FUNERAL SERVICE for Christabel Ida Walkine Griffin, 79 a resident of Bougainvillea Boulevard, South Beach Estates, New Providence, Bahamas will be held at 11:00am on Sunday, January 14th, 2024 at Maranatha Seventh Day Adventist Church, Prince Charles Drive. Officiating will be Pastor Valentino Campbell assisted by Pastor Lynden Williams, Pastor Paul Scavella and Elder Warren Farquharson. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens, John F. Kennedy Drive & Gladstone Road, Nassau, Bahamas. Christabel is survived by her children: Anne, Elaine, Shawn and Laurinda Griffin, Paulene (Ryan) Bain; 16 grandchildren: Latoya (Jenson) Griffin-Rolle, Donnisha, Jason Jr. (Giavanya), Jonathan, Janerio, Justin and Janae Griffin, Renee’ (Kujiawa) Forbes-Williams of Miami, Florida; Latisha and Frederick McPhee, Jr., Nathan Bowe; Ryan-Jordan and Raja Bain, Felicity Rolle; Amelia Pratt and Arjay Richardson; great grandchildren: Janiyah McKenzie, Ja’niyah, Javon and Jianna Griffin, Andreas Lightbourne, Karter Williams, Liam McPhee, Prince Johnson and Andretti Rolle; sister: Ima Walkine – Thompson; nieces and nephews: Jennifer Wilkinson, Diana Miller, Judy (Philip) Davis, Suzette (Michael) Nairn, Paulette (Brian) Crick, Hedy, Sonia, Annastasia, Monique, Dwainette, 2656 Sargent Clement, Timothy (Alacia), and Dion (Kishgia) Walkine, Catherine (Misty) Adderley, Janet Lees, Susan Foote, Allison (George) Colebrook, Annette Williams, Rhonda (Lionel) Seymour, Dwight (Shanika), Darrell, John, Marvin, Peter and Paul Griffin, Denise (Sebastian) Knowles, Derio Griffin; sisters-in-law: Elva Walkine and Miriam (Dolly) Sotomayer of Germany; god- children: Celeste, Tabrella, Tamara and Condoleezza Knowles; other relatives and friends including: Dr. Franklyn and Detra Walkine, Ivy Ferguson, Pernetta Russell, Judymae Rolle, Rev. Reginald Ferguson and Family; Lucymae Harris and Family; Selena and Timieko Adderley; The Family of the late Edney Pickstock; Frank and Marinette Hall, Robert, Charles, Cyril, Emerald, Thelma, Winnifred Hall and Family from Rock Sound Eleuthera, Judy Munroe, Cenamae “Peggy” Sweeting and Family: Maudeline Forbes and Family; Louise Ferguson; Yvonne Armbrister and Family; Melrose Thompson and Family; Warren Farquahson and Family; Barbara Carey; Lennard Miller and Family; Livingstone Bones’ Hepburn, Michael Turner and her former co-workers at Environmental Health Services; “The Lunch Girls” Rev. Berthamae Deveaux, Tamara Davis, Ann Smith and her former co-workers at Sandlilands Rehabilitation Center; Brenda Davis and Family: Naydean Moss and Family, Avanker Anderson and Family, Pina and Stanya Davis, The Neighbours of Bougainvillea Boulevard, South Beach Estates (Especially The Browns, The Musgroves. The Johnsons. The Jacksons and The Family of the late Olive Edgecombe-Smith.) The Murrays; The Moncurs; Meryl Desmangles and Family; Sis. Patricia Mitchell, Sis. Olive Miller, Sis. Laura Smith, Sis. Greta Kemp, Bro. Joseph Knowles, Sis. Lewis, Sherlene and Allan Smith; “Maranatha Boys” – Elder Ray Strachan, Thomas Daxon; Erskine Oliver and Bro. Philip Ramsey. Elder Christopher Gayle; Sis Ethlyn Wallace; Justina Knowles; Pastor Lynden Williams and The Officers and Members of The Maranatha Seventh-Day Adventist Church Family, Pastor Valentino Campbell and Family; Pastor Leonardo Rahming and Family; Pastor Larry Green and Family; Pastor Eric D Clarke and Family: Pastor Paul Scavella, The Church Of The Resurrection Catholic Church – Mrs. Anna Rahming and the 10:00 am Choir & and Family the Human Resources and Training Department of the National Insurance Board; the staff of Aquinas College; the staff of Café Boulud; the staff of Island School; The Rt. Hon. Penry G. Christie; The Hon. Bacchus Rolle and Family; the South Beach Branch of the Progressive Liberal Party, and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.
Relatives and friends may pay their respects at Cedar Crest Funeral Home and Crematorium Limited, Robinson and Baillou Hill Roads on Saturday, January 13th, 2024 from 12:00noon to 5:00pm and at the church on Sunday from 10:00am until service time.
