Alfred “Bruiser” Joseph Poitier
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Funeral service for
Alfred Joseph "Bruiser" Poitier, 64
a resident of Laird Street, will be held at The Salvation Army Grants Town Church, Meadow & West Streets, on Saturday 12th March, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be Major Carol Roberts & Major Vernitta M. Hepburn, assisted by Major Jean Miller Contave. Interment follows in Southern Cemetery, Cowpen & Spikenard Roads.
Cherished memories will remain with his 4 Children: Cleopatra ‘Linda’ Young, Adaryll Vivian, Tamaro and Ruth “Poodie” Rahming; Brothers: Charles Poitier and Kermit and Stephanie Hepburn; Sisters: Paulamae Ferguson, Idamae Bain, Major Vernitta Hepburn and Theresa and Deneke Hepburn-Smith; Son-in-law: Dwayne A. Young, Sr.; Grandchildren: Lynasha and Dwayne Young Jr., Raven Munroe, Shekinah and David Rahming; Sister-in-law: Janice Hepburn: Brother-in-law: Lepny St. Cyrin; Adopted Brother: Allan Bain; Adopted Sisters: Ann Campbell and Angie Dawkins, Christine Lundy and Family, Pandora Joseph and family; Uncles: Charles Poitier of Nassau and Edward Poitier of Bradenton, Fla.; Aunt-in-law: Ikena Poitier, Gloria Hepburn of Florida; Nephews: Ricardo Lockhart, Vernon Ferguson, Dante and Heather Bain, Leo and Theo St. Cyrin, Leonard Saunders, Prince and Charlene Hepburn, Jr., Dion Hepburn, Don Demeritte, Daniel Brown, Dominic Hepburn, Matthew Escarment and Edmond Hepburn; Nieces: Charlene Ferguson, Dorothea Demeritte, Tourshika and Howel Bain-Smith, Angela ‘Stacey’ Bain, Joy Newbold of Manhattan, New York, Opal Pratt, Tammy St. Cyrin, Letticia Escarment, Alexandria Albury, Mildred Hepburn, Kendra and Keva Hepburn, and Sybilene Poitier; numerous Grand Nephews and Grand Nieces, great-grand nephews and great-grand nieces; Cousins: Vanria and Leroy Malcolm, Roslyn Fernander, Sandra and Larry Johnson, Carmetta and Cornelius Nesbitt, Kermit and Tanya Douglas, Anthony Marshall, Sherilyn and Allen Major, Edwin and Antoinette Poitier, Melvin, Vondell, Sharon, Carmen, Austine, Juva, Julian and Clifford of the U.S.A., Bishop Tony Hanna, Winifred, Rhonda and Oswald Poitier, Solomon Rolle Jr., Lawrence Rolle, Roland Brown, Pernell and Veronica Brown, Janet and Wendy Poitier, Audrey Poitier, Aunt Pearl and Family, Joshua and Mel Stubbs, Elsie Mae Higgs and Family, Maudlene Newbold and Family, Milton Bell and Family, Shandira Butler and Family, Revis Stubbs, Henry “Barry” and Marie Miller, Jackie McPhee, the Stubbs Family; other relatives and friends including Major Hazel Raeburn & Paul Raeburn, Rev. Mattathias Munroe and Family; Mary Mott and Family, Ivy Bowles and Family, Charlotte McIntosh and Family, Princess Jolly, Sharabell Dean and Family, Elsaida Rolle, Theresa Newman and Family, Luke Escarment and Mary Miller the entire Laird, Fowler and Quakoo Street Families, , Dr. Francis and Dr. Larrimore and Team, Male Surgical 3, PMH Intensive Care Unit Team, the Music Makers Junkanoo Group, The Salvation Army Grants Town Church Family, and others too numerous to mention.
Friends may pay their last respects at Demeritte's Funeral Home, Market Street, from 12-6:00 p.m. on Friday & on Saturday at the church from 10:00 a.m. until service time.
