Gwendolyn “Gwennie” Alverna Turnquest
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Funeral Service for Gwendolyn Alverna “Gwennie” Turnquest, age 83 years of Deadman’s Cay, Long Island, will be held at St. John’s Anglican Church, Buckley’s, Long Island on Saturday July 18, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. Officiating will be Canon Harry Ward. Interment will follow in St. John’s Church Cemetery, Buckley’s, Long Island.
Cherished memories will forever linger in the hearts of her family and friends including her two sons: Stephen (Steve) Turnquest and Tex Turnquest; two daughters: Cheryl (Cherry) Deal and Dorothea (Dot) Isaacs; eight grandchildren: Jared, Jadrian, Jyles, and Jody Turnquest; Rohan and Rossano Deal; Robert (Robbie) Isaacs and Danielle Turnquest; two brothers: Lambert and Lance Major; two sisters: Irma Deveaux and Lillian Major; son-in-law: Lincoln Deal; daughters-in-law: Frances and Denise Turnquest; brothers-in-law: Whitmore, Drexel, Alvin and Orlando Turnquest; sisters-in-law: Angela, Barbara, Dorothy, Mary Lyn, Viola and Deana; nieces and nephews: Pearl Deveaux-Stubbs; Linda Francis, Brenda and Ricardo Deveaux, and Samuel Deveaux Jr., Maxine and Wenzel Kemp, Janeane Miller-Stubbs, Kevin Miller, Dwayne and Daziano Smith, Demetria Smith-Armaly, Carmelia Pinder-Bowleg, Portia, McLyncia, McDaron, Alvardo, Mervyn and Yvonne Major, WandaJane McIntosh, Carol ,Brennen, Dale Carey; Susan, Christopher and Keith Smith, Sharon and Kenneth Taylor, Elecia Taylor, Anguerita Miller, Anita Kemp, Craig Ritchie, Lian Bethel, Stephanie, Andrea, Elaine and Charmaine Adderley, Aspasia Toote, Jackie Pratt, Matori, Alvin, Ricardo, Antonio, Brenda, Barbara, Michael, Belinda, Rodnolan, Yan, Tiffany, Cindy, Norma, Donetta and Rydell Turnquest; Neville Brennen and Kay Newman; and a host of other family members and friends including: Lincoln and Wendall Major, Minerva Finley and family, Corese Culmer and family, Rudolph and Reginald Adderley and family, Thomas, Frank and Hezekiah Dean and family, Lorraine and Tonia Smith, Shelton Taylor, Emma Wells, Patricia Turnquest and family, Rosina Pyfrom and family, Iris Pinder and family, Colleen Adderley and family, Olivia Turnquest and family, Carmen and Elva Ritchie, Melrose Taylor, John Jr. and Majorie Cartwright, Ellsworth and Barbara Turnquest, John Wells and family, Rev. Dr. Rex Major and family, Ethel Dames, Rita Bowe and family, Virgie Caroll and family, Eva Knowles, Jude Knowles, Garret Knowles, Mae Morton-Curry, George Morton and family, Jennifer Williams and family, Peggy-Lee Williams and family, Loretta Knowles and family and Cleana; caregivers: Carolyn Jolly and Family, Rev. Dr. Kendal Capron and family and emergency staff at Princess Margaret Hospital; the Turnquest, Burrows, Major and Watson families, Dicey Doh Singers, the St. John’s Anglican Church family, the Holy Cross Anglican Church (New Providence) family, the Palestine Baptist Church family; the communities of Deadman’s Cay, Lower Deadman’s Cay, Buckley’s, Cartwright’s and Mangrove Bush and others too numerous to mention.
Friends may pay their last respects at Butlers’ Funeral Homes and Crematorium, Ernest and York Streets on Thursday July 16, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. And in Long Island at the St. John’s Anglican Church on Friday July 17, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. until service time on Saturday.
