Leah Jessie Thurston
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Funeral service for the late Leah Jessie Thurston age 84 years of #130 Mermaid Blvd. and formerly of Bennett’s Harbour, Cat Island will be held on Saturday, December 15th, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at New Bethlehem Baptist Church, Independence Drive. Officiating will be Rev. Dr. Everette J. Brown assisted by Rev. Cecil Higgs, Elder Cora McPhee, Elder Viola Roberts, Evangelist Levinna Rolle and other Ministers of the Gospel. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Gardens, Soldier Road.
Left to mourn her passing are her offspring: Glynis (Edward) Demeritte, Karen Bonaby (Richard Wright) and Gary Floyd Jones; grandchildren: Kelda Rolle (Michael Reckley), McKell (Lena) Bonaby, Silva King, Alexis Blair Darville, Clyshaun King, Chiyelu Bonamy, Edward, Carlisa J L. Demeritte, Khalifa, Amahad and Anthonia; great grandchildren: Gavin and Kelvin Major, Sinaii Cox, Blaine Christian and Raine Lauren Bonaby, Liam-Aiden Albury; sister: Lydia Gordon; sisters-in-law: Eugenia and Joanna Thurston; aunt: Ida Glinton; godchildren: Jerry Josey, Theo Newbold, Kimberley Bain and Anthony Laing; nieces and nephews including: Gloria and Conrad Jennings, Lloyd and (Cynthia), Edmund, Joseph, Andrew and Oneil Gordon, Kim (Jeffery) Rolle, Mitchell (Kim), Alvin (Sabrina), Shawn (Sherry), Dwight, Jennifer, Valenz and Lynell Thurston, Rhonda (Eric) Ingraham, Charlene (Trevor) Strachan, Julie (Lenny) Curtis, Antoinette and (Donovan) Jackson, Shenique (Nigel) Boodansingh, Sonia (Gideon) Storr, Brian and Terran Rahming and Family; Other relatives and friends including: Monica Laing, The Knowles Family including Elizabeth, Evelyn, Caroline and Family, Mary Mott and Family, decedents of Clarence Rahming, Elaine Sands and Family, the Newbold Family, including Hillard, Zelma, Enrick and Birthlon, Clarence Thurston and Family, Richard Thurston and Family, Lewis Thurston and Family, descendants of Matila Brown, Sadie Sweeting, Martha Dorsette, Evelyn and Ida Gibson, the Honorable Brave Davis and Family, the community of Bennett’s Harbor, Cat Island, the Gaitor’s Cove, Bluff and Dumfries Communities, Rev. Everette (Sheila) Brown and the New Bethlehem Baptist Church Family, Rev. Dr. Ranford and Juliette Patterson and Cousin McPhee AME Cathedral, Bishop Roston and Althea Davis, Pastor Bernadette Moss and the OMPI Family, McKenzie Family Including Marva, Monique, Robert and Carlos, Roland Ferguson and Family, Bernadette Woodside and Family, Psyche Wright and Family, Kathleen Demeritte and Family, the Mermaid Blvd. West Community, Patrice Fox and Family, Ruth Kerr and Family, Della Bonamy descendants, including Edgar, Ethel and Vernetta Curry, Robert, Jenny, Judy, Kim, Keith, Hubert and Monique Bonamy, the Russell’s including Eleanor, Bertram, Gary, Caroline, Antoinette and Mark, Vernice Paul, Francetta Seymour and families, Fritz Cox, Athama Bowe and Family, Barrett McDonald and Family, Myrtle and Leonard Major, Linda Johnson and Family, Sharon Stubbs and Family, Jocelyn Carey, Zammie Williams, Preston Wallace Jr., Bertram Reckley, Arsenio Hopkins, Felix Lois, Kenoshia, Chanel, Una and Wilma, the staff of Luciano’s, the staff of the Bank of the Bahamas, Arnold Forbes & Co., Garvin Tynes and the Quality Home Center. As there are numerous family members and friends, please forgive us if your name was not mentioned.
Viewing will be held in the Serenity Suite at Restview Memorial Mortuary and Crematorium Ltd., Robinson and Soldier Roads on Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and at the church on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. until service time.
