Obituaries

US Visitor Killed In Traffic Accident
February 05, 2013
US Visitor Killed In Traffic Accident A traffic accident in Eleuthera has left a male visitor from the United States dead.

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Funeral Service For Eddie Darville
January 28, 2013
Funeral services will be held for Eddison Emmanuel Darville, 71, who died suddenly at his Eastern Road home on Thursday afternoon, at 10am Wednesday at St Anne's Anglican Church, Fox Hill. Interment will follow in St Anne's Cemetery.

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Tributes To Peggy Hall
January 15, 2013
Tributes To Peggy Hall Margaret "Peggy" Hall, businesswoman, park warden, conservationist, and boating enthusiast died peacefully at her home in Georgetown, Great Exuma, on January 3, 2013, in her 90th year.

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Family Remembers Man Killed On Road Work Project
January 15, 2013
Renardo 'Tyson' Miller, 26, who was killed in an accident on the Airport Gateway Project on Friday, visited his mother's house off Carmichael Road almost every other day before he died, said mourning relatives who gathered at that house after identifying his body at the Rand Morgue yesterday.

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Officials Stumped Over Men's Deaths
January 09, 2013
Officials Stumped Over Men's Deaths Officials yesterday admitted they were stumped over what could have led to the death of two men discovered floating in waters between North Andros and Lyford Cay.

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PM Sends Condolences After MP's Husband Dies
January 08, 2013
PM Sends Condolences After MP's Husband Dies Prime Minister Perry Christie extended condolences to Transport and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin after her ex-husband's body was found in an abandoned building in eastern New Providence over the weekend.

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Hanna-Martin 'Coping Well' After Husband's Tragic Death
January 08, 2013
Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin is coping as best she can after the passing of her husband Leon 'Onni' Martin on Saturday.

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Apparent Suicide Of Minister's Husband
January 07, 2013
The husband of Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin was found dead with a rope around his neck on Saturday in what police believe was a suicide.

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MP's Husband Found Hanged
January 07, 2013
MP's Husband Found Hanged Authorities have launched an investigation into the death of a man who was found hanging from an abandoned building at eastern New Providence over the weekend.

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(Funeral photos) Remembering John Martin
January 06, 2013
The Freeport News: A community man. A business man. A kind hearted man and would-be politician. These are some of the words used to describe John Martin, 61, who recently passed away.

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Body Of Politician John Martin Flown To Freeport
January 03, 2013
Body Of Politician John Martin Flown To Freeport The body of politician John Martin, who died last week, arrived in Freeport yesterday afternoon.

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Family Mourns Loss Of Daughter Who Died In Traffic Accident
December 18, 2012
Family Mourns Loss Of Daughter Who Died In Traffic Accident Rishawn Smith, 23, who was killed in an early morning accident at Spikenard and Carmichael Roads on Sunday, visited her grandmother's house on Bellot Road almost every day before she died, said grief-stricken relatives who gathered at that same house after identifying her body at the Rand Morgue yesterday.

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Woman, 23, Killed In Car Crash
December 17, 2012
A 23-year-old woman died and two men were injured in an early morning car accident at Spikenard and Carmichael Roads yesterday, police said.
Police said the two-car collision occurred at 3:25 a.m.

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Teachers, Students Mourn Girl Killed In Traffic Accident
December 11, 2012
H.O. Nash Junior High School Principal Cheryl Samuels said she had a strange sense of foreboding on Friday afternoon, but didn't understand why she felt so troubled, until she got the news that one of her students had been killed in a traffic accident.

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Family Anger At Detention Death
December 07, 2012
A distraught family from Atlanta, Georgia is threatening to sue the government for the death of a beloved relative, who was denied his prescription drugs at the detention centre.

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Prime Minister Christie Remembers Thomas A 'Tommy' Robinson
December 07, 2012
Nassau, Bahamas -- Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie addressed the capacity crowd in Christ Church Cathedral December 5, about the life and death of sports icon, Thomas Augustus Robinson, M.B.E. Mr. Robinson died November 25 at the age of 74.   The State Recognised Funeral was held at Christ Church Cathedral with Archbishop Laish Boyd as the Chief Celebrant in the home going mass. Interment was in the Robinson Family Plot in the Eastern Cemetery.  

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Stately Burial For Thomas A. Robinson
December 06, 2012
Stately Burial For Thomas A. Robinson Quite a number of sporting enthusiasts, including past and present athletes, coaches and administrators, showed up yesterday to pay their respects to legendary Bahamian Thomas A. Robinson.

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PM Pays Tribute To Sporting Legend Thomas A Robinson
December 06, 2012
PM Pays Tribute To Sporting Legend Thomas A Robinson Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday remembered the late Thomas A Robinson as a world renowned track star whose "larger than life" legacy is expected to linger on throughout Bahamian history.

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The Great Thomas A. Robinson To Be Buried Today
December 05, 2012
The Great Thomas A. Robinson To Be Buried Today Arguably the greatest sporting icon in the history of Bahamian athletics will be laid to rest today, following a state recognized funeral at Christ Church Cathedral. Thomas Augustus Robinson, who passed away last week Sunday at the age of 74 after a lengthy battle with stomach cancer, certainly paved the way for thousands of young Bahamian athletes to excel on the road to success.

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A Review, The Untold Story Of Two Toms, pt. 1
December 05, 2012
Noted sports figure Martin Lundy recently forwarded me a document entitled "The Untold Story of the Two Toms", and I felt compelled, for the purpose of history, to do a detailed review. Let it be emphasized that Lundy is well qualified to present a view of the two legends who departed this life recently.

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