Gurth A.E. Knowles
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Funeral Service for the late Mr. Gurth A.E. Knowles age 72 years old of Pilot House who died at his residence on Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 will be held at 12:00 noon on Sunday, May 5th, 2013 at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church, Kemp Road. Officiating will be Father Oswald Pinder. Interment will follow in St. Margaret’s Anglican Church Cemetery, St. Margaret’s Road.
He is pre-deceased by his parents: Ariminta & Samuel Knowles; Ex-wife and Friend: Adella Knowles; Sisters: Shirley Knowles, Delores Sherman, Dot Rodgers; and Adopted sister: Kathleen Coakley.
Left to treasure his wonderful memories are his Sons: Gurth Jr., & Keith Knowles; Daughter: Deborah Knowles; Daughter-in-law: Nicole Knowles; Grand Children: T’Keyah, Keanu, Keiniah & Keinay Knowles, Daylan Major & Gurth Knowles III; Sisters and their Spouses: Patricia Jervis, Eleanor & husband Robert Elliott, Rosaline Johnson, Anita & husband Paul Cooper; Mother-in-law: Esther Saunders; Sisters-in-law: Linda & Madeana Turnquest & Emily Saunders of Turks & Caicos; Brothers-in-law: Howard Harvey, Randolph Coakley Sr. & Hon. Norman Saunders of Turks & Caicos; Nieces and their Spouses: Marva & Leana Jervis, Michelle & (Godwin) Cargill, Christine & (Martin) Vandline & Val Johnson, Teresa & (Dennis) Gomez, Jacqueline & (Alfred) Davis of New York, Ginger & (Maurice) Grant of New Jersey, Gina Lightbourne, Jillian & Minister Grace Lindell Rodgers, Opel Rolle, Felicia Turnquest, Ileana Harvey, Denise Saunders & their Families; Nephews and their Spouses: Chris & (Mynez) Sherman, Tony & Michael Jervis, Stephen Elliott, Lee & (Rev. Willish) Johnson, Edward, Kevin & (Senette) Cooper, Leo & (Claravelle), Sidney & (Alice), Terrance, Don & (Minister Tonette) & Michael Rodgers, Corey & Khareem Smith, Devon & Kyle Darville, Norman Jr., Jay & Dax Saunders & their families; Adopted Nieces: Rosemary Coakley & Ruth Adderley & their families; Adopted Nephews: Randolph & Robert Coakley & their families; God Children: Charles Young, Annischka Holmes, Stephen Colby & Michael Kirby; Numerous Cousins Including: Jay Rutherford & family, Thomas Anita Hall Jr. & family of Fort Lauderdale, The Hall family of Rock Sound, Eleuthera, Margaret Dillet, Roderick Hall of Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Dolley Pople & Lee Cartwright of Freeport, Grand Bahama, Philbrick Hepburn & Lavell Davis of Miami, Florida; Special Friends: Patrice Forbes & family, Ghia Scavella, Carlos & Dr. Erica Rolle of Miami Florida, Isaccs & Louise Lightbourne & family, Elliott Lockhart & family, Paul Thompson, Cedric Whylly, Ernest & Ronnie Moss & family, William ‘Willy’ Johnson & family, Fr. Oswald E. Pinder & family, Fr. Dr. Roland Hamilton & family, Betty Simms & family, Kendal & Constance Carroll & family, Monique Miller & Willamae Mackey & family of West Palm Beach; A Host of Other Relatives and Friends Including: Lavern Saunders & family, Robert Deal & family of Rock Sound, Eleuthera, Ian Major, Kofi Dixon, St. Margaret’s Parish family, ACM of St. Margaret’s, Kirk Knowles & family, ‘Gum’ Knowles & family, Helen Knowles & family, Paul Frazier, Ian Hutchinson, Ivan Strachan Jr., Tracy Gray, The Royal Bank family, The Road Traffic Department, William Toussaint & the Pilot House family, Hon. Dion Smith & family, Renee Smith & family, Vincent & Shirley Roberts & family, Staff of Dozer Heavy Equipment Company, Dozer Pros Softball Team, Bahamas Hot Rod Association, Antique Club, Albury Tucker & family, Debbie Tucker-Smith & family, Clyde & Barbara Forbes & family, Agatha Campbell, Reginald Wells & family, Ormond Collie & family, Audry Dean & family, Adam & Maxine Munroe & family, The Ann’s Town Community, Yvonne Williams & family, Sidney Young & family, Janet Russell & family, Mr. Epts & family of England, Staff of the former New Providence Leasing Company, Kiki Chomat of Miami, Florida, James Thompson & family, David Barr, Limmus Taylor & The Mail Boat family, Fulton & Linda Collie of Freeport, Grand Bahama, Delano Culmer & family of Andros, Ted Thompson & family, Edgar Curling & family, Alvin Sands & family, Bill Poitier & Customs Family, Prince Strachan, Gerald Strachan & family, Hon. Shayne Gibson, Patrice Bethel, Vandyke Saunders & Family, Jarvis Glinton Sr., Wayne Munroe & family, Shawn Pratt of the Turks & Caicos, Alma Johnson of Miami, Florida, Tony Rutherford & family, Helen Tinnock, Cora Campbell, Shirley & Dorene, Joyanne, Whitelene Smith, J.M. Pinder of Star General & family, Gus Outten, Tony Myers & family, David Rolle, Tennyson Wells & family, Hon. Brave Davis, Phillip Swaby, Hon. Hubert Minnis & family, Hon. Loretta Butler-Turner & family, Emmerson Rolle & family, Terry Kemp & family, The entire Heavy Equipment, Paving & Construction family, Sylvia Scriven & family, The family of the Late Percy McKenzie including Persis Penfound, Marcel, Ian, & Adrian McKenzie, The family of the late Patrick Moss, The family of the late Prince & Mae Rolle, Jackson & Phyllis, The family of the late Phillip Brown, The family of the Late Gordon Fox, The family of the late Hilton Harvey, The entire Kemp Road Community especially Sutton Street family, Strachan’s Alley Family & respective families: Frazier’s, Johnson’s, White’s, Collie’s, McPhee’s & Babb’s. Gurth had friends throughout the archipelago from Freeport, Grand Bahama and Abaco in the North to Exuma, Andros, Inagua and San Salvador in the South not to mention Rock Sound Eleuthera and the Turks & Caicos Islands, and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention. Everyone was blessed to have met Gurth and he made a lasting impression in their lives. If we fail to mention your name please accept our sincere apology for this oversight; Special thanks to: Nurse Marva Jervis, Fr. Dr. Roland Hamilton and Fr. Pinder.
Viewing will be held in the Celestial Suite at Restview Memorial Mortuary and Crematorium Ltd., Robinson and Soldier Roads on Saturday from 10:00am to 5:00pm and at the church on Sunday from 10:30am until service time.
