Kenneth Edward Bertrum Sawyer, JP, MBE
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Funeral Service
Kenneth Edward Bertrum Sawyer, JP, MBE, 92
of Harbour Island, will be held on Saturday, August 5th, 2017, 11 :00 am at Saint John’s Anglican Church, Harbour Island. Rev’d Canon Norman Lightbourne, assisted by Rev’d Fr. Oswald Pinder will officiate. Interment will follow in St. Catherine Public Cemetery, Harbour Island.
He is predeceased by his wife, Nurse Euleta Feleshia Gibson Sawyer RN and his son, George Sawyer.
Left to cherish fond and loving memories are: His children and spouses: Elizabeth Sawyer-Franklin, Sidney Sawyer I (Tanya), Quincy Kemp Sawyer, Monalisa Evans (Toriano), Margaret Parks (Adrian) and Ingrid Rolle; His grandchildren and their spouses: Carla Marie Richards (Brian), Tia Patterson (Jason), Sidney II (Shikera), Anya, Alexis, K’Sidra Storr (Antoine), K’vonne, Krystina, Kimberly, Nichelle, Jervaise (Desiree), Milya, Michael (Yolantha), Tamara, Shawna, Jade, Evantae,Toriana, Elissa, Tnaiasyah, Tynea, Tenajah, Eric, Shantell, Shenique, Shandasha, Shandika, Shinireo, D’Angelo; His great grand children: Toussaint and Gabriel Richards, Sidney III, Soraya, Siderro, Santoine, Sidejah, Sierra, Siddon, Sydney, Jasmine, Jayden, Helena, Myles, Mckell, Milania, Mathias, Jhamai, D’Nique, A’Kerio, O’Marie, Aniyah, Devonte, Jayla; His adopted children and their spouses: Eleanor and Roy Smith, Ena & Azair Cameus, Evan & Sheila Gibson, Burchinald & Sophia Gibson; His Nieces & Nephews and their spouses: Louella & Sidney Whitfield, James & Cynthia Gibson and family, Thomas & Maybell Gibson and family, Andrea Gibson, Richard Gibson of Los Angeles California, Vernon Gibson of Long Island New York, Marilyn & Rose Gibson; Cousins: Edith Cleare, Delores Mortimer, Garnell Sawyer, Ralph, Brian, Faye Timothy and Alvin Sawyer, Wilma Thompson, Brenda Higgs, Emmerson Major, Doreen Albury, Ann Sawyer, Lanora Albury, Pastor Kirland and Percivil Johnson, the children of the late Eunice Sweeting, Lashay Bullard and Larry Cleare, Sammy & Ulrick Mortimer, Susan, Erma, Elenor, Perry, Frankie, Chad Cleare, Dashiel & Edith Roberts, Roy and Harvey Roberts, Deidre Barry, Ellaka Clarke, Vanna Roach, Paulaka Roach, Troy Wallace, Rosalee Mcphee, Jaskswell, Victor, Richard, Morris, William and Lionel Percentie, Lydia Durham, Cisley, Laureann, Christopher, Lena, Antoinette & Shane Albury, Wade, Portia, Lincton and Justin Higgs, Henry Sawyer, Stan Davis and family, the family of the late Cryril Bullard of Homestead Florida, numerous family members including the Sawyers, Major’s, Gibson’s and Percentie’s families; Other Relatives and Friends: Sean, Lynn, Bianca & Althea Gibson, Gia & Melvin Leary, Vanria Kemp, Bernadett Godet, Adrella Knowles, Wealthy Winters, Marsha , Shanisa, Kenyon, Feleshia & Attorney Alicia Gibson, Robed Louis, Alouidor Dieudone, Dremeco Mather, Patricia Mather, Clement Oelc, Mildred Roberts, Melvina Culmer, Jesse Brooks, Inez Kelly, Emily Saunders, Bettymae Bain and family, Attorney Paula Gibson of Los Angeles California, Mrs. Clara Cargill of Palm Beach Florida, Leslie Miller, Eddison Charlie, Wellington Hilton, Jose Roberts, Percival & Dorothy Johnson, Rev. Joshua Culmer J.P, Bishop Dudley Kelly, Ionie Kelly, Bishop Theophilus Stuart J.P, Joseph Saunders, Joe Higgs, Edwin Hutchenson, Vincent Johnson; Numerous God-children, Father Cannon Norman Lightbourne, and Father Oswald Pinder, Bishop Laish Boyd, Father Drexell Gomez, Father Kirkland Russell and Father Julian Campbell and the officers and members of St. Johns, St. Pauls and St. Lukes Parish . The Honorable Prime Minister of The Bahamas Dr. Hubert Minnis MP, Former Prime Minister Honorable Hubert Ingraham, The Honorable Rickey Mackey MP for North Eleuthera and Mrs. Cindy Mackey, The Hon Frank Watson, The Hon C.A Smith, The Hon Maurice Moore, Senator Dwight Sawyer, Luther Smith, All the Freedom Fighters throughout the length and breath of The Bahamas. Former staff of Sawyers Food Stores. Captain Archer and the crew of the Bahamas Daybreak III. Dr. Farrington and Dr. Mensah, Nurse Melony Saunders, and the nurses and staff of Harbour Island Health Center. Caregiver Isolyn Tapper. The entire island of Eleuthera, including Harbour Island The Bluff, Savannah Sound and Rock Sound, The management and staff of Bethel Brothers Morticians and Crematorium and The entire Harbour Island Community.
Friends may pay their last respects at Bethel Brothers Morticians #34 Nassau Street, on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday at the church in Harbour Island from 7 pm to midnight and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to service time.
