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LAY MINISTER CARLITA “COLETA, Uncle Beau” RICHARDSON FORBES

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Funeral Service for the later LAY MINISTER CARLITA “COLETA” RICHARDSON FORBES affectionately called “Uncle Beau”, age 89 years of #18 Gilford Crescent, Mayfield Park, Freeport, Grand Bahama and formerly of Bambarra, Middle Caicos, Turks and Caicos Island will be held on Saturday, July 6th, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Community at Heart Tabernacle Church of God of Prophecy, Coral Road, Freeport, Grand Bahama. Officiating will be Bishop George E. Thompson and Bishop Rudolph Arthur assisted by Bishop Nathaniel Beneby, Pastor Barry B. Morris, Minister Cecil Bethell, Minister Dorland Cartwright and Lay Minister Dr. Wilfred Ferguson. Interment will follow at the Grand Bahama Memorial Park, Frobisher Drive, Freeport, Grand Bahama.

Precious memories will linger in the hearts of his sons: Roderick, Dwayne and Hayward Forbes, Charles Laing and Gevon Hall; daughters: Janice Deane and Nelda Forbes; adopted children: Valeria and Hugh Solomon; daughters-in-law: Petula and Jackie Forbes, Akira and Toyah; son-in-law: Ethon Deane; grandchildren: Laurika, Rashida, Ramika, Francheska, Chanah , Chavanna and Alexander Forbes, Ene, Jada and Erica Deane; great grandchildren: Rasheed, Shaheed, Shawnique, Shawn, Shiloh, Shakira, Rael, Touren, Hadassa, Laila and Lauren; step grandchildren: Ian, Bradston, Kerwin and Janae; adopted grandchildren: Kai and Kayden Smith; sister: Majorie Hall (Nassau, New Providence; brother: Ortneil Forbes (Turks and Caicos); adopted brother: Rodney Forbes Sr.; numerous nieces and nephews including: Joy Gardiner, Miriam Fuller, Marjorie Williams, Ruth and Tara William (Clearmont, Fla.), Altamease Munroe, Gwendolyn Hall, Sandra Fowler,  Lorna, Norma and Ansliee Forbes, Lydia Cartwright, Evelyn Rolle, Debra Norville, Elaine Clarke, Victoria Robinson, Beatirce Carter, Curley Rahming, Almada and Evelyn Lightbourne, Esther Dorsette, Christine Mitchel, Virginia Mc Intosh, Ann Guierre, Omese Lightbourne, Lawson Hall, Hillgrove and  Emmanuel Lightbourne, Timothy and Stephen Dean, The Hon Royal Robinson (TCI) and Anthony Robinson, Howard, Ossie, McLean, Trevor, Dee, Sonny and George Gardiner, Thomas, Carlos, Troy and Tyrone Williams (Clearmont, Fla.), David and Dewitt Hall; aunt: Jenny Forbes; uncles: Ernest Forbes of Turks Island and Albert Forbes (New York); sisters and brothers-in-law: Nathaniel, Wellyn, Franklyn, James, Sara and Marilyn Robinson, Deloris Williams and Carmanda Forbes; numerous cousins including: Rev. Edmund and Betty Rigby, Franklyn and Rosilda Rigby, Karen Rigby, Bishop Nathaniel and Eulease Beneby, Gloria Archer and Family, Calvin, Eric, Wilton, Wellington and Stanford Forbes, Rosemary Braynen, Pandora Jones, Felton, Phillip, Dudley, Eleston, O’Brian, Stafford, Cleveland, Gladys Forbes, children of the late Almartha Mullings, Joycelyn Glinton and family, Almartha Forbes-Thomas and family, Gustaves Roker and family, Elodie Forbes and family, Lucian, Edgar and Kirk Hall and family, Christina Williams and family, Myrtle Morris and family, Dorothy Hall, children of the late Deacon Reuben Hall, children of the late Daniel Forbesen, Magedlyn Hamilton family, Rosaida King and family, Hessie Arthur and family, Shirley Smith, John, Withfield and Franklyn Bain, Alice Pinder and family, Jessie Rigby and family, children of the late Franklyn and Esther Forbes and Princess Allen; god children: Clifford Garvey and Carolyn Williams and a host of other relatives and friends including: Dr. Winston Forbes, Management and Staff at The Medical Pavilion, Olive Hendfield, Ray and Jennifer Whylly, Grand Bahama Taxi Union, Harold Curry, Pleasant and Ferline Bridgewater and family, Delisa and Brandeisa Duncanson, Shari Hall, The late Stephanie and Joseph Garvey family, Ulysees Curry and family, Eric Wood, Andrew Munnings, Kathleen Williams and family, Jewelene Missick and family, Mayfield Park neighbors, Roosevelt Newbold, Colin Newbold (Atlanta, Ga.), Ruth Smith and family, John Chand and family, Almondo Taylor and family, Welly and Tiffany Smith, Rachel Dean and family, Amanda Adderley, Charlton Smith and family, Dean, Pinder, Outten, Hamilton and Forbes family and Kross Town Investment, Brownen Smith, Principle, Teachers, Staff, and Students at Jack Hayward Senior High, BIBT Freeport, Aleada White and family, BUT, Quinton Laroda, Phillips family (Philadelphia), Ocean Reef Resort, Bishop Kermit Saunders and Kingdom Worship Centre International, Minister Alvin Smith, Bishop George Thompson, Minister Cecil Knowles, Bishop Rudolph Arthur and family, Rev. Gary Cooper and family, Church of God of Prophecy and Community at Heart Tabernacle COGOP (Coral Road).

Viewing will be held in the “Serenity Suite” at Restview Memorial Mortuary and Crematorium Limited, #11-A Coral Road, Freeport, Grand Bahama 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.