The Tribune

The Investiture and Conferment of National Honours ceremony was held at Baha Mar on October 14, 2024. Read the full list of honors below.

Order of The Bahamas - Companion

Bradley Roberts (posthumously); Cyril St John Stevenson, MVO (posthumously); Frank Howard Watson, CD; Franklin Wilberforce Walkine; Idris Reid; The Rt Rev Laish Z Boyd; Neville Wisdom; Rev Canon S Sebastian Campbell, CM.

Order of The Bahamas - Officer

David Alexander Knowles; Rev Fr James Betram Moultrie; Joseph Robert Love , CD (posthumously).

Order of The Bahamas – Member

Anita D Hilton-Bernard, CD, CMG; Sir Baltron B Bethel, KCMG, CMG; Basil O’Brien, CMG; Camille F Johnson, CMG; Donald McKinney (posthumously); Estelle G Gray-Evans; Ethlyn Isaacs, OBE (posthumously); Franklyn Kennedy McPherson Williams; Herbert C Walkine , CMG, OBE, CVO (posthumously); Indira Nicole Demeritte-Francis; Leonard Joseph Knowles (posthumously); Margaret McDonald, CBE, CVO (posthumously); Maxwell James Thompson, OBE (posthumously); Patricia Fountain Lady Isaacs (posthumously); Rodney Ezekial Bain (posthumously); Wendell G Major, OBE.

Order of Excellence

James Lawlor; John Joseph Issa.

Order of Distinction - Companion

Albert Sidney Ferguson; Angela Missouri Sherman-Peter, MD; Anthony Alfred Adderley; Audrey Eloise Major-Rolle; Barbara Carey-Burrows; Barbara Zonicle; Belinda Madgalene Wilson; Berchenal A Bethel; Bernardette Thompson-Murray; Caleb Bernard Osbourne Hepburn (posthumously); Calvin Balfour; Carl Francis Smith; Charles James Turner; Charles Christopher Albury; Cheryl Marie Darville; Colin Deane (posthumously); Colin Leslie Higgs; Colleen Nottage; Creswell Sturrup; Cynthia Lorraine Duvalier; Cynthia Gibbs; Charles Davidson Hepburn, OBE; Diana Lightbourne; Doan Cleare; Earl H Seymour; Edwin Culmer; Elikam George Moss (posthumously); Elise Delancy; Elliston Rahming; Elma Garraway, MBE; Emily Monique Williams; Ernest John Bowe; Eugenia C Cartwright, OD; Franklyn Agustus Butler II; Franklyn J Kemp; Geannine Renee Moss; Glen Samuel Beneby; Glenn Gomez; Godfrey Randolph Williams; Harcourt Victor Brown; Harold Munnings, OBE (posthumously); Harrison Thompson; Hyacinth Winder-Pratt; Irene Patrica Clarke-Stubbs; Ivan Ford Butler, Jr; James Allardyce Campbell, MBE (posthumously); James Anthony “Tony” McKinney; Janeen McCartney; Japheth Edison Deleveaux (posthumously); Jeanette Bethel; Jennifer Johnson; John Berkley “Peanuts” Taylor, MBE; John Addington Rolle (posthumously); Joshua Sears; Kelsie Dorsett; Larry Demeritte; Leanza Elizabeth Gardiner–Keju; Leila Greene; Leona Rosalee Jane; Fernander-Samuda (posthumously); Luther Emerson Smith; Maisie Evans; Marco Rolle; Mary Mitchell; Mary Sweetnam (posthumously); Melvin Carvel Seymour; Myrtis Geneva; Russell Nehemiah Waywood Francis (posthumously); Rev Newton Williamson, BEM; Nikkiah Meoshi Forbes; Noreen Yvonne Major (posthumously); Oris Stanley Russell, CMG, OBE (posthumously); Patricia Eaine Joan Rodgers; Patrick Ernest Bailey (posthumously); Patrick Wright; Peter Deveaux-Isaacs; Philip Steven Weech; Philip Miller; Philip Berlin Munroe; Raymond Julien; Raymond Roosevelt Neilly; Rena Glinton; Renae Lunel Ferguson Bufford; Rev Reuben Edward Cooper, MBE; Rhonda Sheena Teresa Chipman-Johnson; Ronald Thompson; Roosevelt Anthony Philip Bethel; Rudolph Alexander Levarity; Samuel Toney Evans (posthumously); Shelia Gweneth Carey; Sherrylee Denise Smith; Stevenson Smith; Talmage Raymond Leo Pinder, JP; Terrance S Bastian; Thelma Ferguson-Beneby; Theophilus Coakley; Tonya Bastian-Galanis; Washington Williams; Wilbur Courtney Preston Major (posthumously); Wilfred Alexander Horton (posthumously); Willamae Salkey; William B Donsel Styles (posthumously); William Edward Poitier.

Order of Distinction – Officer

Andrea Sweeting (posthumously); Antoinette Saunders; Carmen Dawkins; Carmen Gomez; Clara Lowe; Clarice Turnquest; Cloretta Denise Cargill-Gomez; Coralee Mackey; Donna Marie Delancy; Iris Loretta Williams; Ismella Davis-Delancy; Jacqueline Priscella Barnett-Bethel; Leon Wilson; Miriam L Curtiss; Nerissa Gibson; Roger Irvin Forbes; Rosemary C Pintard-Bowe.

Order of Distinction – Member

Beverly Wallace WhitfieldGovernor-General's Gold Award, MVO; Bendalee Adderley; Cypreanna Winters; Eddington Alexander Burrows; Kim Saunders; Kimberley McKinney-Rolle; Paul Cecil Aranha; Sonja Annette Poitier.

Order of Merit - Companion

Albert Cyril Armbrister; Andrew Johnson; Androsia Christina Fernander; Anthony Morris (posthumously); Arnold Edwin Josey Sr; Cheryl Lenora Carey; Christian Justilien; Daniel Ferguson; Dianne M Kemp-Dunn; Emmanuel Wesley Francis; Gary Mackey; George Willis Bethell; Gillian Gia Curry Williams; Glenroy Derrick Aranha; Herbert Zacharias “Mamba” Burrows (posthumously); Hubert Milton Smith; Irene Francis Charlton; Iris Rosemaria Knowles nee Dillet; Jackswell Charles Percentie; Lawrence Luke Bethell; Leroy McFarland Whylly (posthumously); Letitia Rose Taylor Curry; Loyd Nelson Ferguson; Mario Arlington Bain Sr (posthumously); Michael Eddward Sweeting; Nikolas LaDen Barnes; Paul Joseph McWeeney; Pete Joel Campbell (posthumously); Pastor Phalmon Alexander Ferguson; Phyllis Joy-Anne Garraway; Pastor Prince Bodie; Ralph Francisco McKinney; Richard David Moss, BEM (posthumously); Ruby Nadeen Beneby; Whitfield Ralph Rolle.

Order of Merit - Officer

Alvan Kenneth Rolle; Ashley Anthony Rolle; Bridgette Arlene Francis-Ingraham (posthumously); Bruce Cedric Darville; Chaswell Andre Hanna; Damien James Robinson; David Garvin Beneby; David Rahming; Dencil Livingston Rolle; Dennis Gilbert; Derek Noville; Derek W Smith, Sr; Donnalee Veronica Bowe; Dwight Alexander Adderley; Earl Andrew Thompson; Elaine Ernestine Sands; Gary Van Smith; Godfrey Michael Ellis; Henry Curry II; James Simmons; Janet Chantel McKenzie; John Wesley Ferguson; John Beadle (posthumously); Judith Carol Lightbourne-Blair; Kendal Hanna; Kenneth Dudley Calvin Flowers; Lillian Hudson Jones; Milton Hanna; Neville Adderley; Rendal Coleby; Roberto Tyrone Goodman; Rodger Thompson; Shanta Emily Knowles; Sherry Beneby; Theophilus Seabron Cox; Warren Louis Dwayne Johnson; Whitney Paul Ricardo Kenny; Wilfred Ferguson.

Order of Merit - Member

Anthony Stanislaus Capron; Casuarina McKinney-Lambert; Charles William Major Sr (posthumously); Devynne Charlton; Edward Joseph Deveaux; Franklyn Gustavus Darling-Ferguson; Lester Gilbert Herman Maycock; Marisa Dawne Mason-Smith; Robert Bob Pinder; Rudolph Balfour.

Order of Lignum Vitae

Shania Adderley

Medals for Acts of Bravery

Andrew Sweeting; Sean Symonette (posthumously).

Distinguished Service Medal

Agnes Elizabeth Ferguson; Alfreda Doralene Strachan; Alsette Cortez Deleveaux; Angela Johnson; Angela Florence Cartwright; Anita Dillet; Ann Morley-Carmel; Audrey Elizabeth Mortimer; Audrey Doloros Sherman-Dean; Augustine Ivan Roberts; Austin Stephen Roberts; Barbara Elinor Gibson; Benedict Charles Dorsett; Bercil Miller-Taylor; Betty Anne Sutherland-Brown; Beluah Carroll; Beverley Patrice Pinder; Brenda Ruth Williams; Brian Knowles; Carlotta Zinda Klass; Cedric William Bethel; Celestine Mae Donnita Allen; Christopher Austin Bain (posthumously); Clinton Charles Scavella; Craig L Bowe; Cynthia Olive Poitier; Daniel Henry Leadon; David Irving Ferguson; Debbie Dian McKenize Lightbourn; Delores Sweeting; Donna Grant; Dorcas Albertha Moss; Ella Jane Anderson; Elton Hinsdale McKinney; Eugeina Renea Roberts; Everette Zenus Mackey; Fiordelisa Bain; Federick Albury; Gail Patricia Wisdom; Gerald Erskine Cunningham; Gladston Charles Thurston; Harrison Franklyn Horton; Henry Dummett; Howard John Bastian; Huedley Moss; Hylene Iynesta Moss; Ian S Clarke; Idamae Diane Ferguson; Ingrid Rolle; Ivan Patrick Joseph Deveaux; Ivan Patrick Turnquest; Jeffrey Livingston Francis; Jennifer Elaine Braynen; Joseph Augusta Cunningham Sr; Joseph Lorenzo McKenzie; Juan Pratt; Judy Ann Wemyss; Kevin Morley Sr; Kirklyn Benjamin Smith; Leroy Milton Summer; Lester Rosewell Bain; Levant Wright; Leyland “Cojack” Laing Sr; Lillian Louise Smith; Livingstone Adderley Sr; Llewelyn Henry Williams; Louise Pople nee Rahming (posthumously); Louvenia Ulan Rolle; Lucille Adell Scavella; Lucine Mingo Sr; Macumbla Avard Alfred Smith; Madeline Lena Young; Malachi H Roberts; Majorie Maria Wallace; Mary Mitchell; Nelson Recardo Strachan; Nolan Bartlett; Norma Eudell Roberts; Octavia Isadora King-Johnson; Patrick Bethel; Paula May McGregor; Perry Rudolph Cunningham; Philip Anthony McPhee; Ray Thomas Davis Sr (posthumously); Reginald Forbes; Robert Lance Simmons Sr; Rodger Gorden Mortimer; Rodney Roland Gibson; Rosemary Hanna; Ruban “Bishop” Roberts; Rudolph Whitfield Arthur; Sandra Veronica Archer; Shannalee Sands; Sharon Elmae Scavella; Spurgeon David Lightbourne; Stanley Deveaux (posthumously); Sylvia Rosalie Curtis; Timothy Bailey; Timothy Moses; Urvan O’Neal Moxey; Vanria Belinda Munnings; Vincent Alexander Ellis Sr; Wendell Gregory Deveaux; Wendy Quant; Wendy Fernander; Wesley Leo Thompson; Wilhemena Ruth Gibson; Willard Barr.