NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Governor-General Cornelius, acting on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, based on the advice of a blue-ribbon group comprising eminent historians, distinguished retired public servants, and leading figures in the media and cultural community, has announced the recipients of the Special Golden Jubilee of Independence Award.

The honorees have been selected in recognition of their "outstanding contributions to The Bahamas in various spheres of human endeavor encompassing both the pre-Independence and post-Independence periods of Bahamian history."

A release from the Office of the Governor General noted that the Special Golden Jubilee Award is conceptually similar to the award made in 1998 on the Silver Jubilee of Independence, except that on this historic occasion the Award has been expanded to include not only persons who are still living but also, in approximately equal number, persons who are to be honored posthumously.

"The Special Golden Jubilee Awards will be formally presented at a public ceremony later this year at which time a special commemorative book containing brief biographies and photographs of the honourees will be published as well," it noted.

The full list of honorees is as follows:

Mr. Cleophas Adderley Jr. - OBE (posthumously)

Dame Anita Mildred Allen - DBE 

The Rt.. Hon. Paul L. Adderley - CB (posthumously)

Mr. Rodney E. Bain - CMG (posthumously)

Sir Baltron Bethel - KCMG, CMG

Mrs. Marion Bethel-Sears

Sir Michael Barnett - KT. 

Mr. Edward Clement  Bethel (posthumously)

His Excellency Eldred Edison Bethel (posthumously)

Dr. Keva Bethel - CMG (posthumously)

The Rt. Hon. Dame Janet Gwennett Bostwick -  CB, DBE

Dr. Cornville Brown – CD

Rev. Dr. H.W. Brown (posthumously)

Mr. Jackson Burnside III  (posthumously)

The Rt. Excellent Sir Milo Boughton Butler- NH, ON, GCMG, KT,GCVO (posthumously)

Mr. Ronnie Butler - MBE (posthumously)

Rev. Kenris Carey – OBE

Sir Edward Charles Carter - KCMG (posthumously)

Mrs. Eileen Dupuch Carron -  CD, CMG

The Most Hon. Sir Gerald Cash - ON, GCMG, KT, GCOV, KCVO, OBE (posthumously)

Mr. Jasrado Prince Hermis Arrington Chisholm Jr.

The Rt. Hon. Perry Gladstone Christie

Mr. Winston Cooper (posthumously) 

Dr. Desiree Cox

Mrs. Sheila M. Culmer

The Most Hon. Sir Clifford Darling - ON, KT,GCVO,  (posthumously)

The Most Hon. Dame Ivy Dumont – ON, GCMG

Sir  Alfred Etienne Jerome Dupuch - KT, OBE (posthumously)

Rt. Reverend Michael Hartley Eldon - CMG (posthumously)

His Grace Bishop Neil C. Ellis – CMG

The Rt. Excellent Sir Randol Francis Fawkes - NH, KT (posthumously)

The Most Hon. Sir Arthur Foulkes - ON, GCMG, KCMG

The Hon. Carlton E. Francis - CB (posthumously)

Mr. Percy  Francis - MBE

Mr. Stephen Gardiner

Mr. Edward Gerald Patrick St. George – (posthumously)

The Rt. Hon. Timothy Gibson -CB, MBE(posthumously)

His Grace the Most Reverend Drexel Gomez - CMG

Mr. Peter John Goulandris - CBE

Captain Betram Rolly Gray -  OM, MB (posthumously)

Sir Burton P.C. Hall – KT

The Most Hon. Arthur D. Hanna - ON (posthumously)

Sir Frederick  Asa Hazelwood - KCMG

The Rt. Hon. Hubert Alexander Ingraham

Mrs. Mary Ingraham (posthumously)

The Rt. Hon. Sir Kendal G.L. Isaacs - CB, KCMG, CBE (posthumously)

His Excellency Wendall  K. Jones

The Hon. Dame Doris Johnson - OB, DBE (posthumously)

Sir Geoffrey  Adams D. Johnstone - KCMG (posthumously)

Mrs. Nikki Kelly

The Rt. Hon. Sir Durward Knowles – CB, KT, OBE (posthumously)

Mr.  Richard Brent Malone – MBE (posthumously)

The Rt. Hon. Sir Clement T. Maynard - CB, KT (posthumously)

Mrs. Margaret McDonald - CBE, CVO (posthumously)

Mrs. Patricia Glinton-Meicholas - OM

Mr. Eddie Minnis

Ms. Mary Moseley – (posthumously)

Captain Fernley Palmer - MBE

Dr. Sandra Dean-Patterson - OD

His Grace the Most Reverend Patrick Pinder - CMG

The Hon. Cynthia  Pratt  – CD

Monsignor Preston Moss -  OM, CMG (posthumously)

Dr. Myles Egbert Munroe - MB, OBE (posthumously)

The Hon. Dr. Bernard Nottage - DM (posthumously)

The Rt. Excellent Sir Lynden O. Pindling - NH, ON,  KCMG, (posthumously)

The Most Hon. Dame Marguerite Pindling -  ON, DCMG, 

Sir Sidney Poitier - KBE (posthumously)

Pastor Hugh Roach - OBE (posthumously)

Dr. Robin Roberts - OBE

Mrs. Sue Roberts – MBE

Mr. Thomas A. Robinson - MBE (posthumously)

Mr. Andre Rodgers - CM (posthumously)

Dr. Nicola Virgill-Rolle

Mr. Robert  Sands - DM

Rev. Dr. Charles W. Saunders - CBE(posthumously)

Dame Joan Sawyer - MB, DBE

The Rt. Hon. Dr. Gail Saunders -CB, OBE, DM (posthumously)

The Hon. George Smith - CB (posthumously)

Mr. James  H. Smith, CBE 

Mr. Joseph Spence (posthumously)

Mr. Cyril Stevenson  (posthumously)

The Hon. Justice Mr. Joseph Strachan (Retired) – MB, CMG

The Rt. Excellent Sir Roland Symonette - NH, KT,  (posthumously)

Rev. Edwin Taylor - CBE (posthumously)

The Most Hon. Sir Henry Taylor - ON, KT (posthumously)

Mr. Maxwell Taylor - MBE

Bishop Brice Thompson - CBE

The Hon. Justice Jeannie Thompson – OB

The Hon. Jeffrey Thompson - CMG (posthumously)

Mr. Michael Thompson - OM

Mrs. Pauline Davis-Thompson - CM, OBE 

Archdeacon William Thompson - OBE (posthumously)

Bishop William Thompson - CMG

Mrs. Loretta Butler-Turner

The Most Hon. Sir Orville Turnquest  – ON, GCMG, QC

Mrs. Shaunae Miller-Uibo -OLV

Dr. C.R. Walker (posthumously)

The Rt. Excellent Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield - NH, KT (posthumously)

Mr. Bert Williams – (posthumously)

Mrs. Beverley Wallace-Whitfield - MVO, Governor-General's Gold Award

Sir Franklyn R. Wilson - KCMG

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