James Leroy Gay
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Funeral service for
James Leroy Gay, 89
a resident of #59 Hampshire Street, Cable Beach, will be held at The Church of The Most Holy Trinity, Trinity Way, Stapledon Gardens, on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be The Venerable Mark Lindsay-fox, assisted by Rev’d Fr. Roderick Bain, Rev’d Fr. John Kabiga & other Clergy. Interment follows in Southern Cemetery, Cowpen & Spikenard Roads.
Fond and loving memories will forever be held in the hearts of his loving:
6 Children: Minister Wendy Quant; Captain Stephen Gay; Minister Debra Strachan; Deacon Sandra Mackey; Michael A. Gay and James Gay; 4 Sons-In-Law: H.E. Robert Sterling Quant, Bahamas Ambassador to China; Arnold Strachan; Simeon Mackey and Colyn Rolle; 2 Daughters-In-Law: Claudette and Stephanie Gay; 21 Grandchildren: Dr. Teresa Quant-Callender (Mario); Roberta Quant; Stephen, Erin and Jonathan Gay; Ashley Burgess; Deacon Roy-Ann (Sean) Ford; Toni Mortimer; Det. Sgt. 2675 Arnold Strachan, Jr., Jamahl Strachan; Leading Woman Marine Simone Mackey, Simeon Mackey, Jr.; Michael L. Gay, Tori and Shaunice Gomez; Kristina Major-Williamson, Kristin Major; Colyn Junior (CJ), Dominyc Rolle; Alexandra and Joshua Gay; 18 Great-grandchildren: London and Laila Adams, Sterling Callender; Sean, Seth and Savanah Ford; Vashti Mortimer, Santonio MacDonald, Alton Rolle, Vashtin Mortimer; Arnold Strachan III; MacKenzie Strachan; Ethan Gay, Tyler Ryans; Donald, Shawn, Devin and Kevin Mackey; 2 Great-great-grandchildren: Cairo Gay and Rodliyah Moss; Sister: Lillian Gibson; Brother: Gladstone Gay; Nieces and Nephews: Keith, Kenneth (Judy) and Frederic (Renee) Tucker; Allan Jr. (Sharon), Allyson, Mark, Doyle (Nita), Timothy (Kaynetta) Cleare and Sherrie (Brent) Williams; Olivia (Leroy) McLean, Esther (Carleton) Blair, Harris (Carolyn) Gibson; Numerous: Grandnieces and grandnephews; A host of other relatives and friends: including Cyd Gay, Gail Carey, Monica Moss-Sands, Veronica Mackey, Emily Rolle, Allan Cleare, Roy Adams, the Bowe, Elcock, Johnson, Carroll, Bostwick, Bunch-Lightbourne, Moss, Miller, Minnis, Hepburn, Carley, Malone Families, The Gays of Andros, Minister Priscilla Dean, Thelma Johnson & Family, Jane Roberts & Family; Dr. Sonia Marshall & Family; Ona Bailey & Family the Minnis Family Reunion, the Holy Trinity Church Family, the New Covenant Baptist Church Family, the Benevolent Intercessors & Retirees Department (B.I.R.D.), the St. Georges Church Family, other relatives and friends too numerous to mention; caregiver, Sheila Whylly; Nurse Lana King; Eugene Thurston; Eleanor Thompson; Alice Stuart; Bishop Simeon & Minister Linda Hall & Family; Pastor Trajean & Minister Rhonda Jadorette; the Intercessors of Bahamas Harvest Church, the Intercessors of Golden Gates World Outreach Ministries, Archdeacon Mark Lindsay-Fox and the Holy Trinity Church Family. For those whose names we may have inadvertently omitted, we acknowledge and appreciate the support you gave to our family.
Friends may pay their last respects at Demeritte’s Funeral Home, Market Street, from 12-6:00 p.m. on Friday & on Saturday at the church from 9:00 a.m. until service time.
