Evelyn Gertrude Minnis
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Funeral Service for the late Matriarch Evelyn Gertrude Minnis age 81 years of Fresh Creek, Andros and formerly of Merton Ave. off Farrington Road will be held on Saturday, December 3rd, 2016 at 9:45 am at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Boyd Road. Officiating will be Monsignor Alfred Culmer assisted by Deacon Burrows. Interment will follow in St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery, Boyd Road.
Precious memories will forever linger in the hearts and minds of her children: Cheryl Taylor, Carol D. Minnis and Glen Ashton Miller; grandchildren: Aaliyah and Amare Miller; foster mother: Marguerite Dahl; siblings: Dr. Anthony Dal of Boston, Massachusetts, Dr. Merceline Dahl-Regis, Ann Smith, Dr. Iva Dahl, Don Dahl (Patricia) of Michigan and Georgette Butler (Jerry); step daughter: Melvern Demeritte; nephews: Eric Storr, Richard Williams, Wellington and Delvin Taylor; good niece: Wendlyn Storr; nieces: Beverly Taylor, Essiemae Barr, Sylvia Sweeting, Altamese Taylor, Loretta and Francis Lord, Denise Taylor-Beneby and Dorenda Taylor-Davis; numerous grandnieces and nephews including: Dexter, Dyesun, Doyle and Deron Storr, Erica Moss, Shirlene Lamm and Marvin Storr, Patrick Miller, Renrick and Sydney Brown, Tanya and Tyrone Lord; cousins: Verna Gilbert, Ellamae George, Inez Poitier, Albertha Rolle, Willicene Cartwight and Eleanor Williams; numerous godchildren including, but not limited to: Gregory Johnson of Water & Sewerage, Nassau, Hosea “good godson” Hinsey, Glen Johnson, Stacey Miller, Jamal Smith, Cappucine Brown, Gavin Brown, Suzanne McLeroy, Dave Banton, Fayann Oxley and Julian Mackey; lifelong best friend & brother: Fred Bowleg; St. John’s Christoym Family: Right Rev’d Patrick Pinder, Deacon Harold Braynen, Deacon Frank and Jennie Trembly (Former Deacon), Peter & Gabriel Douglas & Family, Moses, Valarie and Daria Hanna, Leona Hall, Troy Knowles, Albertha and Dewitt Edgecombe, Doan Neymour, Theresa, Edward Jr., Lloydeka Minnis and TeEdra Minnis-Hinsey, Leonard Farrington, Cecil Penn, Adrian D’Aguilla, Leonard Minnis and Shaniqua Miah, Peter Thompson, Sandra Melien, Makel Neely, Cynthia McKenzie, Stephanie Moore, Valarie Adderley, Wilbert and Eula Edgecombe, Laurie Neymour, Bernard Rahming, George Rahming, Mavis Brown, Sandra Emmanuel, James Smith, Felix Bowleg, Mrs. Moss and Family, Elizabeth Brown; friends: Apologies are extended if any names were inadvertently left out. Evelyn cultivated many friends over the years, and made each person feel special: Rowena Cleare and Fredrick Pyfrom, Emma Jane Scott, Betty Saunders, Martha Brown, Crystal Knowles and Byron Scott, Virginia Roberts and Family, Telcina Thompson and Family, Enid Ruddock, Mary Rolle and Family, Cinderella and Thomas Hinsey and Family, Madeline and Thomas Mackey and Family, Betty Simms, Wilbert “Bert” Edgecombe of Nassau, Winston Sturrup, Rev. Newton Hamilton, Cleveland Bowleg, Marion Kelly of Mangrove Cay, Pastor Dorenda Dean and Family, Emily and Berkley Moxey, Diann and Benry Smith and Family, Pearl and Freddie Hinsey, Merrill Rolle and Family, Edna Leadon, Pauline and High Edgecombe and Family, Paul and Victoria Roberts and Family, Ricardo Mackey, Christine Thompson and Family, Rev. Nick and Annamae Hinsey and Family, Betty and Henry Hinsey, Richard Riley, Emily Miller, Wendell Moxey and Family, Cynthia and Ancil Oliver and Family, Lloyd and Audrey Henriques, Gail Bowe, Meridith Henriques, Vanessa Henriques, Dellerease Hinsey and Family, Glen and Brenda White and Family, Gloria Johnson and Family, Jane and Vernon Bodie, Ruthnell Porter, Prince Munroe and Family, Adeline Wallace and Family, Mrs. Isabella Newbitt and Family of Bowen Sound, Olive Curtis, Lyn Farrington, William Adderley, Mabel Stubbs, Doris Adderley, Rudley and Valederine McIntosh, Michael Duncombe, Evelyn Wright, Agatha Joyce, Elizabeth and Donald Evans, Betty Hanna, Elizabeth Hanna and Family, Darnell Fowler, Michelle Campbell, Jerome Scott, Craig Scott and Nicarro James, Enoch, Craig, Juliette and Kevin Gaitor, Georgette Mackey and Family, Sonny Martin and Family, McKallan and Donna Stubbs, Lillis Marshall, Helen Thompson and Family, Deon and Khlileah Sweeting, Violete Cleare and Family, Beatrice Poitier, Steven and Charlene Walkine, Vanessa Bowleg, Dale Adderley and Lisa Saunders, Sarah Carey, Sherman Turner, Dwight Brown, Kendal Brown, Jerry Trott, Dora Scott and Felix Bowleg, Mary Tucker and Family, Leroy Hanna and Family, Sharon Smith and Family, Rudolph and Lavenia Coakley and Family, Merton Thompson, Inez Gibson and Family, Shantel Evans and Family, Rozelda and Kenny Thompson, Harrington Frazier and Family, Pandora Evans, Theresa Wells, Elaine Coakley, Tamiko and Wanda Thompson, Glen Pratt, Lucille Hanna and Family of Freeport, Grand Bahama, LaTasha Hinsey of Freeport Grand Bahama, Sharon Sands of Abaco, Rakish Wilson, Donella Brown, Donald and Paul Dahl and Crystal Brown of Michigan, Jason Regis of Atlanta, Georgia, Deon Regis of Columbus, Ohio, Asia and Christopher Butler, Ivan and Miralda Minnis, Maggie Milford, Judith Hamilton, Glenis Darville, Cecille Bartley, Katherina Henderson, Angel Knowles, Kelda McDonald Brown, Tarrie and Tammy Burrows, Ellsworth, Leonardo and Oris Minnis, Dianna Knowles, Maxwell Jr., Bernard and Malisha Demeritte, Jayson Hinsey, Don Carlos Knowles, Lawson Clarke, George Black, Shantelle Tonny, Marvia Rolle, Andrea Eve, Phyllis Woodside, Erica Hepburn, Lavern Crawley, Maxine and Kevin Archer, the entire communities from Behring Point in the South to Stafford Creek in the North. Evelyn was also close to the Anglican priests who were posted in Andros over the years: Canon Curtis Robinson and Family, Canon Norman Lightbourn and Family, Father John Kabiga and Family, Father Don Haynes, Father Ethan Ferguson, and Father Donald Kerr; special thanks to: the team at Oncology especially Nurse Judith Demeritte, Nurse Concepcion Ramirez, Nurse Vincent Turies, Nurse Diann Hanna, Nurse Smith, Nurse Sylvia Novella, Nurse Hannah Khalfani, Sister Beverly Williams, Mrs. Ferguson, Dr. Nadia Gilbert Bannister, Dr. Butler, Dr. Haliday, Dr. Roberts and Dr. Turnquest, Nurse Althea Bonaby (Consultant), C.I. Gibson Senior High School Family especially Mr. Herbet Oembler, Principal and Mrs. Vanessa James Rolle, Vice Principal, C.V. Bethel Senior High School Family especially Mrs. Princess Fawkes, Principal, Mrs. Angela Simms-Butler, Principal and the staff of T.A.P.S;
Viewing will be held in the “Perpetual Suite” at Restview Memorial Mortuary and Crematorium Ltd., Robinson and Soldier Roads on Friday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm and at the church on Saturday from 8:15 am until service time.
