FUNERAL SERVICE FOR GELETA VERA POITIER, AGE 83 OF PINEWOOD GARDENS AND FORMERLY OF SPRING POINT, ACKLINS WHO DIED ON MARCH 13TH, 2012 WILL BE HELD AT 2 P.M. AT ST. THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CHURCH, MADEIRA STREET, PALMDALE. OFFICIATING WILL BE REV. FR. ANSELM RUSSELL ASSISTED BY REV. MSGR. ALFRED C. CULMER AND DEACON DENNIS MACKEY. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN WOODLAWN GARDENS, SOLDIER ROAD. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTERS: FLORANCE MONCUR, MARY POITIER-FARRINGTON AND DEBORAH LOCKHART; GODSON (SON): PHILLP CLARK; ONE DAUGHTER- IN-LAW: YVONNE CLARK; TWO SONS-IN-LAWS: WILLIAM FARRINGTON AND CALEB MONCUR; TWO GRAND DAUGTHERS: CARLLESHA AND LOLITA POITIER; FIVE GREAT-GRAND CHILDREN: JADE AND KASSIDY MILLER, GARTH MONCUR, LESHAWN POITIER AND SALESHIA CASH; ONE GRANDSON-IN-LAW: KENNETH MILLER; ONE NIECE: CYELLAURA ROLLE; ONE NEPHEW: FRANKLYN HEASTIE; FOUR GRAND NIECES: MICHELLE LIANG, CLOUVIS MCKINNEY, THERESA TAYLOR AND SANDRA WILLIAMS; FIVE GRAND-NEPHEWS: NIGEL CURTIS SR., GUS, OSCAR, BRYON AND SAMUEL ROLLE JR., THREE GRAND-NEPHEW-IN-LAWS: PATRICK LIANG, JERMAIN MCKINNEY AND ANTHONY TAYLOR SR., ONE GRAND NIECE-IN-LAW: ERICA CURTIS; TWENTY-TWO GREAT GRAND NIECES AND NEPHEWS; ONE GREAT-GREAT-GRAND NEPHEW: ATWATER MAJOR JR., ONE GREAT GRAND NEPHEW-IN-LAW: ATWATER MAJOR SR., NUMEROUS OTHER RELATIVES INCLUDING: BETTY CLARK AND FAMILY, EMILY HANNA-BROWN AND FAMILY, PATSY, FRANKLYN AND LIL FRANKIE HANNA AND FAMILY, MINISTER RANDY HANNA AND FAMILY, PATRICE, TAMARA MOXEY AND FAMILY, VERNITA CAMPBELL AND FAMILY, MIZIE HANNA OF MIAMI FLORIDA, FLORENCE DUKES, ENICA RUSSELL, KARLLICIA GILBERT AND FAMILY, MABEL MASON AND FAMILY, FERGUSON AND FAMILY, LOCKHART AND FAMILY AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES TO MANY TO MENTION; CLOSE FRIENDS: MS. WALLACE AND FAMILY, MS. WATSON AND FAMILY, MR. ROLLE AND FAMILY, CHRISTINA ROLLE AND FAMILY, MS. BERNADETTE PINDER AND FAMILY, MS. KNOWLES AND FAMILY, PEGGY BENSON AND FAMILY, MSGR ALFRED C. CLUMER AND THE ENTIRE ST. THOMAS MORE PARISH FAMILY, VICTORIA FLOWERS AND FAMILY,GINA, RAQUELAND FAMILY, JANET BROWN AND FAMILY, SHELIA GORDON, CYPRIANNA SMITH AND FAMILY, LARRY AND ABBY MAJOR AND FAMILY, DOROTHY MCNEIL AND FAMILY, IRENE CLARK AND FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE CULMERSVILLE FAMILY, CLARA MILLER AND FAMILY, LAVARDO CASH AND FAMILY, NATASHA CARTWRIGHT AND FAMILY, CLAUDETTE MONCUR AND FAMILY, NICOLE LEWIS AND FAMILY, DELLIE HINSEY AND FAMILY, LAVARDO GIBSON AND FAMILY, CYNTHIA GRANT AND THE PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST FAMILY (PINEDALE) MATTA MAJOR AND FAMILY. SPECIAL THANKS: TO THE NURSES AND STAFF AT PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FEMALE SURGICAL II, THE PARISH COMMUNITY OF ST. THOMAS MOORE, THE LADIES AUXILIARY, MSGR ALFRED C. CLUMER AND DECON DENNIS MACKEY. FRIENDS MAY PAY THEIR LAST RESPECTS AT EAST SUNRISE MORTUARY, ROSETTA STREET, PALMDALE FROM 10 A.M. TO 6 P.M. ON FRIDAY AND AGAIN FROM 10 A.M. TO NOON ON SATURDAY AND AT THE CHURCH FROM 1 P.M. UNTIL SERVICE TIME.

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