Funeral Service for the late Bernese Zephreus Culmer, aged 74 of Garden Hills #2 and formerly of Cabbage Hill, Crooked Island, will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday 5th April 2025 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Boyd Road. Officiating will be Monsignor Fr. Alfred Culmer assisted by other members of the clergy. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, J.F.K Drive and Gladstone Road.
Left to cherish fond memories of Bernese are her daughters: Rashetta Culmer-Strachan, Raquel Culmer-Strachan and Rendi Culmer; stepdaughter: Minerva Culmer; stepsons: Shane and Daniel Culmer; son-in-law: Marvin Strachan; adopted son: Sean Rolle; grandchildren: Julian, Naquan and Marvin Strachan Jr., Reniah Hepburn, Reniek Williams, Renari, Renero, and Renaje Culmer; great-grandson: Nakari Cleare; sisters: Thelma Miller, Patricia Jones, Rachel Graydolph, Christine Sweeting, Annamae Richardson, Bloneva, Eglahmae and Joanne Ferguson, Martha Major and Sheila Culmer; brothers: Habakkuh and Carl Ferguson, Joseph Jones and Monsignor Fr. Alfred Culmer and Leroy Richardson; nieces: Sheila Major, Natasha Strachan, Thudgelynn Miller, Yvette Robinson, Jasmine and Cassandra Ferguson, Michelle and Ashanti Newbold, Pamela Ferguson, Melissa, Tameka and Anastasia Jones, Carolyn Lewis, Chrisanta Hanna, Christina Cunningham, Cindy and Vanreka Sweeting, Yolanda Ferguson, Teora Williamson, Quetel and Kendera Ferguson, Rubyann Kemp, Rhonda, Roselda, Juanita and Mandy Ferguson, Paulette Mason, Antoinette Forbes, Levette Morris, Nadia Davis; nephews: Stephen Miller, Aubrey Major, Kervin Strachan, Earl, Marlon, Arvadio, Stephen, Clint, Lenardo, Enrick, Randy, Jachin, and Nehmiah Ferguson, Ramon and Joseph Jones, Keith, Kirk and Kenrick Sweeting, Mario Lewis, Marcus Cunningham, Scott Williamson; and a host of relatives and friends including: Zilpha Rahming, Ruth Albury, Melanie Lynes, Butler family, Donna Ferguson, Nadia Cartwright, Andy Anderson, Trevania Clarke, Raquel Smith and family, Shazelle Brown and family, D’Angelo Ferguson, Minister Mario Bowleg, Sabrina Francis, Annafae Knowles and family, Bishop Walter Hanchell and family, Kelroy Coakley and family Anastacia Jones, St. Joseph Catholic Church, the Major’s and Culmer family, the Strachan family and the Staff at the General Post Office.
May Her Soul Rest in Peace!
Friends may pay their last respects at Bethel Brothers Morticians & Crematorium, #44a Nassau Street on Friday 4th April 2025 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and at the church on Saturday 5th April 2025 from 8:30 a.m. until service time.
