Randolph Coakley
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Funeral Service for the Late Randolph Coakley, 91 years of #5 Eneas Lane South, off Meadows Street, and formerly of Smith’s Bay, Cat Island, will be held on Saturday March 21st, 2015, 10:45 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Boyd Road. Monsignor Alfred Culmer will officiate. Interment will follow in the Church’s cemetery.
His legacy will continue in the lives of: His children: Rosemary, Ruth, Randolph (Ruth Anne), Robert Coakley (RBPF), Victoria Coakley and Keith Delancey; His grandchildren: Steffan (Kellie), Renauldo, Antoine, Randia, Rechea, Davonya, Randawnique, Kenya, Lakeisha, Lachino and Antrae Coakley; Great-grandchildren: George (Renauldo), Mason (Steffan), Ricardo and Rickia Haygood, and Seth Thompson
Other relatives: Bathsheba Seymour, Idell Dorsett, Vernita Smith and Frances Deveaux and their families, including: Maud Adams, Ret. Supt. Sydney Deveaux, John Deveaux, Verdell Williams, Rosetta Deveaux-Wells and Johnnie Deveaux, Patricia Jervis (Leonard Sr., Lena, Marva, Anthony and Michael), Eleanor Elliot (Robert), Anita Cooper (Paul), Roslyn Johnson and their respective families, Children of (late) Gurth Knowles, Berthamae Ferguson and Wayne Lightbourn, Sylvia and Camille Todd, Lydia and Enid Adderley (daddy’s personal assistant), Beverley Campbell-Deveaux and family, Children of (the late) Vernetta Armbrister, Children of (the late) Meldora Scott, Children of (the late) Rosalie Johnson, Maple Strachan and Delilah Smith and their respective families. Friends: Mr. Livingston Cooper and Mr. Vincent Gardiner (domino partners), Mrs. Patricia Vouch and Mrs. Giovanna Knowles, St. Joseph’s Parish Church and Office Staff, including Msgr. Alfred Culmer, Bernadette Ingraham and Barbara Tynes, and all former Priests and Administrators, Sister Cecelia Albury and staff at St. Joseph’s Adult Daycare, Sisters of St. Martin’s Monastery, including Sisters Janice and Marva Coakley, Mr. Leroy “Unca Lee” Archer (his tailor), Mr. Maxwell Woodside (Barber), Mr. Stephen “Doc” Adderley and family, Mr. Leonard Young, Mrs. Persis Bullard and family, Sandy Walker Edwards (Abaco) and Mr. Chester Walker (Grand Bahama), Mr. Adrian and Mrs. Brenda Cargill, Mrs. Stephanie Wallace and family; Mr. Nathaniel Thompson and family, Staff of the Nassau Beach Hotel, (1972/73 to 1999) including George Knowles, Jacques Cadet, Rev’d. Eugene Iphill, Mrs. Rose Delancey and Mrs. Albertha Roberts; Coakley Descendants of Fresh Creek/Behring Point/Coakley Town, Andros; Ms. Edith McIntosh, Cynthia Smith and Marva Brown (Caretakers), Ms. Sherry Rolle and family, Mr. Nelson Farrington, Mr. Rossano Coleby, Cpl. 1273 Terrell, and Mr. Dwight Rolle and their respective families, The Proper Care Sharks, BTC Untouchables and The Police Interceptors Softball Teams, Bank of The Bahamas, Ministry of Tourism, and St. Alban’s Cricket Team. Special appreciation to the attending physicians, including Dr. Agreta Eneas-Carey and staff, Drs. Farquharson and Unwala Medical facilities, Nurse Monique Hutchinson and Mildred Moss (Fleming Street Clinic), and Ruth Anne Coakley (daughter-in-law) for her continued home-care and monitoring during daddy’s illness. The many neighbors and friends in Eneas Lane: including Vida Blue Scott (neighbor), Mrs. Deloris McKinney and family, Cecil Miller, The Crawley and Basden families of Meadow Street , Children of (the late) Andrea Knowles, Children of (the late) Viola Moxey, the Cooper family, the Gordon Brothers, the Farringtons, Johnsons, Marshalls, Lindsey and The Boys and former residents of Eneas Lane - including Edwin “Bluff” Newbold, Ms. Addie children – Patsy, Jean, Patrick and Anthony, the McPhees (Kay McPhee, Tammy Miller, Franklin Simmons, Ricardo Wright and Sandra Turnquest (U.S.A.), Rev’d. Hensel Kemp, Howard Miller, the Munnings, Hutchinsons, (the) Gordon Sisters, Mackey/Cartwright families and the extended Bain Town Community, too numerous to mention. We apologize for any omissions, but know that you are appreciated nonetheless.
Friends may pay their last respects at Bethel Brothers Morticians, #34 Nassau Street, on Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and on Saturday at the church from 9:45 a.m. until service time.
