Graida Knowles
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A memorial service
Mrs. Graida Knowles, 84
will be held at the FNM Headquarters, Mackey Street, on Thursday at 1:00 p.m.
Funeral service for
Mrs. Graida Knowles, 84
a resident of Steventon, Exuma, will be held at Ebenezer Union Baptist Church, Farmer's Hill, Exuma, on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Rev. Adam J. Brown, Rev. Oswald Nixon, Rev. Dr. Irvin Clark, Rev. Franklyn McKenzie, Rev. Reginald McKenzie & Rev. Dr. Stafford Munnings. Interment follows in Steventon Cemetery, Exuma.
Left to cherish her memories are her (8) Children: Haven King; Marilyn Davis; Susan Knowles Rolle of Freeport, Grand Bahama; Willie Knowles Jr of Atlanta; Melford Knowles (pre-deceased her); Hercules Knowles; Margaretta Knowles; Constance Knowles of Freeport, Grand Bahama; Fredrica Knowles of Exuma; (19) grandchildren: Aztec, Cherokee, Chian and Machian King; Gardra and Clement McKenzie and Chiddina Taylor; Kareem Clarke, Anthone Rolle and Gleniqua Strachan; Byron Knowles; Melford Knowles Jr; Chelsea Knowles, Monica Roberts, Allen “Lexy” Smith, Antroy White, Freanda, Felicia and MacKale Knowles; (12) great grandchildren: Gardedra, Chinondre, G’Nardo, Clatrico, Jasmin, Kenyetta and Clement Jr. McKenzie, Chaunsey, Chondre’, David and Chania Taylor and Traliyah Miller; (6) great great grandchildren: Mo-Nae Wildgoose, Kanna, Katora, Kamia and Kirria Clarke and Anthone Rollle Jr; grand daughter-in-law, Nicole McKenzie; adopted children: Bob & Deborah Miller, Phillip McCartney, Barbara Bethel, Charles Mackey, Larry Morley, Kingsley Holbert, Vena & Grant Wolfe, Lerlean & George McKenzie, Alvara Taylor, Samantha & Al Gibson; sisters: Ida Rolle of Freeport, Grand Bahama, Cynthia Smith-Hepburn and Shantel Collie of Nassau; brothers-in-Law: Alphonso Hepburn, Vincent Collie and Charles Miller of Nassau; sisters-In-law: Barbara Smith of Nassau, Emily Smith of Long Island, Rita Morley of Eleuthera; numerous Nieces & Nephews: The children of Joseph Smith, Albert Smith, Jacob Smith, Aida Smith, Francis (Queen) Rolle, Albertha Pennerman, Cynthia Smith Hepburn, Mae Sweeting, Ethlyn Davis, Florence Davis, Bernard Grant, Lindamae Davis, Josephine Smith & Rosalee McIntosh of Miami; special friends: Iva Davis, Erlin Rolle, Zoey Williams, Jenny Rolle and Debbie Moxey of Exuma; numerous relatives and friends: Angie Rolle, Ruth Bastian, Alvara Taylor & Family, Unell McKenzie & Family, Arabella Smith & Family, The Rodriquez family, Cora McKenzie & Family, Tenzie Ferguson & Family, Sarah Rolle-Robinson, Alice Miller of Long Island, Jeroma Knowles, The Rt. Honorable Hubert A. Ingraham, Honorable Dr. Hubert A. Minnis, The FNM Women’s Association & Supporters (Exuma, Nassau & Grand Bahama), Eastern Star Lodge, Rev’d Adam J. Brown, Rev’d Oswald Nixon, Rev’d Dr. Irvin Clark, Rev’d Franklyn McKenzie, Rev’d Reginald McKenzie, Rev’d Dr. Stafford Munnings, The Steventon and Black Point communities and various communities within Exuma. Special thanks to the Management & Staff of Sky Bahamas. If anyone is missed it is not intentional as Graida was well known and loved by so many.
Friends may pay their last respects at The FNM Headquarters, Mackey Street, from 10-4:00 p.m. on Thursday & on Friday at the church in Farmer's Hill, Exuma from 5:00 p.m. until service time on Saturday.
