Donna Lauretta Duncombe
unknown - unknown
A Christian Celebration and Final Rites for Chief Meteorologist, DONNA LAURETTA DUNCOMBE of Westward Villas, Cable Beach and formerly of South Bahamia, Freeport, Grand Bahama will be held on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at Salem Union Baptist Church, Taylor Street, Nassau at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Dr. C. W. Saunders, Dr. Keith Russell and Dr. R. E. Cooper, Jr., and assisted by The Ministers of The Bahamas Baptist Union Of Churches.
A graduate of the Oakes Field Primary School, Queen’s College and Florida State University, Donna was an extraordinarily accomplished woman, and received the designation of being the first female Meteorologist in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. She migrated to Freeport in 1989 to take up a position at the Freeport Weather Office and administrated a small staff of meteorological personnel who provided quality weather services for aviation, marine and general public facilities remaining there until that office closed in December 2009.
Donna was a talented artist, cook and musician, and was a church organist providing musical assistance to the Baptist and Episcopalian denominations for several decades. Her love was Junkanoo and her last affiliation in Junkanoo was with the Kingdom Culture Junkanoo group in Grand Bahama - whose leadership has undertaken to use the avenue of Junkanoo to spread the Word of God through this cultural expression.
Her remains will be interred in Lakeview Memorial Gardens with her father, Wendal Duncombe, who predeceased her in June 2000.
Mother: Florinda Duncombe Siblings: Daphne Duncombe-Cooper, Rev. Stephen G. Duncombe, Patrice Duncombe-Saunders, Wendy Duncombe-Moss, Grace Duncombe and Tavalla Sherman In-Laws: Dr. R. E. Cooper, Jr., Jacqueline Pople-Duncombe, Joseph Saunders and Gregory Moss
Nieces/Nephews: Janario, Tishana, and Chanté Saunders, Stephen II, Stenard and Simone Duncombe, Edward, Gabrielle & William Moss, Reuné Cooper, Tristan Sherman and Gervez Hamilton
Grand Nephew:Tyrique Saunders
Aunts/Uncles: Mildred Knowles, Larry & Wendy Duncombe, Carol Duncombe and Edith Anderson
Relatives & Friends: Demetrius Knowles, Laura & Erica Duncombe, Linda Basden, Glenda Thompson, Deborah, Renee, Sandy and Edward Ingraham, Kevin, Karen, Samuel, Kendrick & Quentin Anderson, Willie Jean, Libby, Vivia, Cyndy, Langton Jr. and Dawn Bain, - Raymond Forbes, Loretta "Jenny" Forbes Mott, Ricky Forbes, Carmen Forbes, Karen "Peggy" Deveaux, Ellarese Thurston and Pamela Taylor and their families, Arlington & Andrea Moss & Family, Carnett and Cyril Pinder & Family, Verna Pinder & Family, Ismae Rahming, Dr. Nelson, Mark, Marita and Sereta Clarke, Joanne Poitier & Family, Chrystal Thompson & Family, Corine LaVille, Nicole Campbell & Family, Marsha Woods-Williams, Anischka Strachan, Callona Hepburn-Wallace, Isla Garraway-Deane & Family Lorraine Armbrister , LeShane Symonette, Venus Longley, Siobhan and Michelle Deane, Bartholomew & Sandra Bastian & Family, Deborah McKenzie & Family, Lilly Rolle & Family, Verna Duncombe & Family, The Adderley Family (Dorchester Street), Helena Rolle, Yorick Brown & Family, Patrick Rose & Family, Rev. Irene Coakley, Faith Francis & Family, Denise Fernander & Family, Charlene Simmons and Family, The Families of the Late Annie-Mae Campbell, Alzona Taylor and Simeon Brown, Vanda Morris & Family, Patricia Chisholm & Family, Maedawn Munroe & Family, Rev. Dr. Philip McPhee & Family, Prince McPhee & Family, Kenneth Saunders, Cordell & Miriam Roberts & Family, Rev. Elva Johnson & Family, Jeffery Bannister & Family, Timothy Bailey, Anthony Williamson, Joshua Rolle, Kirk and Melanie James, Lee Marvin Johnson, Wilton and Taniko Cunningham, Brian and Claudette Nixon & Family, Carlton Bosfield, Brion Roxbury, Kayla Saunders, Tammy Mitchell, Sophie Smith, Kevin and Karen Seymour, Paul Messam, Caudell Mcnab, Brenda Patton & Family, Yvette R. Smith, Byron and Chrystal Stubbs & Family, Elleanor Lewis, Violet Pintard, Dora Charlton, Ella Charlton, Lynden Douglas, Edney Sherman & Family, , Joyce Evans & Family, Greg Thompson, Basil Dean, Godfrey Burnside, Jeffery and Loretta Simmons & Family, Kenrick Blatch, Noival Smith, Deno Cartwright, Athoro Bowleg, Taneicia Adderley, Pershona Gray, Elder Louise Pople & Family, Dec. John and Laverne Pople, Arthur Rolle, The staff of the Bahamas Department of Meteorology, Youth of Fellowship Union Baptist (past and present), Dr. Kevin Moss, Dr. Nwosa, Dr.Winston Forbes, The entire Miller, Duncombe, and Baillou Families, Ira Swaby Jr. & Sr., Joe and Paula Harris, Dr. Eric Brown, Alex and Sherise Brown, Evis Frith, Keith “Mattress” Russell, Marjorie Thomas, Ken "Motor Boat" Ferguson
Bereaved Community: FSU Alumni, Family of Fellowship Union Baptist Church, Dr. & Mrs. Keith Russell, Jubilee Mission Church Family, Rev. Dr. Charles Saunders and The Bahamas Baptist Union of Churches, The Mission Baptist Church Family, Mt. Calvary Baptist Cathedral Family, Queen’s College Classes of 1975 & 1977, Kingdom Culture and the Entire GB Junkanoo Community, The Grand Bahama Sporting Community : Freeport Rugby Club Hockey team, GB Amateur Baseball Association Scorer, GB Bowling Team, Executive GB Football League, Grand Bahamas Port Authority Limited and Grand Bahama Airport Company Limited.
