Gospel Chapel, Murphy Town, Abaco, The Bahamas on Friday, 6th October, 2023 from 10:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m. and again at the church on Saturday, 7th October, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. until service time.

(Eleuthera)

Death Notice For Henry Mackey, 70 affectionately called “Ace”

a resident of Waterford, South Eleuthera, The Bahamas and formery of Kemp Road, New Providence, The Bahamas died at his residence on Monday, October 2nd, 2023.

He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 43 years, Merville Mackey; 3 daughters: Sophia Mackey, Theresa Mackey, Vernica Mackey-Brown; 7 grandchildren: Amya, Valecia, Demonica, Veranique, Chiernique ,Dwaneshia, Demarles; 2 brothers: Cedric Mackey and Phillip Gibson; 3 sisters: Judy Mackey, Maxine Mackey-Gibson, Donna Russell, numerous nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.

Death Notices For

Sidney Knowles, 71

Robert Joseph Rigby, 54 affectionately called “Bobby”

of #69 Frobisher Circle, Freeport, Grand Bahama and formerly of Simms, Long Island, died at the Rand Memorial Hospital on Sunday, September 24, 2023 in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas.

He is survived by hi daughters: Darlene and Sonia Knowles and Sypreanna Knowles Brooks; sons: Sibbron and Torry Knowles; sisters: Virginia Knowles Gray and Mildred Knowles Roberts and many other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.

Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.

of Hanna Hill, Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama died at the Rand Memorial Hospital on Monday, September 18, 2023.

He is survived by his loving and devoted wife: Jewelene Edwin Missick-Rigby; sons: Robert Jr. and Juwan Rigby; daughters: Dr. Bonita and Aaliyah Rigby; mother: Jessie Rigby; mother-in-law: Jewelene Ewing Missick; fur-baby: Willow Rigby; brothers: Anthony (Donna), Chesney (Christine), Dr. Giovanni (Torrel) Rigby; sister: Jacqueline (Mark) Crawford; brothers-in-law: Llewelyn (Rev. Judith), Lovie, Newton (Violet), Arthur (Dericka), Anthony (Bridgette), Timothy, Lloyd and Eve Missick; sistersin-law: Princess Musgrove (Kevin), Altermize Russell (Benson), Rosita, Keyshia Missick and Chantay Rigby and other relatives and friends.

Funeral arrangement will be announced at a later date.

TWO BAHAMIAN GOSPEL ARTISTS WIN BIG AT PRAYZE FACTOR AWARDS IN ATLANTA

By CARA HUNT cbrennen@ tribunemedia.net Tribune Features Writer

It was indeed a time of praise for Landlord and Big Bruh as the two gospel artists recently each won a Prayze Factor Award in Atlanta, Georgia.

Clifford Riley, who uses the stage name Big Bruh, was awarded the Vanessa Clark Trailblazer Award.

It is named after Bahamian gospel artist Vanessa Clark who passed away earlier this year following a long illness.

The award is given to gospel artists who are blazing a trail in the gospel music industry internationally, despite extenuating circumstances.

Big Bruh took to social media to express his gratitude and excitement for the honour.

“All praise to the Most Highest for His favour towards me. And big shoutout to Orlando Miller, aka Landlord, for his continual support of me; and the Prayze Factor Awards for hosting such an awesome event for an indie artist and others in the gospel music industry,” he said.

“To my two beautiful daughters, A’sia and Amiah Riley, thank you for being my source other than the Most Highest for the

encouragement to keep on pushing. To Vanessa Clarke’s family, may her soul rest in peace and the legacy of her works continue to be a source of strength for others to follow.”

Orlando Miller, better known as Landlord, won the International TV Host of the Year Award.

“I felt really, really good; coming from humble beginnings to just being there in Atlanta in a category with so many TV hosts and CEOs. To be considered is a great opportunity and also winning is a great opportunity,” he told Tribune Religion.

“We are doing the same things, but all of us have the most respect for each other in all that we do. And so even though many of them did not win that category, they still appreciate what I bring to the table and I appreciate to the table.”

Another award for a Bahamian artist was posthumously given to the family of the late Trinity Rolle from Grand Bahama.

Founded and produced by Apostle Dr Teresa Jordan, who is affectionately known as ‘Pastor T’, the Prayze Factor Awards present a platform specifically and strategically formatted to bring maximum exposure to the inspired artists movement.

The Prayze Factor Awards are designed to expose

faith-based arts on a national/ international level with major market radio, television and industry exposure.

Those nominated should be artists who are seriously looking to gain more exposure, increase their fanbase and make their music/ministry more relevant in the gospel and inspirational industry.

This is a fan-driven platform, so artists will be required to engage their fans in voting, commenting and promoting their ministries.

While this is a friendly awards competition, organisers said it is important that artists utilise the platform to draw those that are unaware of their ministry to the table where they can not only experience the ministry but experience the realness of Christ.

There are three rounds during each period of the Prayze Factor promotions. Each round is designed to accomplish the aforementioned goals for the artists. Nominees will be afforded several opportunities for promotions of their ministries, opportunities to engage their fans and opportunities to show their nation’s strengths.

To maximise the full potential of this platform, artists must be in the frame of mind that God deserves their very best every step of the way and without excuse, the organisers said.

ORLANDO MILLER, better known as Landlord, won the International TV Host of the Year Award.

CLIFFORD RILEY, who uses the stage name Big Bruh, was awarded the Vanessa Clark Trailblazer Award.

TOURISM OFFICIALS HONOURED BY EXUMA CHURCH

By ALESHA CADET Tribune features Writer acadet@tribunmedia.net

The Ebenezer Union Baptist church family in Farmer's Hill, Exuma, along with its pastor, Rev Stephen Smith, hosted members from the Ministry of Tourism in honour of a special Tourism Day service.

Under the theme, "Tourism and Green Investments”, the service was attended by Charity Armbrister-McKenzie, Tourism Director of Cultural and Authentic Events in Exuma.

“She said that her team thought it fitting to pause for time of thanksgiving because God has been so good. She thanked Pastor Smith for a warm welcome,” said Vanessa C Smith, Ebenezer public relations representative

At the service, Ms Armbrister noted that as part of the body of Christ, Ebenezer plays an integral role in the community of Exuma.

Ms Armbrister further stated that tourism is the country's largest industry and serves as the chief pillar of the economy, generating some 60 percent of the nation's employment. It has also made

the Bahamas into a first-class destination.

“Visitors love our beaches, our culture and of course our people. Over seven million people visited the Bahamas last year and we are well on track to achieving eight million. In 2022, Exuma welcomed 8,458 visitors, representing an over 30 percent increase for the last five years,” said Ms Armbrister. Additionally in attendance were Tourism coordinator Tamika Rolle, officer Lashanna Rolle, senior executive Michelle McKenzie, administrative assistance Shazarah Bootle, senior executives Arielle McKenzie and Yamali Harris-Rolle, as well as Island Administrator Earl Campbell.

The team visited the L N Coakley and George Town Primary Schools to make tangible presentations. They also participated in a live talk show on 98.3 The Blaze FM during the week.

Rev Smith and the Ebenezer family provided locally made treats including coconut cakes, coconut tarts, cornbread and fruit cocktails to the Tourism team, freshly made by Stacey's Sweet Tooth and Wildred and Melda Ferguson of Fergie's Kitchen.

This Christian text you’ve never heard of, ‘The Shepherd of Hermas’, barely mentions Jesus − but it was a favourite of early Christians far and wide

By CHANCE BONAR Tufts University

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CONVERSA-

TION) People usually think about the Bible as a book with a fixed number of texts within its pages: 24 books in the Jewish version of the Bible; 66 for Protestants; 73 for Catholics; 81 if you’re Ethiopian Orthodox.

Writings that didn’t make it into the Bible, on the other hand, are often called “apocrypha,” a Greek term that refers to hidden or secret things. There are hundreds of apocryphal Jewish and Christian texts that, for one reason or another, were not included in different versions of the Bible. Some simply fell out of use. Some caused theological headaches for later Jews or Christians, and some were rejected because of their author –for supposedly not having really been written by an apostle, for instance. (When used with a capital “A,” Apocrypha refers to a handful of books included in the Catholic and Orthodox versions of the Old Testament, but not most Protestant ones.)

Just because a text was deemed apocryphal, however, does not mean that it was unpopular or lacked influence. Many texts that are treated as unimportant or unbiblical today were considered central at one time. As a scholar of early Christianity, some of my research centers on what was once an extremely well-read text, but one that most people today have never heard of: The Shepherd of Hermas.

Enslaved to God

The Shepherd of Hermas was written sometime between 70–140 CE and takes place on the road between Rome and Naples. Hermas, who is presented as the text’s author and narrator, has various encounters with two divine figures called the Church and the Shepherd, who give him commandments and visions that he is instructed to share with other believers.

The Shepherd is a sizable text – 114 chapters long – and substantial portions describe a vision of a tower under construction. The tower represents the church itself, in the sense of all Jesus’ followers, built out of stones that represent different types of believers. Some fit right in, others must be reshaped or recolored, and some are rejected altogether. For example, stones representing rich people or businessmen are urged to repent, while hospitable people are portrayed as properly shaped.

Other parts of the text are focused on how believers should manage their emotions, how to act ethically in the world and how to obey God’s will.

The Shepherd urges selfcontrol and fear of God, trying to instill obedience and avoid allowing emotions like fear or doubt to overcome believers.

My own research on the Shepherd focuses on how the text depicts believers as enslaved to God, as is true of some other early Christian literature as well. The writer imagines that God’s holy spirit is able to enter loyal believers’ bodies and possess them, urging them to do what God wills.

Notably, figures like Jesus and the apostles are virtually absent from the Shepherd. Instead, readers find a story about an otherwise unknown enslaved man named Hermas experiencing visions and talking with divine beings in the Italian countryside. Hermas is portrayed as a believer who doubts his own ability to accomplish what these two divine figures, the Church and Shepherd, expect of him, lamenting throughout how difficult it is to follow God’s commandments.

‘Useful for the soul’

Given that the Shepherd is a long, rambling

as far west as Ireland and as far east as China.

The Shepherd is even included in what scholars consider one of the oldest and most complete Bibles in the world. Canonical Christian Bibles today end with Revelation, a dramatic book of apocalyptic visions. The Codex Sinaiticus, however, a fourth- or fifth-century manuscript now held at the British Library, ends with the Shepherd. The text’s inclusion in such an expensive, deluxe codex highlights how important the text was to many Christians, even as the contents of the New Testament were being solidified.

Many significant Christian writers from the fourth and fifth centuries comment on how the Shepherd is important instruction for new Christians, regardless of whether it was considered part of the formal Bible.

required deeper philosophical knowledge, like the Gospel of Truth or Gospel of Judas, may have been ideal for some Christians who had access to more education. But texts that make bite-sized claims – like “don’t think about another man’s wife” (Shepherd 29:1), “rid yourself of grief” (Shepherd 40:1), or “believe that God is one” (Shepherd 26:1) – are easier for readers to carry with them and apply to everyday decisions in their lives.

The word “canon,” referring to texts that get a seal of approval from authorities, comes from a Greek word for a measuring stick: which books “measure up”? In religious communities, the idea of “canonical texts” can be especially limiting, determining what believers can or can’t read or believe.

text that doesn’t explicitly mention Jesus, you might assume that it was only read by a small number of early Christian theologians. This, however, isn’t the case.

The Shepherd became one of the most popular texts among Christians for the first five centuries C.E. Even today, there are more surviving manuscripts of the Shepherd from antiquity than of any New Testament text except for the Gospels of Matthew and John.

The visions were translated from Greek into Latin, Coptic, Ethiopic, Arabic and Georgian. Eventually, the text spread

Even figures who did not include the Shepherd among New Testament texts thought it was too important to be discarded. The book was too important to ignore, but too odd to be considered biblical: part of a halfway category that biblical scholar François Bovon called “useful for the soul.”

An open Bible

As the Shepherd helps demonstrate, whether a religious text is included or excluded from the Bible is not necessarily an indicator of its popularity or significance.

While scholars often lament that the Shepherd is boring, pedantic or too long, its style likely made it ideal teaching material for early Christians. Esoteric texts that

Apocryphal literature, however, allows us to see how that wasn’t always the case: Ancient Christians didn’t think they were bound to the same specific set of stories that churches focus on today. The long history of reading apocrypha shows how some Christians have always been interested in reading the “Bible with the back cover torn off” – continually exploring religious ideas. -

THE SHEPHERD of Hermas, or the Good Shepherd, third century, Catacombs of Rome.

Pope Francis opens a big Vatican meeting on the church’s future and says ‘everyone’ is welcome

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press

POPE Francis said the Catholic Church needed to be rebuilt to make it a place of welcome for “everyone, everyone, everyone,” as he opened a divisive meeting on the future of the church that has sparked hope among progressives and alarm among conservatives.

Francis presided over a solemn Mass in St Peter's Square to formally open the meeting. But he warned both camps in the church's culture wars to put their “human strategies, political calculations or ideological battles" aside and let the Holy Spirit guide debate.

“We're not here to create a parliament, but to walk together with the gaze of Jesus," he said.

Rarely in recent times has a Vatican gathering generated as much hope, hype and fear as this three-week, closeddoor meeting, known as a synod. It won’t make any binding decisions and is only the first session of a two-year process. But it nevertheless has drawn an acute battle line in the church’s perennial leftright divide and marks a defining moment for Francis and his reform agenda.

On the table are calls to take concrete steps to elevate more women to decision-making roles in the church, including as deacons, and for ordinary Catholic faithful to have more of a say in church governance.

Also under consideration are ways to better welcome of LGBTQ+

Catholics and others who have been marginalized by the church, and for new accountability measures to check how bishops exercise their authority to prevent abuses.

Even before it started, the gathering was historic because Francis decided to let women and laypeople vote alongside bishops in any final document produced. While fewer than a quarter of the 365 voting members are non-bishops, the reform is a radical shift away from a hierarchyfocused Synod of Bishops and evidence of Francis’ belief that the church is more about its flock than its shepherds.

The opening Mass and seating arrangements made that clear: The lay participants led off the processional into St Peter's Square, followed by the vested clerics, suggesting their primacy of place. Inside the synod auditorium, laypeople sat at round tables alongside cardinals and bishops, rather than in the upper back row of the Vatican's audience hall as in previous synods.

“It’s a watershed moment,” said JoAnn Lopez, an Indian-born lay minister who helped organize two years of consultations prior to the meeting at parishes where she has worked in Seattle and Toronto.

“This is the first time that women have a very qualitatively different voice at the table, and the opportunity to vote in decision-making is huge,” she said.

In his homily, Francis recalled that his namesake

St Francis of Assisi, whose feast day is celebrated Wednesday, also faced divisions and tensions in his lifetime and responded with prayer, charity, humility and unity when he was told: “Go and rebuild my church."

“Let us do the same!” Francis said. “And if God’s holy people with their shepherds from all over the world have expectations, hopes and even some fears about the synod we are beginning, let us continue to remember that it is not a political gathering, but a convocation in the spirit; not a polarised parliament, but a place of grace and communion.”

He repeated that theme during the first working session of the synod and laid out the ground rules for participants, confirming a media blackout of the meeting. Francis called for a “fasting of the

banner at a piazza nearby reading “Ordain Women.”

Lopez, 34, and other women are particularly excited about the potential that the synod might in some way endorse allowing women to be ordained as deacons, a ministry that is currently limited to men. The issue is on the agenda, and delegation from Lopez' group, Discerning Deacons, was in Rome for sideline events.

For years, supporters of female deacons have argued that women in the early church served as deacons and that restoring the ministry would both serve the church and recognize the gifts that women bring to it.

claiming that Francis’ reforms are sowing confusion, undermining the true nature of the church and all it has taught over two millennia. Among the most vocal are conservatives in the US.

On the eve of the meeting, one of the synod’s most outspoken critics, American Cardinal Raymond Burke, delivered a stinging rebuke of Francis’ vision of “synodality” as well as his overall reform project for the church.

public word" to allow for free debate without the glare or pressures of media coverage.

“More than speaking, the priority is listening,” he said.

Women have long complained they are treated as second-class citizens in the church, barred from the priesthood and highest ranks of power yet responsible for the lion’s share of church work — teaching in Catholic schools, running Catholic hospitals and passing the faith down to next generations.

They have long demanded a greater say in church governance, at the very least with voting rights at the periodic synods but also the right to preach at Mass and be ordained as priests or deacons. Before the opening Mass got under way, advocates for women priests unfurled a giant purple

Francis has convened two study commissions to research the issue and was asked to consider it at a previous synod on the Amazon, but he has so far refused to make any change.

In his homily opening the synod, Francis said such “preconceived” ideas had no place in the gathering. But repeating his new mantra about the church as a place of welcome, he said “tutti, tutti, tutti” must be allowed in: Everyone, everyone, everyone.

The potential that this synod process could lead to real change on previously taboo topics has given hope to many women and progressive Catholics and sparked alarm from conservatives who have warned its call for radical inclusion of LGBTQ+ people could lead to schism.

They have written books, held conferences and taken to social media

“It’s unfortunately very clear that the invocation of the Holy Spirit by some has the aim of bringing forward an agenda that is more political and human than ecclesial and divine,” Burke told a conference entitled “The Synodal Babel.”

In the audience was Cardinal Robert Sarah, who along with Burke and three other cardinals had formally challenged Francis to affirm church teaching on homosexuality and women’s ordination before the synod.

In an exchange of letters made public Monday, Francis didn’t bite and instead said the cardinals shouldn’t be afraid of questions that are posed by a changing world. Asked specifically about church blessings for same-sex unions, Francis suggested they could be allowed as long as such benedictions aren’t confused with sacramental marriage.

SOUTHERN African Catholic Bishops’ Conference Communication Officer Sheila Pires poses in front of the Vatican. She was invited to take part in the most recent synod of bishops.

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BIRDS, WORMS, RABBITS: FRANCIS OF ASSISI WAS SAID TO HAVE LOVED THEM ALL – BUT TODAY’S PET BLESSINGS ON HIS FEAST DAY MIGHT HAVE SEEMED STRANGE TO THE 13TH CENTURY SAINT

By MARY DZON Associate Professor of English, University of Tennessee

(THE CONVERSATION) Each year, if you happen to be in New York around October 4, you may catch sight of something unusual: a whole menagerie of animals being welcomed into the Cathedral of St John the Divine, from spaniels and parrots to even the occasional camel or cow.

Since the end of the 20th century, it has become more and more common in the United States for animals and their human companions to be blessed on or around the feast of St Francis of Assisi. The focus is usually on pets, though St John the Divine’s Episcopal service is especially spectacular, with all kinds of creatures participating in a liturgy that includes a procession into the sanctuary, followed by blessings of individual animals outside.

What would Francis have thought? It’s hard to say – though he wasn’t a fan of his fellow friars keeping pets. But as a scholar of medieval Christianity, I see a long history of people looking to Francis and other Catholic saints as models of caring for all creatures within creation.

Not just Francis

Outdoor blessings of animals have been documented in Rome for at least a century, too – but on January 17, the feast of St Anthony the Abbott, who lived in Egypt in the third and fourth centuries. A number of saints, in fact, can be associated with modern-day blessings.

Anthony, a hermit who lived in the desert, was

not known to have been friendly with animals in the way that Francis was. Yet kindly lions dug a hole for Anthony so he could bury the body of the holy hermit Paul, then licked Anthony’s hands and feet, “begging for his blessing,” according to the account by St Jerome.

Medieval iconography commonly portrayed Anthony with a companion pig, stemming from the fact that a medieval religious order named after him bred pigs to feed people in need. The creatures wore bells and were permitted to roam free in the streets to forage.

A well-behaved group of animals, including two pigs, is gathered before Anthony Abbot in a miniature attributed to the Master of St Veronica, a German painter in the early 15th century. Here the saint holds up his hand as if to bless the kneeling people behind him, as well as the reverent animals in front.

Another saint associated with animals, and known to have blessed them, is Blaise, a bishop of Sebaste.

An influential 13th century collection of saints’ lives, “The Golden Legend,” recounts that Blaise took refuge in a cave to avoid persecution under the Roman Emperor Diocletian. There, “[b]irds brought him food, and wild animals flocked to him and would not leave until he had laid hands on them in blessing. Moreover, if any of them were ailing, they came straight to him and went away cured.”

A Russian icon dating to the 15th century shows Blaise seated on a throne above a gathering of animals, some of whom look up to him in awe.

‘The sweetness of his love’

So why is it that Francis, the founder of the Franciscan religious order, became associated with animals in America? He has long been considered the patron saint of ecology, and bird-bedecked statues of the 13th century saint are often featured in gardens.

Many early texts about Francis speak of his intuitive connection with and concern for animals, especially those he associated with Jesus: lambs, not surprisingly, but also the worm, which reminded him of Christ’s humility.

Today’s most popular story about the Italian saint’s interactions with animals was also the most popular in the Middle Ages, judging from the surviving iconography: his preaching to the birds.

Francis’ first biographer, the Franciscan brother Thomas of Celano, relates that once when Francis was traveling, he came

a trap, caressed it “with motherly affection,” and the creature kept coming back.

Love animals – within limits

The relatively small number of surviving texts that Francis himself wrote reveal his thoughts about the myriad creatures around him. In his wellknown “Canticle of the Creatures,” a song in Italian that praises God and celebrates the beauty of creation, Francis professes a familial relationship with everything in nature, most famously “Brother Sun” and “Sister Moon.”

is essentially left in their keeping.

According to “The Little Flowers of Saint Francis,” a compilation from the 14th century, “Brother Wolf” lived for two years in Gubbio after his lifechanging encounter with the saint: “he tamely entered the houses, going from door to door … and he was kindly fed by the people.” As far as the people were concerned, he was a living embodiment, almost a relic, of the “virtue and holiness of Saint Francis.”

across a “great multitude of birds” and ran toward them. After he greeted them and saw that they didn’t fly away, he was filled with joy and he proceeded to preach a sermon to them, in which he told them they should praise their Creator. After mingling with them, he blessed them and made the sign of the cross, then “gave them permission to fly off.”

Francis likewise exercised gentle authority when he chided “shrieking and chirping” swallows in Alviano, Italy, as he was about to preach to people gathered there: “My sister swallows, now it is time for me also to speak, since you have already said enough.” The swallows duly complied.

Thomas of Celano’s biography of Francis goes on to describe how “even irrational creatures recognized his feeling of tenderness toward them, and sensed the sweetness of his love” – as when he released a rabbit from

Not as well-known is Francis’ “Earlier Rule,” which he wrote to provide guidelines for his friars. Since their purpose in life was to spread the gospel in strict imitation of Christ, especially his poverty, Francis insisted that they not ride on horses or keep companion animals.

As I have learned from my research, this is a standard practice for early Christian and medieval ascetics. Keeping animals was seen as distracting, even frivolous, and risked drawing affections away from God. While Francis seems to have had more than enough love to share, he did insist that most of the animals he interacted with go free.

The haloed wolf

But perhaps Francis was not as opposed to pets as it may seem. Today, probably the second-most well-known story about Francis and animals is the tale of the wolf of Gubbio. After the saint establishes a pact of peace between the hitherto ravenous wolf and the previously terrified townspeople, the wolf

A 19th century painting by Luc-Olivier Merson provides a fascinating depiction of the wolf, endowed with a golden halo. He is seen placidly getting food from the butcher, as he stands on his doorstep, while a cat looks on and a little girl strokes his back.

While Francis and his fellow friars did not embrace the idea of pets, he did promote harmony among animals and humans, making him a fitting source of inspiration for blessings today. As religion scholar Laura Hobgood-Oster has noted, it is remarkable that the many animals gathered in St John the Divine for over two hours each year behave so well. Perhaps they sense the sacred and are attracted to the Franciscan ideal of harmony: all members of creation, joyfully coming together to praise God.

THE OLDEST surviving depiction of St. Francis is a fresco near the entrance of the Benedictine abbey of Subiaco (12281229)

Pope suggests blessings for samesex unions possible in response to five conservative cardinals

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press

VATICAN CITY (AP)

— Pope Francis has suggested there could be ways to bless same-sex unions, responding to five conservative cardinals who challenged him to affirm church teaching on homosexuality ahead of a big meeting where LGBTQ+ Catholics are on the agenda.

The Vatican on Monday published a letter Francis wrote to the cardinals on July 11 after receiving a list of five questions, or “dubia,” from them a day earlier. In it, Francis suggests that such blessings could be studied if they didn't confuse the blessing with sacramental marriage.

New Ways Ministry, which advocates for LGBTQ+ Catholics, said the letter “significantly advances" efforts to make LGBTQ+ Catholics welcomed in the church and “one big straw towards breaking the camel’s back” in their marginalisation.

The Vatican holds that marriage is an indissoluble union between man and woman. As a result, it has long opposed gay marriage. But even Francis has voiced support for civil laws extending legal benefits to same-sex spouses, and Catholic priests in parts of Europe have been blessing same-sex unions without Vatican censure.

Francis’ response to the cardinals, however, marks a reversal from the Vatican’s current official position. In an explanatory note in 2021, the Congregation for the

Doctrine of the Faith said flat-out that the church couldn’t bless gay unions because “God cannot bless sin.”

In his new letter, Francis reiterated that matrimony is a union between a man and a woman. But responding to the cardinals’ question about homosexual unions and blessings, he said “pastoral charity” requires patience and understanding and that regardless, priests cannot become judges “who only deny, reject and exclude.”

“For this reason, pastoral prudence must adequately discern whether there are forms of benediction, requested by one or more persons, that do not transmit a mistaken conception of marriage,” he wrote. “Because when a benediction is requested, it is expressing a request for help from God, a plea to be able to live better, a trust in a father who can help us to live better.”

He noted that there are situations that are objectively “not morally acceptable.” But he said the same “pastoral charity” requires that people be treated as sinners who might not be fully at fault for their situations.

Francis added that there is no need for dioceses or bishops conferences to turn such pastoral charity into fixed norms or protocols, saying the issue could be dealt with on a caseby-case basis “because the life of the church runs on channels beyond norms.”

Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Ministry, welcomed

the pope's openness.

"The allowance for pastoral ministers to bless same-gender couples implies that the church does indeed recognise that holy love can exist between same-gender couples, and the love of these couples mirrors the love of God," he said in a statement. “Those recognitions, while not completely what LGBTQ+ Catholics would want, are an enormous advance towards fuller and more comprehensive equality.”

The five cardinals, all of them conservative prelates from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, had challenged Francis to affirm church teaching on gays, women’s ordination,

the authority of the pope and other issues in their letter.

They published the material two days before the start of a major threeweek synod, or meeting, at the Vatican at which LGBTQ+ Catholics and their place in the church are on the agenda.

The signatories were some of Francis’ most vocal critics, all of them retired and of the more doctrinaire generation of cardinals appointed by St. John Paul II or Pope Benedict XVI.

They were Cardinals Walter Brandmueller of Germany, a former Vatican historian; Raymond Burke of the United States, whom Francis axed

as head of the Vatican supreme court; Juan Sandoval of Mexico, the retired archbishop of Guadalajara; Robert Sarah of Guinea, the retired head of the Vatican’s liturgy office; and Joseph Zen, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong.

Brandmueller and Burke were among four signatories of a previous round of “dubia” to Francis in 2016 following his controversial opening to letting divorced and civilly remarried couples receive Communion. Then, the cardinals were concerned that Francis’ position violated church teaching on the indissolubility of marriage. Francis never responded to their

questions, and two of their co-signatories subsequently died.

Francis did respond this time around. The cardinals didn’t publish his reply, but they apparently found it so unsatisfactory that they reformulated their five questions, submitted them to him again and asked him to simply respond with a yes or no. When he didn’t, the cardinals decided to make the texts public and issue a “notification” warning to the faithful.

The Vatican’s doctrine office published his reply to them a few hours later, though it did so without his introduction in which he urged the cardinals to not be afraid of the synod.

Washington National Cathedral replaces windows honouring Confederacy with stained-glass homage to racial justice

By PETER SMITH Associated Press

THE landmark Washington National Cathedral unveiled new stained-glass windows last week with a theme of racial justice, filling the space that had once held four windows honouring Confederate Generals Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson.

The new windows depict a march for justice by African Americans, descendants of the very people who would have remained in slavery after the Civil War if the side for which the officers fought had prevailed.

The cathedral had removed the old windows after Confederate symbols featured prominently in recent racist violence.

The dedication service was attended by many clergy from the Washington area's historically Black churches, as well as leaders of social justice organizations. The prayers, Bible readings and brief speeches were interspersed with gospel music and spirituals, as

well as the contemporary song, “Heal Our Land.”

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, read excerpts from the Rev. Martin Luther King' Jr's “Letter from Birmingham Jail” from 1963.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” she read from King's famed message while jailed in Alabama. “The goal of America is freedom. ... We will win our freedom.” A week earlier, she had spoken at the 60th anniversary of Birmingham church bombing that killed four young Black girls.

The new windows, titled “Now and Forever," are based on a design by artist Kerry James Marshall. Stained glass artisan Andrew Goldkuhle crafted the windows based on that design.

In the new work, African Americans are shown marching — on foot or in a wheelchair — from left to right across the four windows. Some march in profile; some directly face

the viewer with signs proclaiming “FAIRNESS” and “NO FOUL PLAY.” Light floods in through the sky-bright panes of white and blue above the figures.

Marshall, who was born in Birmingham in 1955, invited anyone viewing the new windows, or other artworks inspired by social justice, “to imagine oneself as a subject and an author of a never-ending story is that is still yet to be told.”

The setting is particularly significant in the massive neo-Gothic cathedral, which regularly hosts ceremonies tied to major national events. It is filled with iconography depicting the American story in glass, stone and other media. Images range from presidents to famous cultural figures and state symbols.

But the Lee and Jackson windows “were telling a story that was not a true story,” according to the Very Rev Randolph Marshall Hollerith, dean of the cathedral. They were installed in 1953

and donated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy,

The windows extolled generals fighting for a cause that sought to “enshrine slavery in our country for all time,” Hollerith said.

He added: “You can't call yourself the National Cathedral, a house of prayer for all people, when there are windows in there that are deeply offensive to a large portion of Americans.”

The cathedral has accompanied the window replacement with a number of public forums discussing the legacy of racism and how monuments were used to burnish the image of the Confederacy as a noble “Lost Cause.”

The new windows will also be accompanied by a poem by scholar Elizabeth Alexander, president of the Mellon Foundation. The poem “American Song” will be engraved beneath the windows.

“A single voice raised, then another,” it says. “We must tell the truth

about our history. ... May this portal be where the light comes in.”

Alexander said in an interview Friday that the poem referred both to the literal light from the windows, which she said beautifully illumines the surrounding stonework, and the figurative light that “enables us to see each other wholly and in community.”

The setting is important in a sanctuary that is also “a communal space, a space that tourists visit, a space where the nation mourns,” Alexander said.

“The story (the windows) tell is one of collective movement, of progress, of people struggling and asserting the values of fairness for all."

The old windows' removal followed the use of Confederate imagery by the racist gunman who massacred members of a Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, and by marchers at a 2017 far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that ended with a counterprotester's death.

The original windows, complete with Confederate battle flags, had depicted Lee and Jackson as saintlike figures, with Lee bathed in rays of heavenly light and Jackson welcomed by trumpets into paradise after his death. Those windows are now stored by the cathedral.

The cathedral also is the seat of the Episcopal Church’s presiding bishop and Diocese of Washington.

The bishop of the diocese, the Right Rev Mariann Edgar Budde, joined Hollerith in delivering opening remarks at the dedication.

Hollerith recalled the decision to remove the Confederate windows.

“They were antithetical to our call to be a house of prayer for all,” he said, adding, “There is a lot of work yet to be done.”

LIGHT shines through new stained-glass windows with a theme of racial justice during an unveiling and dedication ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral for the windows.

Photo:Nick Wass/AP