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John Melbourne Burrows

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Funeral Service for John Melbourne Burrows, age 64 years of Elizabeth Estates, formerly of Hard Bargain, Long Island, will be held on Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at St. James Native Baptist Church, St. James Road. Officiating will be Rev. Dr. Michael C. Symonette, assisted by other ministers of the gospel. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Gardens, Soldier Road.

Left to cherish his memories are his wife: Esther Bain-Burrows; children: Shanique, Marcus and (Marguerite) Burrows, Quinda and (George) Cunningham, John Nicholas Burrows and Sandhia Musgrove; stepchildren: Ralph Daxon, Patricia and (Rudolph) Taylor and Lester and (Portia) Bain; grandchildren: Nier Cunningham, Mia Burrows and Tré Bain; sisters and spouses: Iva Nixon, LaGloria Smith, Hazel (Earl) Lightbourne, Beatrice Burrows, Melvina (Carlos) Major, Eulie Scott and Frederica (George) Cartwright; brother: Claudius Burrows; sisters and brothers-in-law: Curlean Gibson, Frances Rahming, Helen Cash, Anna Penn, Kathy (Eric) Longley, Ethlyn Bain, Wendal (Carolyn) Bain and Egbert (Shirley) Bain; nieces and nephews: Shadrack, Stephen, Ricardo, Carlton, Livingston, Dino and Hubert Smith, Nicola Allridge, Keith, Scott and John Nixon, Frederica Thompson, Christine Ferguson, Llewelyn and Lilla Smith, Travell Lightbourne, Meg Burrows-Adderley, Marilyn, Elvis and Rodney Burrows, Natasha and Krista Major, Adele Wells, Claudius II, Claudius III, Cecelly, Cristal and Curlisa Burrows, Lowree Tynes, Lowrett Powell, Daniel, Donny and Danelle Burrows, Delworth, Alban and John Gibson, Arlene Horton, Janet and Jerome Johnson, Jane and Andrew Major, Michelle and Dwayne Swaby, William and Constance Rahming, Patrick and Paulette Rahming, Caroline and Dion Demeritte, Diann Hanna, Elvin and Diann Hanna, Alexander Hanna, Althnese Bain, Alfred and Charlene and Duke Kerney, Jane Styles, Returea and Wesley Ferguson, Gelitha and Benjamin Ferguson, Felix Bain, O’Brian Bain, Caroline and Wendera Bain; other nieces and nephews too numerous to mention; cousins including: Ignatius, Johnathon, Charles, William Jr., Peter, Paul, Raymond and Frederica Carroll, Barbara Turnquest, Chloetilda Knowles, Rosalie Adderley, Mary Carroll-Johnson, Tericita Major, Joycelyn Ferguson, Naomi Pratt, Martha Turnquest, Drexel, Brennel, Violet, Agatha and Myrtle Cartwright, Veronica Hanna, Melvinia Levarity and Ceclia Rolle; numerous other relatives and friends including: William Marshall, Michael Turnquest, George Sands, Curtis Cartwright, Albert Cartwright, Lambert Major, Elias Cartwright, Gus Burrows, Talisté Taylor, Chloé Moxey, Rev. Dr. Michael and Rev. Dr. Hilda Symonette, Rev. Daniel and Deaconess Beverley Beneby and Family, Rev. Dr. Charles Rolle and Family, Rev. William Hepburn and Family and the entire membership of St. James Native Baptist Church, Lavon and Rashard Harris-Smith, Rev. Dr. Carrington and Rev. Sabrina Pinder and Family, Rev. Dr. Anthony and Cheryl Carroll, Rev. Dr. Reginald and Dulcita Ferguson, The Entire Community of Hard Bargain and Rose’s, Long Island, Livingston Grey and the Grey Families of Williams Town, Exuma and Braciel Clarke and family.
To our Family and Friends, if by chance your name was not mentioned, we apologize but we love you all the same and we ask that you keep us in your prayers.
Friends may pay their last respects at Butlers’ Funeral Homes and Crematorium, Ernest and York Streets, on Friday, December 2, 2016 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and at the church on Saturday, December 3, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. until service time.