Princess “Princee” Ruth Grant-Butler
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Funeral Service for Princess Ruth “Princee” Grant-Butler, age 81 years, of Petersfield Road, Highbury Park, will be held at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Shirley and Church Streets on Friday February 20th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Canon Crosley Walkine assisted by Rev. Fr. Lynden Douglas. Interment will follow in the Eastern Cemetery, Dowdeswell Street.
She will be fondly remembered and missed by those who loved her children: Jerome Butler, Jonathan Butler and Dr. Faith Butler-Cleare; grandchildren: Jason Higgs; Danielle Butler; Kristophor and Tishana (Rolle) Higgs; Bently Higgs, Rhyn and Brittney (Bullard) Higgs; great-grand children: Monique and Desarae Carter; Saniqua and Amarie Plummer; Khayleb and Khaynan Higgs and Rhyn Kyrie Higgs; son-in-law: Thomas “Mtumwa” Cleare; step-sons: Samuel, David and Andrew Butler and their families; sister: Hilda “Goldie” Rolle; nieces and nephews: Ricardo, Standford, Sharlene and Joel Knowles; Shavonne Davis, Geoffrey, Alonzo, Keith and Derek Rolle; Suzanne Rolle-Wright and Sophia Archer; Clarice Butler, Denise Butler-Docemo, Valarie Osbourne, Dr. Raleigh Butler Jr., Claudette Butler, Hon. Loretta Butler-Turner, Craig Butler and Charles Butler; Angela Butler, Milo B. Butler III, Bernadette, Godwin, and Jevon Butler; Genia Pinder, Dominic, Damian, Franklyn II and Martin Butler, Pierre, Paul and Antoine Butler, Donna Butler-Leath, Anastacia Moss, Janice Ramsey, Whitney Brice, Dwight, Allan, Bruce, Juanita and Rochelle Butler; Janet Forbes, Sharon Been, Lisa Ingraham, Anne Ferguson, Mark Butler, and Kendal Butler; numerous grand, great grand and great, great grand nieces and nephews; nieces and nephews-in-law: Melody Knowles, Julius Rolle, Muriel Knowles, Fred Davis, Carolyn Rolle, Ruth Saunders-Rolle, Deborah Rolle; Dr. Rosamund Erskine-Butler, Edward Turner, Francine Butler, Mary Butler, Jeffery Pinder, Tina Butler, Rochelle Butler, Eugenia Butler, Moezza Butler, Suzette Butler, Philip Brice, Marilyn, Shandira and Chavone Butler; and Norman Forbes Sr.; sisters-in-law: Winifred, Clementine, and Dorothy Butler; numerous cousins-in-law including: The Hon. Kendal and Justice Ruby Nottage, Dr. Pamela Etuk, Dr. Marcus and Chantal Bethel, Dr. Paulette Bethel, Michael Bethel, The Hon. Alfred Sears and Marion Bethel-Sears and Owen Bethel; Joshua and Samuel McIntosh; the Watson, Major, Dean, Martinborough and Mortimer families of Long Island, the Butler, Strachan and McKinney families of Rum Cay and Eleuthera; numerous godchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends including: Rose Mae Thompson, Anne Adair, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Treco and family, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Thompson, Yvette McCartney-Meredith, Elsie Mae Cleare and family, Nessy Bethel and family, Cassandra Thompson, Cynthia Davis, Heather Wood, Christine and Cecelia Davis, the Pondite Families, Healthy Templers Exercise Group, St. Matthews Wellness Programme, St. Matthew’s Choirs, St. Matthew’s Church School Teachers and Students, St. Matthew’s Layreaders, Canon Crosley Walkine, Rev. Fr. Lynden Douglas and The St. Matthew’s Church Family, Rev. Dr. James B. Moultrie, Archdeacon James Palacious, Fr. Don Haynes, Bishop Laish Z. Boyd and the Clergy of the Anglican Diocese of The Bahamas, and many others too numerous to mention.
Special Thanks to: Central Detective Unit, Oaks Field; the Rand Lab, Princess Margaret Hospital; Butlers’ Funeral Homes and Crematorium; Milo B. Butler and Sons, Ltd.
Friends may pay their last respects at Butlers’ Funeral Homes and Crematorium, Ernest and York Streets, on Thursday, February 19th, 2015 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. and at the church on Friday, February 20th, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. until service time.
