Virginia Elizabeth Mortimer

Funeral service for Virginia Elizabeth Mortimer, 91 yrs., a resident of Wild Harvest Drive, Skyline Lakes & formerly of Calabash Bay, Andros, will be held at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Wulff & Baillou Hill Roads, on Friday 19th August, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Canon Basil Tynes, assisted by Fr. Donald Kerr. Interment follows in Western Cemetery, Nassau Street.
Virginia Elizabeth Mortimer, former Nursing Officer, proud Bahamian, mother and friend is survived by Children: Maxwell and Eve (daughter-in-law) Poitier, Marcian and Valarie (daughter-in-law) Mortimer, Gerard and Lorna Mortimer, Grandchildren: Adjuah and Neil Cleare (grandson-in-law), Anissa and Maxwell Poitier, D'Anya, Marcus and Arvis Mortimer and Chad Rolle, Great Grandchildren: Neil Adrian and James Cleare, and Matthew Jonathon Poitier, siblings: Randolph and Judith Minnis, Wendell Moxey, Joyce and Rudolph Burgzorg, Jane Adderley, Lois Richardson, Maureen Rahming, Astrid Brooks; sisters-in-law:Rebecca Bain, Arlene Ching, Jennifer Minnis and Ethelyn Mortimer; niece and nephews:Sterling andLynette Minnis, Russell Minnis, Quentin and Monika Minnis, Sonia Minnis, Jedda and Patrick Wong, Shawn Saunders, Donna and McKellan Stubbs, Larry Minnis, Herbert Minnis, Playdell Dale, Louise Cargill, Ambrose, Tyrone, Gregory and Dr. Patrick and Susan Cargill, Charles & Vernice Minnis, Peralee Minnis, Cordell Adderley,Sherine Gray, Hugh Minnis, , Hon. Dr. Hubert and Patricia Minnis, Cyril and Cheryl Minnis , Huelin, Josey, Percy, Rev. Christopher Minnis, Randolph, Vaughn, Dr. Akeen Minnis, Dr. Shantell McKinney, Bernadette Minnis, Randolph Rose, Randy Minnis, Roya Minnis, Rochelle McKinney, Vanessa Minnis, Peggy Newbold, Donna Roberts, Martha Minnis, Pandora Moxey, Dwayne Pratt, Barry, Randolph and Beverly Burrows, Pauline Davis, Teresa Wright, Patricia (Baby) Minnis, Valarie Hanna, Constance Coakley, Sandra Emmanuel,Rev. Manette and Nicholas Cripps, Ida and Kenneth Turnquest, Spencer Poitier, Wendy and Brian Albury, Flora and Dwight Sawyer, Eric Poitier, Haldane and Darlene Chase, Marie and Terrance Smith,Branford and Vera Chase, Renee and Colyn Chase, Arthur and Judith Chase, Hugh and Primrose Chase, Gail and Eliese Chase,Alfred and Daphne Richardson, Anthony and Hazel Richardson, Dr. Kenneth and Avis Richardson, Katherine Richardson, Iris Richardson, Ralph and Sherry Richardson, Selwyn and Dellarese Richardson, Drs. Osmond and Kimberley Richardson, Steven and Jenifer Richardson, Carver Burgzorg, Lena and Selvin Dottin, Carol Morley, Joan and Otto Fountain, Sonia and Bruno Roberts, Trevor, Fredrick and Ian Burgzorg, Anna Maria and Bradley Smith, Vernal and Rev. Charles Carey, Brian and Cassandra Adderley, Roosevelt and Dianne Rahming, Earl and Clare Rahming, Monique Rahming, Sharon and Michael Poitier, Charisse and Alexander Brown, Claudia and Vaughn Glinton, Joyanne and Daniel Ferguson, Daphne and Dr. Graeme Fraser-Bell, Cheryl and Dr. Homer Bloomfield, Patricia and Terrance Fountain, Dr. Lina Mortimer-Reyes, Elder Dorian Cox, Whitney, Terrance and Orson Mortimer, George Marshall, Wesley Smith, William, Christopher and Claudette Ching, Elaine Ching, Christina and Perry Williams, Rev. Edward Mortimer, Kingsley Bain, Kenneth and Kelvin Symonette, GlenwitRussell, Rev. Lloyd Mortimer, Sheena and Deborah Mortimer, Stephanie White, Angela Pratt, Nelson Zonicle, Judith Hunte, Patricia and Rosemary Wallace, Reginald Edgecombe, Drucilla Forbes and Linda Rolleand a host of relatives including:Dudrie Minnis, Ivan Minnis, Marge Cargill, Gloria Johnson, Hensley Thompson, Ulamae Edgecombe, family of the late Leander Minnis, family of the late Edna Turner, family of the late Lottie Tynes,the Pratt family of Cat Island, the Thompson family of Calabash Bay Andros, Dr. Davidson Hepburn and Dr. Ada Thompson, the Calabash Bay Community, the Douds Community of Cat Island, Basil Lewis and family, the Coakley Family, the pioneers of Oakes Field, Rev. Rubyann Cooper-Darling, Rev. Irene Coakley, Nurse Sweeting, Nurse Barbara Davis-Smith, family of the late David Poitier, Mother Laura Benson, the family of the late Una Rose, Merrill Rolle, Rosalie Sweeting, family of the late Roslyn Evans, Samuel Brennen and Family, Mother Catherine Pratt and family, Agatha Marcelle, Dr. Gray, Rev. Fr. Donald Kerr, Canon Basil Tynes, Henry Curry, Rev. Vernis Storr and family, , Howard and Rodger Minnis, Remilda Bailey, Skyline Lakes Family, Brenda Simms, Genevieve Scavella, Janet Minnis, Annie Bain, Viola Sweeting-Butler, Ezekiel Minnis, the St. Barnabas Church Family, Mary Anderson, and Roslyn Seymour and family.
Friends may pay their last respects at Demeritte's Funeral Home, Market Street, fromn 12-6:00 p.m. on Thursday & on Friday at the church from 9:00 a.m. until service time.