Mother Rovina Victoria Cornish
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Funeral Services for Mother Rovina Victoria Cornish, age 76 Dundas Town, Abaco and formerly of Deadman’s Cay, Long Island, will be held on Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 10 a.m. at the Church of God Auditorium, Joe Farrington Road. Officiating will be Bishop Moses Johnson assisted by Bishop Anthony Campbell, Bishop Cedric Bullard, Bishop Clayton McIntosh and other Minister of the Gospel. Interment will follow in the Eastern Cemetery, Shirley Street.
Left to cherish her memories are: her Husband: Bishop Lernis Charles Cornish; Sons: Charles, Daniel and Lernis Jr.; Daughters: Joycelyn Newbold, Karen Williams, Vangie Stuart, Christine Bostwick and Tanna Newbold; Sons-In-Law: Barry Bostwick, William Newbold, Ellis Stuart, Wain Newbold and Edward Williams; Step Son: Kenneth Cornish; Adopted Son: Collie Swain; Adopted Daughters: Ruth Russell, Samantha Cornish and Terry Armstron; Grandchildren: Theodore & Keisha Sawyer, Jawara & Logan Newblod, Destiny Newton, Charleston, Ryelle, Cayden and Tathanisha Cornish, Brandan Wilchcombe, Brandi & Lashard Carey, Dante & Lindalee Dantez & Danielle Cornish, Tevin Lesbott, Taye’ Stuart, Barry & Rebecca, Gabriel, Victoria and Celine Bostwick, Mark and Trevett Cornish, Iziah, Judah, Diaman and Davonte Newbold, Kennisha Cornish, Sheoka & DaMark McKinney, Ken and Kemela Cornish;Great Grandchildren: Calleigh Newton, Timothy, Elvin, Amiya and Omarion Sawyer, Dante Jr. and Alaana Cornish, Michael Mackey, Cayden Barrs, Ky’lin Carey, Tevin Lesbott Jr., Vandrenae cornish, Jealyn & Jaleyah Adderley and Demara McKinney; Sisters: Blanche Turnquest, Lorraine Miller and Marjorie Fox Azur, Angela Wells (Deceased); Brothers: David, Jacob, John, Alan and Alexander fox, Morgan, Douglas and Leon Turnquest (deceased), Lawrence, Esau and James Fox (deceased); Sisters-In-law: Ida and Pamela Turnquest, Carolyn, Dawn, Ruth, Audrey and Vera Fox, Viola Johnson, Ramelda Cornish, Edna Burrows, Violet and Urbis Cornish (deceased); Brothers-In-Law: Mervin Burrows, Leo and Victor Cornish, Harold Wells, Norris Miller, Rema Azur and Alfonso Cornish (deceased); A host of Nieces: Lee Esther Jones (Pompano Beach Fl), Lynn Taylor, Margo John, Tawan Turnquest, Barbara Sturrup, Lee Esther Hepburn (deceased); A host of Nephews including: Jared Sturrup, Michael and Dwight Turnquest; God Children: Paula Morley, Elizabeth Matthias and Fritz Bootle Jr.; Other relatives and friends including: The entire communities of Deadman’s Cay and McCann’s Long Island, Bishop Johnny, Sister Tina, JJ Lowe and family, Mother Pearl Lowe, Mother Merril Adderley, Effie Kivi (Michigan), Bishop and Mrs. Moses Johnson National Overseer Churches of God Bahamas, James Williams and family Bertlyn Linden, Lawrencene Cornish, Linden Wilchcombe, Kenneth Knowles and family, Stacyann McDonald and family, Bishop Archilaus and Estelle Cooper and family, Bishop Anthony and Lula Campbell, Bishop Clayton and sister Clovena McIntosh and family, Bishop Revy Francis and family, Bishop Donnie Storr and family, Bishop Edmond Ellis and family, The Church of God family of The Bahamas and the entire District of ABACO, Min. Darren Henfield and family, Copeland Morley and family, The Strachan family including Greta Culmer, Courtney Chandler and Ruby Rolle, Katrina (Cookie) Adderley, Naomi Hepburn and family, Leah Humes and family, Clayton Humes, Cleola Sawyer and family, Francis Jones and family, Nelly Brookes and family, Bishop Goliath and Joyce Burrows and family, The entire Cornish family of Dundas Town, Blackwood and Coopers Town, Sheldon and Patricia Kuipers (Canada),The Mills family including (Admiral) Cay, Miss Elvert and Pastor Silbert Mills and family, Lillian Miller, (Switzerland) Pastor Steven and Judith Knowles, Mother Elsie Knowles, Patrice Johnson, Robert Newbold and family, Errol Thurston and family, Wilson Russell and family, Pamela Cornish and family, Pastor Dave Cartwright and family, Wilderlane Higgs and family, Linda Sawyer and family, The Newbold family, Pastor Samuel Cornish and family, Pastor Alex Archer and family, Weldon and Morley Davis, St Marks Baptist Church family in Crossing Rocks, Mount Zion Baptist Church family in Sandy Point, The community of Green Turtle Cay including Gladys, Reuben and Junie McIntosh, Vyrona Archer and family, Ian Roberts and family, The Albury’s, Russell’s, Sand’s Darville’s, Sawyers, Roberts, Stratton, Malone and Lowe families of Marsh Harbour, The family of Jacksonville Florida including, Ben and Liza Groshell, Sperry, Sally and Amanda Lee, Sheelah Harris and many others too numerous to mention.
Viewing will be held in the Blessed Redeemer Chapel at Ferguson’s Funeral Directors, 7th Terrace Collins Avenue on Friday from 12 noon – 5p.m. and again at the Church on Saturday from 9a.m. until service time.