Esther Louise Saunders
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Funeral Service for the late Esther Louise Saunders age 98 years of St. Croix, Golden Gates #2 and formerly of Cockburn Town, South Turks & Caicos will be held on Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Wulff Road. Officiating will be Father Donald Kerr assisted by Canon Basil L. Tynes. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Gardens, Soldier Road.
Esther Louise was predeceased by her children: Lincoln Harvey, Berkley Turnquest & Adella (Gurth Sr.) Knowles.
Precious and lifelong memories will be cherished by her CHILDREN: Lynda Turnquest and Madeana Turnquest-Darville of Freeport; SISTER: Alene ‘Cara’ Basden of New York; GRANDCHILDREN: Deborah, Gurth, & Keith (Nicole) Knowles, Berkley Jr ‘Chino’ (Quintera), Jamaal, Tangy, Felecia & Brittney Turnquest of Freeport, Cory, & Able Seaman Kareem Smith (RBDF) & Opal Rolle; Devon & Kyle Darville of Freeport; GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN: Daylan Major, Kyle & Gurth Knowles III, T’Keyah, Keanu, Keinay & Keiniah Knowles, Breann Turnquest & Daina Johnson, Jamaal Jr. & Trey Berkley Turnquest, Tyresse Gibson, Chante & Courtney Smith, Akema Smith, Okino Whymns & Jonathan Rolle; GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILD: Alani Roberts; ADOPTED SON: Desmond Durham of Freeport, Howard Harvey; ADOPTED DAUGHTER: Ianthe Moxey; ADOPTED GRANDSONS: Devard Knowles & Valdamar Moxey; DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: Roslyn Turnquest of Freeport; SON-IN-LAW: Dwight Darville of Freeport; NIECES & NEPHEWS and their respective families: Hon. Norman & Emily Saunders, Beatrice Burton, Daniel Jr., Philip, Dr. Hugh (Neffer) & Henry Malcolm all of Turks & Caicos Islands-(TCI), Monica Basden-Thomas of U.S.A., Helena Humphrey of Rhode Island, Olga, Patrick, Farley, Frankie and Freddie Basden of New York, Dr. Howard & Gertrude Mills, Cleveland Mills of Miami, Lynette ‘Net’ Bassett of TCI, Myrna Mills of TCI, Barbara Hamilton of TCI, Dianne George of Jacksonville Fla, Kathleen Mills, Selwyn Mill of TCI, Sigrid Johnson of Virginia, Olga Mills of Orlando Fla, Alden Durham of TCI, Canon Norman Lightbourne, Barbaralee Fox, Donna Topey, Kay, Kenneth ‘Ken’ (Felice), Keith, Kelly & Bishop Kermit (Adrienne) Saunders of Freeport, David & Michael Saunders of TCI; NUMEROUS GRAND NIECES & NEPHEWS and their respective families including: Rev. John Malcolm of TCI, Denise (D’Ondre), Norman Jr., Jay & Dax Saunders of TCI, Donna Mills of New York, David, Nadine of Fort Lauderdale Fla, Don Burton of TCI, Dr. Marcia Bassett, Christerlina (Mark) Francis, Christa, Richardette Fox, Carolina, Dr. Emilita of TCI & Gisela Malcolm of Miami, Fla., Lakeisha Evans of Freeport, Michelle Malcolm & Darkeyanna Saunders of TCI, Valerie Ross, Vivienne Forbes, Vernay, Michael, Matt & Marlon Mills of the USA; GOD CHILD: Iris Seaton of Miami, Florida; NUMEROUS COUSINS and their respective families including: Dorothy Seymour, Shyian & Gabby Strachan, Marjorie ‘Tit’ Grant, Avin & Edith Moore, Pastor Geoffrey & Heather Wood, Lelia Robinson, James & Gwen Bain, Cynthia Basden, Helen Seymour-Bhogwandin & Kamla Bhagwandin of Fla., Carolie Grant, Barbara Lockhart, Edith Burns & Edward Seymour II, Family of the late Isadora Henfield of Freeport especially Patrice & Pam Henfield, Family of the late Ronald ‘Boney’ Jones especial Arthur & Michael Jones of Freeport & Family of the late Bill Adams; SPECIAL FRIENDS and their respective families including: Viola ‘Ms. Y’ Smith, Harold Smith, Monica & Pam Johnson, William ‘Willie’ Johnson, Cannon Basil Tynes, Fr. Donald Kerr, Alfred Burrows, Vonnie Cooper, Ian Major, Ghia Scavella, Lilly Nixon, Sylkia Adderley, Barbarajane & Brandon Lightbourne, Rosaline ‘Duda’ & Valeria Johnson, Patricia Jervis, Anita Cooper, Eleanor & Stephen Elliott, Irene Harvey, Maurice of Freeport, Oswald & James Glinton, Icelyn & Lynn Turnquest of Freeport, Angelita Ingraham of Virginia, Natasha Barr of Freeport, Lee Saunders & Dot Davies of Freeport, Shurn Penn of Freeport; EXTENDED FAMILY & LOVING FRIENDS and their respective families including: Rev. John & Joan Stubbs of Freeport, Rev. Dr. Livingstone Malcolm, Patrice (Orman) Darville, Freddy Armbrister, Junior, Michael, Nicky, Elaine Harvey, Llewellyn Clare of TCI, Donald Williams, Denie Farrington, Jeannie Hanna, Brendalee Allen, Suzette, Delores, Deborah, Charmaine Wilson, Brendalee, Kay, Junie, Samantha, Shelly, Helana Dean; Errol & Patsy Seymour of Freeport, Leroy Malcolm, Richard Dixon, Garth & Carmitta Johnson, Kendal & Constance Carroll, Kencene Mingo, Albury Tucker, Debbie Tucker-Smith, Georgette Tucker-Scavella, Silvia Peterson, The McPhees, C.B. Moss, The FNM family of Central Grand Bahama Constituency Office & The Hon. Neko C. Grant, Management & Staff of Unity House for Senior Citizens, Management & Staff of Dozer Heavy Equipment Company including Ernest Moss & Vincent Roberts, Sydney Johnson of Freeport, Godson Johnson, Judy Woodside, St. Croix family including Sandra Hall, Tyrone Archer, Esmay Seymour, Edsel Hanna Jr., June & Jamaal Smith & Ramon Strachan; The Turks & Caicos community especially South Caicos, Friends & family from Freeport, Grand Bahama, Old neighbours in the communities of Coconut Grove, Wulff Road, Culmersville & Ann’s Town; & the respective families of The Jennings, Saunders, Knowles, Turnquest’s, Malcolm’s, Basden’s, Lightbourne’s, Fulford’s, Mills, Grants & Johnson’s; CAREGIVERS: Hellen Pinnock & Pauline Blake and a host of other relative and friends too numerous to mention; The family of Esther Saunders also wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to the following for their demonstration of compassion and concern: Idamae Hanna (Seventh-day Adventist), Anatol Knowles (Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witness), Esther Joy Sargent (Prayer Partner), Roslyn Horton-Taylor (Prayer Partner), Edith Moore; Viola Smith & Monica Johnson (Life-long telephone friends); Thelma Gibson Women’s Group of Wesley Methodist Church–Soup Kitchen especially Mavis Jackson, Erma Albury & Cynthia Sturrup; All Saints Anglican Church Soup Kitchen especially Agatha Campbell & the Lewis family; Dr. Rodriguez & Nurse Albury & the staff of the Flamingo Gardens Clinic; Dr. Ross Downes, Dr. Marcia Bassett, Dr. Darren Donaldson, Dr. Beveton Moxey, R.N. Rosaline Johnson, R.N. Vanessa Rolle, Care Technicians & Nurses at Doctor’s Hospital especially Samantha ‘Sam’.
Please accept our apologies if we inadvertently omitted your name. Our grief has been much easier to bear because of your prayers, calls and visits.
Viewing will be held in the “Serenity Suite” at Restview Memorial Mortuary and Crematorium Ltd., Robinson and Soldier Roads on Friday from 10:00am to 6:00pm and at the church on Saturday from 12:30pm until service time.
