Sir Arlington Griffith Butler KCMG, LLB, JP
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An Official Funeral Service for the former Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliment and Bahamas Ambassador to the United Nations, Sir Arlington Griffith Butler KCMG, LLB, JP, age 79 years of # 8 Chancery Lane, Winton Estates will be held on Friday November 24th, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Christ Church Cathedral, George Street. Officiating will be the Rt. Rev'd Laish Boyd assisted by Canon Norman Lightbourne and other ministers of the clergy. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens, John F. Kennedy Drive.
Left to cherish his memories is his loving wife, friend and companion: Lady Hazel Lenor Butler; sons: Arvin and Arlington Gibao Butler; daughters: Kara Wight and Kristal (Bandele) Lafleur; siblings: Pearl Rahming, Beryl Huyler, Berthamae (Phillip) Archer, Vanderlyn James, Michael (Tracy) Sands, Mr. & Mrs. Godfrey Adderley, Michael (Donna) McKenzie, Rudolph Sweeting, Conrad (Margaret) Sweeting; grand Children: Vincent Butler, Wayne Mackey, Ajah Butler, Liam Wight, Samaya Lafleur and Dai Major; great grand children: Dionne Butler, Asari Knowles-Mackey; nieces and nephews: Patreece Rahming, Peter Rahming, Preston Rahming, Michaela Sands, Michealet Sands, Travis Sands, Sonya Clarke, Cheryl Huyler, Vernal Huyler, Trevor Lloyd, Julian Lord; god children: Juliet Holmes, Cynthia Hall, Sheryl Collins; Sporting Community: Sporting Community: Mr. Keith Joseph – General Secretary, National Olympic Committee (NOC); Officers and Members of the Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC); Officer and Member of the Bahamas Amateur Athletic Association (BAAA); Officers and Member of the Bahamas Football Association (BFA); Officers and members of the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO); The Regional Arm of the International Olympic Committee (IOC); Special Friends: Her Excellency Dames Marguerite Pindling; Prime Minister, Dr. Hon. Hubert A. Minnis and Patricia Minnis; Members of the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas; Former Cabinet Ministers and Colleagues; the Rt. Honourable Hubert Ingraham and Delores Ingraham; Rt. Honourable Perry Gladstone Christie and Bernadette Christie; Hon. J. Henry and Hon. Janet Bostwick. Hon. Philip Brave Davis, Leader of the Official Opposition and Ann Marie Davis; Sir Arthur and Lady Joan Foulkes; Sir Garrett and Lady Rowena Finlayson; Sir Orville Turnquest and Family; Sir Arthur Hanna and family; Executives and members of the Bahamas Bar Association; Former Directors and Executives of the Ministry of Education; Clergy: The Rt. Honourable Laish Z Boyd - Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands and Joann Boyd; Canon Norman Lightbourne - Rector of Holy Cross Parish and Mrs. Lightbourne; Archdeacon Kingsley Knowles, Rector of St. Georges Parish and Mrs. Knowles; the Very Reverend Patrick Adderley, Rector of Christ Church Cathedral and Mrs. Adderley; Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Emmit Weir; Other Relatives and Friends: Victoria Pratt, Thelma Scott, William and Ruby Simmons; Gregory and Sharon Scott; Ethelyn Morley; Rev. Dr. Edna Lopez; Rev. Howard and Patricia Smith; Audrey Darling; Mavis Darling-Hill; Dorothy Darling – Yearwood; Thelma Bostfield; John and Anne Bridgewater, Linda Scott; Deborah Scott, John and Doris Bowleg; Duke and Dori Strachan; Nigel and Stephanie Bowe; Charles and Visna McKay, Oswald and Christine Sawyer; Alpheus and Dawn Finlayson; Patsy Hamilton and Family; Vera Lafleur and Family; Franklyn G. Ferguson J.P.; Mr. & Mrs. Arlie Gill; Brenda Archer and Family; Ruis Munnings; Marcus Mackey; Jackie Richardson; Cynthia Holmes; Herbert and Sharon Thompson; Audley and Zelma Dean and Family; Alva Coakley; Dr. John and Mary Johnson; Cassandra Devenport; Alladyce Strachan; Cynthia Maynard; Agnes Edgecombe; Kirk and Aiesha Edgecombe; Alice Cason; Doll Gordon; Dr. Rodger Wier; Dr. & Mrs. Victor Scott; Beverley Carter; Norma Wright; Dianne and Janet Thompson; Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Pratt; Apostles Dwight and Brenda Pratt; Shiela Miller;, Anginette Walkine; Cecil Hilton; Dandria Scott; Nora Pinder; Ettamae Major; Charlott Major; Shan, Natalia, Denise, Sonya, Nicola, and Rosalie Joseph; Michael Jr and Latessa McKenzie; Margret Ferguson-Campbell, Beverly and Shelly Archer Carmen Rolle; Natalie Dean; Anoush, Jolian and Achara James, Godfrey Adderley; Gabrial Lord; Kwesi Smith; Franklyn, Ronald, Donald and John Blair; Melvin, Marcellas, Dwayne, Dwight , Sheryl, Darnel and Donna Higgins; Donald, Ronald and Laurieanne Adderley; Carman Rolle; Natthie Dean; Max and Helen Butler; Ken and Mattie Sears; Daryl Butler; the Late Percy Blyden Family; the Late Josephine Bain Family; Mike Sands & Family; the McDonalds Breakfast Club, Oakes Field; the Lunch Bunch Crew; Special Thanks: Doctor Delton Farquharson; Dr. John Lunn; Dr. Ian Kelly; Dr. Inderia Grimes; Dr. Krista Nottage; Nurses: Private Medical, Private Surgical, Intensive Care Unit, Accident and Emergency - Princess Margaret Hospital; Care Givers: Judith Rolle, Valcourt Hughes, Eugene Thurston, Vincent Rolle, Mr. Patti.
The body of Sir Arlington Griffith Butler will lie in State in the foyer of the House of Assembly, Parliment Square on Thursday November 24th, 2017 from 12:00 Noon to 8:00 p.m.
