Funeral Service For LORAN JAMES COLEBY, 66 of #80 Constitution Drive, Charlotte Ridge, will be held at Church of God of Prophecy Seven Hills, Baillou Hill Road South, Nassau N.P. The Bahamas on Saturday, December 9, 2023 at 10:00 am. Officiating will be Bishop Kendal Simmons, assisted by Bishop Arlington Rahming. Interment will follow in Lakeview Gardens, John F. Kennedy Drive & Gladstone Road. Left to mourn his passing and celebrate his life are Brothers: Gregory (Marge) Coleby and Kendrick (Andra) Colcby: Sisters: Pastor Karen (Bishop Arlington Rahming), Edwina Brown and Cherely Kelly; Nephews: Capt. Theodore Taylor, Tamboura (Heather), Karel (Earilee) and Lowell Coleby, Vernard (Tanya) Coleby, Gerrio Rahming, Jonathan Kelly Oklahoma, USA and Marvin Coleby Ethiopia, East Africa. Nieces: Racquel (Holland) Grant, Eddina (Ricardo) Wilson, Greer, Vancouver Canada and Dionne Coleby, Alkeiria (Dr. Ian) Alleyne-McQuay, Shireasha (Reuben) Mader, Kayriel Rahming, Fergus Canada, Thea and Cydne Coleby, Čelanthia Poitier and Krystle (Ramon) Adderley Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Dawn Kelly and Leah Coleby; Grandnephews: Tashar, Teagan and Khalil Coleby, Harlem Grant, Edwin, Tayshaun, Delano, Joshua and Tyler Taylor, Chase Coleby, Levi Alleyne-McQuay, Rhayden, Rory and Raphael Mader. Canaan Poitier and Amir Adderley Marsh Harbour, Abaco. Grandnieces: Ti’Myah Taylor, Ri Nyah Rose Wilson, Laila Alleyne-McQuay and Rhea Mader; Uncles: Melvin Bullard Jr. and John Saunders, Hanna Hill, Eight Mile Rock; Grand Bahama Aunts: Dorothy Coleby, Pemula Coleby, Vern Bullard, Miramar, Florida and Marilyn Bullard, Grand Bahama. Godmother: Althea Sands. Godchildren: Nathan Davis, Mitzi Warner and Eddina Taylor-Wilson. Other Relatives and Friends: The Lineage of the late Renwood and Rosa Evans-Coleby – Coleby, Evans, Wilson, Nairn and Scott (Nicholl’s Town, Andros). The Lineage of the late Melvin and Louisa Bullard- Saunders, Bullard, Bowleg and Greene (Mangrove Cay, Andros). Deborah Coleby and Patricia Coleby, Barbara Coleby, Eddins Taylor, Joyce Riviere (Marsh Harbour, Abaco), Joy Coleby, Karen Coleby, Anthony Brown and Samira Coleby, Adopted Brothers: Rev. Milton Newbold and Sidney Ramsey, Adopted Sister Elcanor Ramsey Jones (Miramar, Florida), Lincage of Icclyn Colebrooke-Clement Forbes, Jennifer Wright, Jerome Colebrooke and Dellarese Lightbourne, Chacton Wallace, Josephine Romer, Celeste Sargeant, Katherine Romer, Clint Romer, Bernardo Longley, Emma Pickstock, Allworth, Peter (Tennessee, USA), Edgar and Edney Pickstock, Cynthia Rolle, Dr. Joyous Pickstock (Bermuda), Shayvan Hanna, Ruth, Ginger and Dr. Janet Pickstock (Tennessee, USA), Rev. Gladstone Patton Jr. and the Community Holiness Church family, Emerald Patton and family, Dean, Sands, Beneby, Ferguson, Adderley, Hanna, Hinsey, Rose, Wright, Butterfield, Kemp, Basil and Brenda Dean, Coconut Grove Family and Charlotte Ridge Community, Rev Wilkinson, Beverly and Anton Francis, Vanessa Brice, Paula Brown, Eleanor, Gordetta and Kaye Musgrove, Friends Larry and Fran Wilson, Leo and Sharon Rahming and family, Claudius and Sheran Rolle (Marion, Southern Illinois), Marie Hanna, Doreen Martinborough, Sheldon Cartwright, Larry Glinton, Stan Sawyer (Treasure Cay, Abaco) Brenda Russell (Treasure Cay, Abaco), Larry Alcine, Mark Fox, Bradley Watson, The GHS Class of 1974; Ingrid Symonette Smiles, Arthur Barnette, Donna Delancy, Tyrone Marshall, Pastor Dave Burrows, Jennifer Treco, Donna Nottage, Ruby Pect Illinois USA, and Val Clarke Turner Dallas Texas, Olga Culmer, Pamrica Turnquest (Newspaper Lady Nassau Street), Bishop Hulan Hanna, Church of God of Prophecy East Street, Bishop Kendall Simmons Church of God of Prophecy Seven Hills, Hon. Alfred Scars, MP Fort Charlotte Constituency, Rev. Phillip and Schell Stubbs, Taxi Stand British Colonial Hilton, Cordeaux Avenue Checkers Crew, PMH Med/Surg II West Wing, Dr. Gregory Pinto, Dr. Cito Moore, Male Nurse Thomas and Nurse Perez.
Relatives and friends may pay their last respect at Evergreen Mortuary located on Village & Parkgate Roads on Friday from 10:00am – 5:00 pm and again at the church on Saturday from 9:00am until service time.
