Deacon “Grammy” Minerva Rosana Benson
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Funeral Service for Deacon Minerva Rosana “Grammy” Benson, Age 77 years, of North Victoria Hill, San Salvador, Bahamas, will be held on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 2:00 pm.
Church: St. James Native Baptist Church
Address: North Victoria Hill, San Salvador, Bahamas
Officiating: Pastor Ivy Butler
Assisted by: Pastor Alrick Butler and Pastor Hernix Reckley
Interment: North Victoria Hill Public Cemetery, San Salvador, Bahamas
Left to mourn and cherish her memories are her four loving children: Alvin Levarity, Merriel ‘Joanne’ Edgecombe, Angela Perrin and Clayton Bastian; supportive sisters and brothers: Ruth Nairn, Vernecia and Marina Benson, Frederick and Stafford Benson; grandchildren: Alvano, Alyvonetta and Alvin Levarity Jr., Jevon Messam, Pedro Williams, Lavanda Williamson, Kenwood, Nadia, Deandra and Angelica Higgins, Clayton Jr., Claytonia, Claynell, Caelen and Ashjon Bastian; great grandchildren: Latodd Marshall, Cheyenne and Chase Levarity, Cristen and Nakesha Williams, Garron Jr., Garonique and Viviano Williamson, Amarie and Aiden Forbes and Brenden Bastian; brother-in-law: George Lightfoot; sisters-in-law: Josalee and Rosemary Benson; daughter-in-law: Yvonne Levarity; son-in-law: Roylan Perrin; grand-daughters-in-law: Nyoka Williams, Natasha Levarity and Madra Roberts; grandson-in-law: Minister Garron Williamson; nieces: Kimberely, Rochelle, Marlene, Sonia, Kamaria, Olga, Cindy, Sloan, Nesha, Pandora, Nicola, Arlene, Tanya, Denise, Garnell, Estherlyn, Mordell, Eunice, Rebecca, Firstina, Amelia, Shantell, Ameaka, Karis, Anika, Delareese, Slone, Leotha, Christina, Sonia, Kendra, Sharon, Theresa and Debbie Bullard; nephews: Floyd, Duke, Keith, Clement, Dale, Humphrey, John, Devon, Julian, Frederick Jr., Stafford Jr., Isaiah, Rufus, Winton, Cardinal, Jeronomoe, Dennis, Herman Godfrey, Bernard, Godfrey and Michael Pintard; nieces-in-law: Debbie Marche, Gloria Ominski, Wenzalee Dorsett, Charleen Kerney and Tina Benson; nephews-in-law: Wilfred Smith, Charlie and Kendal Jones, Neill Storr, Dennis Sandle, Cecil Forbes, Chen Jean-Pierre, Kelsey Farquharson, Van Pearce and Andre Davis; godchildren: Sherry Johnson, Nurse Diane Jones and Ashley Pinder; a host of grandnieces, grandnephews, great grandnieces and great grandnephews; other relatives and friends including: Isadora Storr, Nancy Laing, Violet Storr, Mae Butler, Nathaniel Jones, Alfred, Cedric and Roy Storr, Jennymae Walker, Inez Jones, Edwin and Bloneva Butler, Matilda Williams, Pastor Hernix Reckley, Austin, Lloyd and Michael Jones, Bethsaida Jones, Elva Neely, Olamae Davis, Teresa Williams, Marinette Minnis, Maxwell Ferguson and family, Pastor Gary Hanna and family, Pastor Mavis Major and family, Pastor Ivy Butler and family, Wellington Fernander and family, Clifford Fernander and family, Judith Gibson and family, Ednold Thompson and family, Bert Deveaux and family, Clifton Storr and family, Beatrice Walpor, Andra Turnquest, Angela Laramore and family, Beryl Greene and family, Debbie Williams, Diane Benson, Maltina Bastian and family, Raymond Russell and family, Laura Benson and family, Pamela Storr and family, Cheryl Hanna and family, Constance Conliffe, Jean Neeley, Benjamin Thomas, Louis and Donna Allen, Winston and Althea Bonaby, Diane Jones and family, Leanna Edgecombe and family, Bertram and Marjorie Forbes, Pastor Leo Jones, Neuman Mackey and family, Helen Cash, Betty Jane Proca, Crystal Adderley, Adelaide Levarity and family, the Miller family, Renee Barrow and family, Betsy Morris and family, G. Maxine Knight and family, Caroline Fernander and family, Lenwood Higgins, Jarvis and Linda Jones, Evelyn Arnette and family, Idell Jones and family, Evelyn Woods and family, Eureka Knowles and family, Catherine Storr, Helen Arnette and family, Evelyn Sturrup and family, Agnes Grey, Alton, Brenelle and Quincey Poitier, Bishop Michael Symonette and the St. John’s Native Baptist Society family, Pastor Johnathan Knowles and family, Millicent Williams and family, Faith Jones and family, Ada Forbes and family, Nathaniel Walker and family, the Smith family, Dr. Andy, Nurse Singh and the San Salvador Community Clinic staff and the entire community of San Salvador.
FRIENDS MAY PAY THEIR RESPECTS AT ROCK OF AGES NORTH SIDE CREMATION CENTER ON THURSDAY FROM 1:00 P.M. TO 5:00 P.M. AND ON FRIDAY AT ST. JAMES NATIVE BAPTIST CHURCH, NORTH VICTORIA HILL, SAN SALVADOR FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. AND ON SATURDAY AT THE CHURCH FROM 9:00 A.M. UNTIL SERVICE TIME.