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May 04, 2016
Call to make war cemetery a national heritage site

AN international organisation has reached out to the Bahamas government in hopes of having the 72-year-old Nassau War Cemetery officially preserved as a heritage site, officials said yesterday.

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October 21, 2015
Joaquin unearthed skeletal remains at San Salvador cemetery

San Salvador Island Administrator Theophilus Cox said yesterday skeletal remains of a person who was buried at a cemetery on that island were unearthed by storm surges from Hurricane Joaquin.

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November 18, 2014
British Legions Service at Veterans Cemetery

British Legion Pre-Memorial Military Service and Parade at Veterans Cemetery, Sunday, November 9, prior to the Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Garden of Remembrance...

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November 07, 2014
Cemetery condition 'a national disgrace'

FORMER Works Minister Neko Grant yesterday said the poor upkeep of the Southern Cemetery at Cowpen and Spikenard Roads is "nothing short of a national disgrace" as some graves have been left open with rusty caskets visible.

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November 21, 2012
Renovation For War Cemetery

More than $15,000 was invested in the renovations of the near 70-year-old Nassau War Cemetery that houses and commemorates more than 60 Commonwealth military dead of both world wars.

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November 20, 2012

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July 22, 2011
Exposed graves at Southern Cemetery

Heavy rains this week have left a casket on its side in an exposed plot at Southern Cemetery, Cowpen and Spikenard Roads. The rains also caused flooding in other excavated grave sites at several other public cemeteries around New Providence.

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December 30, 2010
Sylvia Louise Grant, 61

Funeral Service for Sylvia Louise Grant, 61, of Pastel Gardens and formerly of The Bluff, Eleuthera, will be held at 11am on Sunday, January 2, at Grants Town Seventh Day Adventist Church, in Wellington Street.
Officiating will be pastor Hugh Roach, assisted by pastor Andrew Burrows and other Ministers of the Gospel. Interment will be at Woodlawn Gardens Cemetery, Soldier Road.
Cherished memorie...

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Maggie Lowe, 56
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December 30, 2010
Maggie Lowe, 56

The funeral service for Maggie Lowe, 56, of Cooper?s Town, Abaco will be held at Revival Time Pentecostal Church, in Cooper?s Town, Abaco, at 11am on Saturday, January 1. Officiating will be Pastor Henry Wright assisted by Pastor Archilus Cooper. Interment will follow in the Cooper?s Town Public Cemetery, Cooper?s Town, Abaco.
Precious Memories will forever linger in the hearts of her daughters:...

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December 30, 2010
Eldrige Anthony Burrows, 62

A funeral service for Eldrige Anthony Burrows, 62, of Hepburn Town, Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama will be held at 11am on Saturday, January 1, at The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Comet Road, Freeport, Grand Bahama. Officiating will be Brother George Fox. Interment will follow in the Harbour West Public Cemetery, Bartlett Hill, Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama.
Left to cherish his memories ar...

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