September 1999 Table of Contents

PASSINGS...

CHARLES LEWIS

Funeral services for Charles "Unca Cess" Lewis, 82, were held at St Andrew's Baptist Church, Fire Road, on 31st July. Officiating was Rev Eulin McIntosh assisted by Samuel McIntosh. Interment was in Fire Road Public Cemetery.

"Unca Cess" was a much-loved Abaconian who described himself as a jack of all trades. He was a fisherman, carpenter, mason, builder, taxi driver and bus service owner during his long life.

Mr Lewis is survived by his wife, Ethilee; one son, Charles; seven daughters, Chriscola Rolle, Leeanna Thompson, Selva Symonette, Lillian, Pearl, Costella and Brendalee Lewis; 30 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and close friends.

LYDIA SABRINA PINDER

Funeral services for Lydia Sabrina Pinder, 39, were held at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Sandy Point, on 14th August. Officiating was Rev Napoleon Roberts. Interment was in Sandy Point Public Cemetery.

Sabrina Pinder was the daughter of Samuel Lightbourne and the late Ellen McKinney. She is survived by her husband, Donald Pinder; her father; three sons, Curtis, Ricardo and Donavan; four daughters, Cindy Russell, Candice, Lydia and Donnette; two granddaughters, Whitley Russell and Tyisha Pinder; five sisters, Lula Burrows, Lorene Burrows, Dolly Russell, Keisha Lightbourne and Jane Bain; seven brothers, Richard, Ivan, Robert, Basil and Alexander McKinney, Arthur Lightbourne and Stephen Lightbourne; and a host of other relatives and friends.

LEONARD LIGHTBOURN

Funeral services for Leonard Lightbourn, 75, of Sandy Point were held on 21st August at St George's Anglican Church, Nassau. Officiating was Archdeacon Cornell Moss, assisted by Fr Hugh Chapman, Fr Patrick Johnson and Fr Delano Archer. Interment was at Woodlawn Gardens.

Mr Lightbourn is survived by his wife, Carnetta; eight children, Bruce, Remorn, Leonard Jr, Beverly Culmer, Charlotte Lightbourn, Frances Henfield, Edith Edgecombe and Denise Strachan; sixteen grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a host of relatives and friends in Grand Bahama, Nassau and Abaco.

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