Ruth Thelma Cates
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Funeral service for Ruth Thelma Cates of Nassau, Bahamas, who fell asleep in the Lord peacefully on Monday, August 5, 2013 in Florida, will be held at Grace and Peace Wesleyan Church, Twynam Heights (adjacent to Super Value in Winton), Nassau on Thursday, August 15, 2013 at 2:00 pm.
Reverend Henley B. Perry will officiate and interment will follow at Ebenezer Methodist Cemetery, East Shirley Street, Nassau.
Ruth was predeceased by her parents, Allen and Barbara Kemp, brothers, Gary, Eric and Murray Kemp, sisters, Kathryn Kemp and Patricia Curry, and aunts Elsie and Ruby Watkins.
She is survived by her husband: Terrance Cates, daughter: Michelle Joudi, son: Nelson Cates, grandchildren: Tony and Cassidy Joudi, son-in-law: Tony Joudi, brother: Donald Kemp, brothers-in-law: Kermit Cates, Billy Cates, sisters-in-law: Sharon Kemp, Jacqueline Kemp, Juanita Baker, Gwen Cates, Rosalind Cates, Janet Cates, Lulabelle Cates, nephews: Keith Kemp, Robin Cates, David Cates, Stephen Cates, Andrew Cates, Craig Cates, Christopher Cates, Graham Cates, Richard Cates, Paul Cates, Jeffrey Cates, nieces: Nancy Cash, Kathryn Kreiser, Karen Carey, Kimberly Sweeting, Stacey Albury, Catherine Fadely, Susan Sykes, Gail Pinder, Karen Brough, Dawn Cicanese, Marsya Cates, Cheryl Pinder, cousins: Kathryn Moree, Sheena, Richard and Geoffrey Moree, nephews-in-law: David Kreiser, Chris Carey, Richard Sweeting, Nathan Albury, Keith Fadely, Edward Sykes, Dennis Pinder, Gary Brough, John Cicanese, Trevor Pinder, nieces-in-law: Renee Kemp, Monica Cates, Anita Cates, Elaine Cates, Patricia Cates, Joan Cates, Celeste Cates, Jeanette Cates, dear friend: Spyros Gialidis, her Church family at Grace and Peace Wesleyan Church, and a host of relatives and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to The Red Cross Bahamas, John F. Kennedy Drive, P.O. Box N-8331, Nassau, Bahamas or Unity House, East St. South, Account at First Caribbean International Bank, Shirley Street Branch, Nassau, Bahamas, in memory of Mrs. Ruth T. Cates.
Relatives and friends may pay their last respects at Kemp’s Funeral Home, Palmdale Avenue, Palmdale, Nassau on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm and on Thursday, August 15, 2013 and at the Church from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm.
