Retired Nurse Valerie Virginia Saunders Wells Duncanson
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Funeral Service for Retired Nurse Valerie Virginia Saunders Wells Duncanson 91 of Lincoln Blvd. And formerly of Alice Town, Bimini who died on October 8, 2018 will be held on Saturday October 20, 2018 at 11:00 a.m at Grace Community Church, Palmetto Village. Officiating will be Pastor Lyall Bethel, Pastor Rex Major, Pastor Marcel Lightbourne and Other Ministers. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens, John F. Kennedy Drive.
Valerie is survived by her children: Phyllis, Fr. Stephen & Italia Davies, and Pastor Stephen & Deaconess Pamela Wells; stepsons, Alvin and Patrick Duncanson, adopted sons, Greg Armstrong, Peter Morris and Samuel Gray; adopted daughters, Bridgette Levarity Johnson, Cora Bain-Colebrooke and Annette Allen; seven grandchildren; Jason (Rolanda) Knowles, Bryant Outten, Stephen Wells Jr., Stephen Davies Jr., Mark Knowles, Simone Davies and Shannon Wells; three great grandchildren; Breahn Outten, Jason Knowles Jr. and Brielle Outten; three sisters-in-law, Keturah Ferguson, Jessica and Pamela Duncanson; nieces: Ivy Brown, Angela and Laverne Saunders, Gail Thompson, Louise Weech, Barbara Cooper, Shirley Blythe, Valerie Wilson, Deborah Nelson, Charlotte Joy Harman, Estelle Wardley, Cynthia Burgess, Maureen Smith, Monica Moss, Maude Jones, Cynthia Mayhew, Adrienne and Veronica Kym Duncanson, Marjorie Basden, Zonya Bain, Zoeann Percentie, Erica Nelson; nephews: Larry(Celena), Ernest, Dwight and Michael Saunders, Kalamo Kamu, John Nicholls, Ross and Greg Pritchard, Barton, Blythe (Stephanie), Bert (Bertha), Cecil, Calvin, Orthneil, George, Humphrey, Nathan and Michael Duncanson; a host of grand and great grand nieces and nephews including Inga, Roche and Troy Brown, Lyle, Duane, Laurise, Rhonda, Audra, Deon, Doyle, Avon, Jevon, Jevon Jr. , Myron, Wesley Jr., Roger, Cherise, Pabel Saunders, Nicole Knowles, Chandra Stubbs, Marcia, Rochelle and Lamar Thompson, Stephen and Clinton Weech, Tammy Lecky, Patrice Pitt, Lavette Saint, Phedra Pinder, Cletis and Tiffany Smith, Desiree Stuart, Bernadette, Tiffany and Trent Cooper, Randall Watkins, Shawn McCarter, Katrina Carwise, Survet Albury, Valerie Ware, Katrina and Winzella Saunders; numerous cousins including Archbishop Drexel Gomez, Fr. Colin Saunders, Ansil, Gilda, Gwen and Tommy Saunders, Francis Williams, Betty Sherman, Shirley Ritchie, Laura and Nolan Saunders, Eloise Adderley, Genevieve Hanna, Venus Bonimy, Evangeline Outten, Emil, George, Burlington, Weston, Dr. Francis, Walt and Solomon Saunders, Diane Bingham, Eddie Dames, Stewart and Shayne Davis, Michael Ellis, His Grace Bishop Neil C. Ellis, Grace Douglas, Dereck Saunders, Venus and Terry Cartwright, Robert Saunders, Roger Brown, Christina Moore, Winnie Sherman, Shirley Burrows, Cardinal McCardy, Dorrie Nixon, Slyvia Scriven and Obediah Smith, Wanda Jean Sands, Cleora Mullings, Inamae Saunders and Halcie Smith; Godchild: Lavardo Butler
Nursing colleagues: Dr. Clarabella Gardiner, Laurel Butler, Evelyn Babb, Barbara Dorsett, Viola Sweeting Butler, Viola Roxbory, Lenora Williams and Pastor Marilyn Thompson as well as the staff of Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre and the Geriatric Hospital.
Host of other relatives and friends including Lorenzo Knowles, Nakeisha Outten, Kimberley Darville, Roger Brown, the Saunders, Pritchard, Smith, Levarity, Stuart, Dean, Weech, Brown and Sherman families; Stephen Briggs and family, Senior Pastor Lyall Bethel, Senior Pastor Emeritus Dr. Rex Major, Pastor Emeritus Marcel Lightbourne, Elders Stuart Kelly, Dave Hanna, Cyril Peet, Greg Williams and other Pastors, Elders and members of Grace Community Church, the Grace Deaf Ministry, Grace Ladies Morning Small Group especially Grace Munnings and Merline Mott; the entire Anglican Diocesan family especially St. George’s and All Saints Church families; the Anglican Central Education Authority (ACEA), Pastor Trajean Jadorette, Bishop Simeon Hall Pastor Emeritus and Minister Linda Hall, Apostle Joseph and Elder Doreen Cox, Dr. Sonia Marshall, Ministers and members of the New Covenant Baptist Church, Mr. and Mrs. Roscow Davies and family, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bethel and family, Mr. Charles Davies, Bridgette Symonette, Tonya Galanis, Camille King, Collonna Wallace, Basil Bodie and family, Dexter Fox and family, Van Johnson and family, members of the Lincoln Boulevard community especially; Anita Miller, Emerick and Lorraine Campbell and family, Mary Gardiner and family, Ryder and the Boys, the Englerston Senior Citizens and Urban Renewal Group, the Government High School class of 1975 and the R. M. Bailey Class of 1978
The family extends special thanks to Dr. Sharmaine Butler, Nurse Belle, Nurses and other staff at Family Practice Clinic; Dr. Devaughn Curling and Nurses at Oncology Clinic, Princess Margaret Hospital and Dr. Marsha Bethel and staff of Bayview Dental Clinic.
The family apologizes for any names that may have been inadvertently omitted from the programme. Please know that it is in no way intentional. We love you and appreciate whatever part you may have played in Valerie’s life. May God bless you all.
Viewing will be held in the Legacy Suite of Vaughn O. Jones Memorial Center, Mt. Royal Ave. And Talbot Street on Friday from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m and on Saturday at the Church from 10:00 a.m to service time.
