Funeral services for Evelyn Etheldreda Knowles-Cooper, 89 a resident of 28 Major Subdivision, New Providence, Bahamas and formerly of Buckley. Long Island will be held at 10:00am on Friday, September 22nd, 2023 at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Baillou Hill and Wulff Roads, New Providence. Officiating will be The Rt. Rev. Bishop Laish Z. Boyd, The Rev’d Fr. Rodrick Bain, The Rev’d Fr. Colin Saunders and The Rev, Fr. Andrew Toppin. Cremation will follow.
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She was predeceased by her parents, husband and other siblings: Eric O’Brien, Euterpie Collie, Whitfield and Robert Knowles, Mary Whylly and Althea Knowles; children: Patrick Valentino Knowles, Stephanie JoAnn Pinder and Anthony Theodore Cooper.
She is survived by her children: Rev’d Fr. Rudolph (Mary-deceased) Cooper, Linda (Vernal) Collie, Archdeacon George Kingsley (Sandra) Knowles. Judith Cooper, Gillian (Morris-deceased) Knowles Jones, Annischa (Mark) Cook. Charles Cooper. Astrid (Lynden) Tinker and Kelvin Cooper and Moreene (daughters-in-law): grandchildren: Valentino (Danielle), Mario (Japeria) and James (Jennifer) Cooper; Kandra and Kea Knowles, Jason and Shaun (Jennifer) Pinder and Michael Justin (Cicily) Hepburn; Ashley Stubbs, Anthonya Cooper, Maris and Giani Marisa Jones, Annischa Bettina (Kendrick) Deveaux, Tabari Cook, Devon Cooper, Romel Munroe, Tina Cooper, Tarcz Ferguson, Charlene Jolly, Charles Cooper Jr. Chauncey Cooper, Cordero Cooper, Danielle Cooper, Chelsea Williams, Charicl Cooper and Chavez Cooper; Marradona and Malaak Tinker; 28 great grandchildren; sisters-in-law: Michal Cooper and Patsy Lyles; cousins, nieces and nephews: Olga (Gilbert) Thompson, Mary Russell, Winston and Franklin Major. Velma, Sandra, Dexter (Michelle). Lyn and Camille Johnson; Georgina and Van Johnson, Rosemary Stuart, Martha Ferguson, Grace Rolle, Patrick, Charles, Raymond. Walter and Drucilla Knowles, Theresa (Reuben) Knowles-Thompson, Dornell (Roland) Whylly-Albury, Diana (Zurline) Knowles, Genesta (Jonathan) Williams, Roger Knowles and family, Kendal and Gregory Knowles and family, Debbie McCoy and Willamae Dawkins Alkick Walker, Ashton (Ratio) Glass; Sean (Doretha) Knowles; Jacqueline Hutchinson: Juanita Johnson. Debbie Cooper, Stephanie McPhee. Debbie Bethel, Theresa Antonio. Gary (Marie) Cooper, Valerie Storr, June. Sharon and Brian Cooper. Sandy Cooper: Bradley Smith: Kingsley Rahming, Derrick, Melita and Monty Barr, Tony, Ricardo, Jan and Lavern Lyles; Harcourt Cooper, Rev’d. Fr. Stephen (Margot) Grant: Fabian (Patrice) Johnson, Brock (Linda) Bridgewater, Renee (Anthony) Fowler, Christopher (Vanessa) Neely, Steven (Rhonda) Neely, and Oscar Rolle; caregivers: Jennifer, Natalic, Collette, Ma Éna, and Charmaine: neighbourhood families: Shanelle Moss, Cleomi and Kenneth McPhee, Greg and Keleine Evans; Flemming Street Community Clinic, The Engleston Senior Citizens, Coconut Grove and Major Subdivision; special friends: Betty Bowe, Western J. Mortimer, Mavis Johnson, Cleomi Woods, Azella Major, Cleomi Parker. Betty Smith, her Junior Choir “children” (The Prodigals). The Golden Girls and Guys group, and Herman “Tokie” Knowles: numerous other relatives and friends in New Providence and Long Island including: The Major, Knowles, Cooper, Collie, Johnson Cartwright, Wilcox, Cargill, Saunders, Russell, Turnquest, Minnis, and Bowleg families: Church families of St. Barnabas, St. George’s, Christ The King (Anglican); and a host of other relatives too numerous to
mention.
THERE WILL BE NO VIEWING AT THE CHURCH.
Relatives and friends may pay their respects at Cedar Crest Funeral Home and Crematorium Limited, Robinson and Baillou Hill Roads on (TODAY) Thursday, September 21st, 2023 from 12:00noon to 5:00pm.
