Cynthia “Diamond” Butler
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Funeral Service for the Late Cynthia “Diamond” Butler, aged 72 years of Caraway Street, Gleniston Gardens and formerly of Current Island, Eleuthera, will be held on Saturday August 8th, 2015, 11:00 a.m. at Abundant Life Bible Church, Abundant Life Road. Pastor Cranston Knowles assisted by other Ministers of the Gospel will officiate. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Soldier Road.
Precious and lifelong memories will be cherished by her four daughters: Pamela Butler-Turnquest, Valerie (Martha) Butler-Daley, Carla Butler-Oliver and Lt. Rupertthera Symonette (RBDF); three sons: Charles, Matthew Sr. and Darren Butler, sixteen grandchildren: Sebastian Swaby, Ja-Pheth and Ja-Bal Miller, Kyle R. Campbell, Matthew Jr., Ashleigh, Jerusha, Alissa, Ashton, Carlos and Shaquille Butler, Jada, Jason Jr, and Ryan Symonette, Shane and Kianna Oliver; two adopted grandchildren: Ahmad Brown and Kenneth Mott; three great-grandchildren: Shani Swaby, Ty’Vane Roberts and Jessica Miller; only sister: Agnes Knowles; six adopted children: Wendy Delancy, Anja Rolle, Garth Johnson, Kim Cleare, Shanelle Evans and Neil Albury; one uncle: Martin ‘Luther’ Kemp ; three aunts: Lorna, Eulene and Emily Kemp; two daughters-in-law: Nathalee and Kim; three sons-in-law: Easton Daley, Shannon Oliver and Jason Symonette Sr. Nieces and Nephews and their respective families: Brent and Donna, Keith Deveaux, Perry and Betty Arthur, Cathy, Reginald and Ritchie Knowles, Dorothea Rolle, Princess and Vincent Johnson, Edith and Shawn Smith, Barbara Taylor, Marsha Boston, Christopher, Spellman Jr. and Steven Munroe, Patrice Glinton, Tina Moss, Fritz Jr., and Prince Stubbs, Edris Elliott, John, Judith, Carla and Kirsten Wilson, Elvinet Piard, Sherry Armaly, Bridgette Smith, Patricia Barrette, Patrick Gittens, Gonzalos Butler, Quincy Taylor and Wakita Hinsey; four God children: Kevin Thompson, Marcus McKenzie, Makera Middleton and Denise Major; six sisters-in-law: Lillian and Cleola Wilson, Julia Seymour, Helen Parker, Claramae Stubbs and Beryl Taylor; four brothers-in-law: John Wilson, Whitney Butler, Fritz Stubbs Sr. and Arnold Seymour; numerous cousins and their respective families: Rosalie Butler-Saunders, Margaret Musgrove-Lightbourne, Sherry Sweeting, Nurse Sandra Kemp, Yorlette and Rodney Butler, Raul and Natasha Uriz, Celia Storr, Ricardo Dean, Curt and Leilin Thompson, Eleanor and David Knowles, Sophia Kemp- Grant, Patsy Knowles and Dorothy Farrington; Other relatives and friends: Pastors Cranston Knowles, Gil Maycock, F. Edward Allen, O’Neil Russell, James Knowles, David Cartwright, Anthony Rolle, Algernon Malcolm and their respective families, the Abundant Life Bible Church family, the Abundant Life Chapel singers, Sister Velma Allen, Sister Barbara Malcolm, Sister Naomi Cumberbatch, The Ladies’ Ministry and Ladies’ Prayer Ministry of Abundant Life Bible Church, the members of Our Lady’s Catholic Church, Apostle Rick and Pastor Gay Dean and the members of Family of Faith Ministries International, Mrs. Betty Strachan and family, Mrs. Judith Theophilus and family; Ms. Tanya Sands and family, Mrs. Wallace and family, Locksley and Joyce Knowles and family, Ms. Janet Scavella and family, Ronald and Pretta Burnside and family, Maxine Lord and family, Veronica Mortimer and family, Mr. Philip Roker and family, Mrs. Wright and family, Mrs. Sheila Knowles and family, Mr. Ian Williamson and family, Mrs. Stephanie Major and family, Cassandra Cooper and family, Elaine Williams and family, Dr. Kiko Bridgewater and family, Captain Charles Smith, the officers and members of the 30th Co. of Boys’ Brigade, Captain Russell, the officers and members of the 24th Co. of Girls’ Brigade, the officers and members of the New Providence Battalion of Boys’ Brigade. Faith Roxbury and family, Jean Edgecombe and family, Rose Richardson and family, Bruce and Grace Dean and family, Sarah Gardiner and family, Angela Hepburn and family, Kenneth and Gerry Sands and family, Blanche Turnquest and family, Angela Wells and family, Mrs. Diane McKenzie and family, neighbors from the Caraway Street (Gleniston Gardens) community, the Current Island community, Deborah Gardiner and family, Cpl. Jay Sargeant and family, Carla Campbell, Commodore and members of the Royal Bahamas Defense Force, Management and staff of NAPCO Printing, Barry University –Original 10 cohort members and their families, BREEF 17 members and their families, the Russell, Symonette and Stovel families, her children’s graduating classes from Aquinas and Saint Augustine’s College and many other persons too numerous to mention. Please accept our apologies if we inadvertently omitted your name. Our grief has been much easier to bear because of your prayers, visits and calls.
Friends may pay their last respects at Bethel Brothers Morticians, #34 Nassau Street, on Friday from 10:00 a.m.to 6:00 p.m. and on Saturday at the church from 10:00 a.m. until service time.
**As this is a celebration of "Diamond's" life, the family requests that NO DARK colors be worn.
