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Elgin “‘Sider’, Old Blind’ ” Silkerk Major

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Funeral Service for Elgin Silkerk ‘Sider’, Old Blind’ Major age 72 of Berrys, Long Island will be held on Saturday October 24, 2015 at 3:00 p.m at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Clarence Town, Long Island. Officiating will be Rev. Fr. Alvardo Adderley. Interment will follow in St. Michael’s Anglican Church Cemetery, Roses, Long Island.

Elgin will be greatly missed by his loving wife Terecita Major, and his: Sons & Spouses: Dwight (Keva) Major, Darren (Rosemarie) Major, Baltron (Akilah) Major; Daughters: Sheena (Craig) Adderley, Sheridan Major, & Spouses Vanessa (Larry) Knight, Patricia (Craig) Sawyer; Grand Sons: Baltron Jr., Keyzerro and Ravon Major, Craig Adderley Jr., Tyler Sawyer, Kevon Cartwright; Grand Daughters: Jada Adderley, Krizia and Carolyn Major, Olivia and Camille Knight, Sisters & Spouses: Ceolah (Mertland) Turnquest, Rev. Paulette (Andrew) Cartwright, Carmelita (Jerome) Treco, Toinette Major, Juliana (Lorenzo) Bullard; Brother: Elkanah ‘Tanny’ Major; Sisters and Brothers-In-laws, Barbara (Orlando) Turnquest, Joyce (Terrance) Ferguson& Spouses: Raymond (Vernita) Carroll, Marsha Carroll, Solomon Watson; Aunts:
Lorinda Smith, Susanna Martinborough, Joanna Allen, Annie and Mavis Pratt, Felecia Major of Orlando Fla., Uncles,Lincoln Major and James Pratt; Nieces & Spouses: Llakel Turnquest-Hart, Chavanne (Radley) Knowles, Anna(Theo) McClain, Michelle (Taryll) Woodside, Bianca and Elizabeth Major, Donnetta Turnquest, Linda Watson-Munroe, Aretha (DeArmas) Graham, Tanya (Anthony) Grubbs, Megan and Amanda Carroll; Nephews, Wayde (Ginger) and Aisne (Yolanda) Turnquest, Byron & Spouses, and Andre Cartwright, Jerome Jr. and Jonathan Treco,Able Seaman Jamie Rahming (RBDF), Michael and Daniel Bullard, Rydell Turnquest, Roger and Lowell Watson, Ramon (Kriston), Rekeno (Sharell), Leonard and Jerome Carroll, Naveen and Terron Ferguson; Grand Nieces: Shantol, Brie, Brye and Adrianne Turnquest, Soliel and Abeni Knowles, Kaitlyn Treco, Deatra and Denise Monroe; Grand Nephews, Wayde Jr., Joad (Jessica), Tobias, Vido, Dillon and Isaac Turnquest, Grayson Hart, Duane Townsend, Jayden Rahming, Tariq and Theodore Woodside, Errol Monroe, Emmanuel and Ezekiel Carroll, Rydell Turnquest Jr.; Great Grand Niece:Isabella Munroe; Special Helping Hands: Dianna Darville and Charlton Cartwright Jr.; Numerous Other Relatives & Friends Including: Rudolph & Naomi Pratt, Kevin & Angie Pratt, Simeon & Clareece Cartwright, Danny & Jennifer Cartwright, Paul & Sandy Carroll Wendell & Maud Carroll & family, Leslie &Susan Cartwright & Family, Paul & Ruth Cartwright & Family, John & Bernie Cartwright & Family, Craig & Shay Cartwright & Family, Rosa Cartwright & Family, Daniel Cartwright & Family, Charlton Cartwright & Family, Lewie Carroll & Family, Rudy Minnis & Family, Margaret Major & Family, (God Son) Eddison Carroll & Family, Ivan Cartwright & Family, Lambert Major & Family, Oral Bowe, Johnathan & Janeth Pratt, Maria Darville, Marty, Gelva and Eugenia Cartwright, Shirley Gomez, John Pratt, Elease Smith, Sister Felicitus Pratt, Emily, Bernard, Tony, Cornelius, Francillion, Joanne and Lt. Cdr. Nedley Martinborough (RBDF), Dulcita ‘Dolly’ Ferguson, Genevieve Colo, Jackie Cooper, Pamela Minnis, Michael, Maria, Kendra & Nathaniel Rolle, Bernard Shepherd, Patrick Hanna, Margaret ‘Netta’ Major, Felicity Walker, Kim, Leo and Edward Pratt, George Knowles, Rosalie Adderley, Chloe Knowles, Flossie Darville, Lottie Davis, Majorie Kemp, David and Albury Major, Roger, Leslie, Colin, Edward and Eurydice Dean, Jackie Burrows, Val and Holly Major, Sandra Kinkaid, Joyce Rivere, Wanda, Gail, Kevin, Kennon, Lester and Ashwood Darville, Wendy Smith, Dulcita Austin, Judith Cooper, Celpha Sands, Velina, Julian and Joash Smith, Quincy, Howard and Debbie Darville, Candice Williams, Kay Sweeting, Angela, Audrey, Wayne, Haywood, Allister, Lenny and Lilly Darville, Shirley Turnquest, Walter and Cedric Major, Lorinda Lovette, James Mackey, Coleman, Cleveland and Chester Darville, Colonna Burrows & Family, Lerlean Christie & Family, Philip Carroll & Family, Maris Darville, Jeleah Turnquest & Family, Teresa Forbes & Family, Antoinette Whitfield & Family, Robert Darville & Family, Peter Carroll & Family, Charles Carroll & Family, Ignatius Carroll & Family, Beatrice Burrows & Family, Claudius and John Burrows & Family, Eulie Scott & Family, Fredericka Cartwright & Family, Drexel Munroe, Rose Turnquest, Bishop Laish Boyd, the Anglican Dioceses of The Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands, Archdeacon Keith Cartwright, the Anglican Dioceses of The Bahamas and the Southern Eastern Bahamas, Fr. Kingsley Knowles, Fr. Harry Ward, Fr. Johnathan Archer, Fr. Alvardo Adderley, The Parishes of St. Paul’s Anglican Church (LGI), Dr. Yvette Carter and the Nurses and Staff of the Deadman’s Cay Health Center, the communities of Berry’s, Roses and Mortimers, Long Island and The Roses Burial Society.

Viewing will be held at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Clarence Town, Long Island on Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to service time at the church.

Arrangements are being handled by Vaughn O. Jones Memorial Center, Mt. Royal Ave. and Talbot Street, Nassau, Bahamas.