Leland Whitfield Turner
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Full Military Funeral Service for Retired Assistant Superintendent of Police of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, Leland Whitfield Turner, aged 82 years of Orange Blossom Avenue, Gardens Hills #3 and formerly of Tea Bay, Cat Island, will be held on Friday, 3rd March, 2017, 10:00 a.m. at Christ the King Anglican Church, Ridgeland Park. Archdeacon James Palacious and Canon Curtis Robinson will officiate. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens, John F. Kennedy Drive.
Left to cherish precious memories are his Wife: Mildred Turner of 59 years; Daughters: Ingrid Jones and Nguyen Payne; Sons: Pastor Ricardo, Craig, Alarie and Juan Turner; Sons-in-law: Ricky Jones and Byron Payne; Daughters-in-law: Deaconess Mary, Philippa, Gina and Sharon Turner; Grandchildren: Niven and Kelson Jones, Ryan & Bianca Payne, Ashleigh and Avian Payne,
Ricardra and Ricardo Turner, Carenique, Avia, Craig and Camal Turner and Caitlyn Walker, Aliczia, Treyvon, Amber, Alarie and Asiah Turner, and a grandchild on the way; Great-grandchildren: Brinae, Terrell and Aaliyah Payne, and a great-grandchild on the way; Sisters: Iva Strachan; Brothers: Eric Turner and Warren Seymour; aunt: Francis Deveaux; sisters-in-law: Elizabeth Reid, Estella Simmons and Theresa DeGregory, Carnetta Seymour and Leona Turner; Brothers-in-law: Donald DeGregory, Hubert and Nicholas Simmons; nieces and nephews: Corporal Rae Russell, Superintendent Stuart Curtis, Constable Darell Pyfrom, Inspector Keith McDonald, Reserve Sgt Brian McDonald, Godfrey Cunningham, Bridgette Sweeting, Inspector Wendy Pearson, Derosset
Gibson and Bonita Turner, Antoinette, Terry, Marsha, Josephine, Pamela, Al and Calvin Seymour; Carolyn Johnson, Glandina Luissant, Leona Armbrister, Carol, Hezekiah, Annabelle, Francina and Garnett Hepburn; Jill, Anishka, Kelly, Michael and Apostle Dr. Carlos Reid; Melinda Greene, Yvonne Curry, Carl, Michelle, and Urias Seymour; Quetel Bethell and Julian Edwards; Michael and Edward Turner; Eleanor Kirkland, Charlotte Onyundo, Anthony and Charles Turner; Terry Bodie, Sandra Bodie, Vernon Bodie (Boy), Annamae and Estimae Bodie; God Father: Hartman Moncur; Special Friends: Paul Jones, Rudolph Sweeting, Luther, Mr. Minnis, Patricia Laing, The Glen Thompson Family, The Gibson Family, The Brown Family, Mary Marshall and Family, Kirk Smith and Family, The Lightbourne Family, The Fawkes Family and Paulette Moss; Other relatives and Friends: The Smith Family, The Seymour Family, The Bannister Family, The Bodie Family, Gretta Gibson and Family, Capucine Smith and Family, The Deveaux Family, Loretta Butler-Turner MP, The Moncur Family, The Middleton Family, Franklyn Pratt and Family, The McQuay Family, The Hepburn Family, The Tea Bay, Cat Island Family; Ella Rolle and Family, Timothy Bain and Family, Lloyd Smith and Family, Tyrone Brown and Family, Members of Emmanuel Gospel Chapel, Members of Christ The King Anglican Church especially Evening song, Board of Directors and Staff of Kingsway
Academy, Puritan Chemicals Clients and The Mailboat Staff; special thanks: Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade and Family, The Royal Bahamas Police Force, Staff of the Retired Police Officers Association, Princess Margaret Hospital Staff of Accident and Emergency and Male Surgical Ward 1 especially Nurse Joseph; Dr. Chin and The Medical Team, The Patient Registration Team, Natasha Gibson, The Staff of CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank, Freeport Harbour Company, PharmaChem Technologies, Jesus People Proclaim International Church, Lyford Cay Club, Cat Island United Council and a host of other relatives and friends. IF WE HAVE OMITTED ANYONE, PLEASE FORGIVE US. MAY LELAND’S SOUL REST IN PEACE
Friends may pay their last respects at the Paul H. Farquharson’s Conference Center, Police Headquarters, on Thursday from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. and at the church on Friday from 9:00 a.m. until service time.
