Funeral Service for the late Gwendolyn Janet Turner aged 90 of Ryswick Close and formerly of Matthew Town, Inagua will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday 28th August 2026 at Holy Cross Anglican Church, Highbury Park. Officiating will be Bishop Laish Boyd assisted by other members of the clergy. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Gardens, Soldier Road.
Left to cherish fond and precious memories of her are her Children: Therese Turner-Jones (Dennis), Justice Bernard Turner (April), Karen Walcott (Kenneth), Cecile Greene and Anita Turner-Christie (Basilio); Adopted daughter Giselle Fielder; Grandchildren: Dr. Bronwyn Huggins, Eleanor Jones, Rhian Jones, Reagan Turner, Joshua Turner, Alexander Turner, Zara Walcott, Gabrielle Little (George), Gershwin Greene, Ayden Christie, Aubrey Christie and Rachael Fielder’ Great-Grandchild: Ziggy Maxwell Huggins; Brother: Sir Arthur Foulkes (Lady Joan Foulkes); Sisters: Venencia Thompson, Betty Hall and Mary Symonette; Sisters-In-Law: Harriet Nixon, Marsha Turner-Major; In-Laws: Family of the Late Egbert and Edna Jones, Family of the Late Pauline Bastian, Family of the Late Lisle and Marina Walcott, Family of the late David and Doreen Greene, Basil and Rosita Christie; Nephews: Brendan (Rosie), Dion (Emma), Leo, Michael, Joseph, John and Carlos Foulkes (Chandra); Terrance Nixon II; Earl Thompson II, Eric Hall (Tiffany); Kenneth Bethel (Sherry); Basil and Desmond Sands; Nieces: Julie Herrera (Prospero), Chantal Okpere, Lisa Bethel (Carl), Dr. Dominique Johnson (Lee); Yvette Nixon, Ninette Williams (Pete); Jacinta and Marici Thompson; Venencia Hall; Stacey Adderley (Wayde); Catherine Sands, Christine Sands-Been, Yvonne Sands, Heather Strachan (Lincoln), Adrienne Sands and Michelle Sands; Other Relatives and Friends: The Families of the late Philip Nixon, Samuel Nixon, Robert Nixon, Henry Nixon, Eurenia Reckley, James Nixon and Silas Nixon, The Family of the late Geoffrey and Kitty Symmonett, The Family of the late Bloneva and George Darville, including Mary Rodland, Patricia Hermanns, Ida Moxey, The Family of the late Hyacinth Saunders-Burnside, including Reginald and Kamala Saunders and family, Dr. Mildred Hall-Watson and Family, Frank and Virginia Campbell and Family, Dr. Elizabeth Darville, Shirley Saunders, and Hannah Gill; Special friends: Dorie Yearwood, Lillian and Duke Smith, Sandra Campbell, Mary Davis, Sylvia Kemp, Vivienne Francis, Hilda Knowles and their families; Godchildren including: Valerie Saunders, Theresa Colebrooke, Michael Sweeting, D. Kyran Turnquest, Dr. Earl Thompson III, The entire Anglican Communion, especially Bishop Z. Laish and Joann Boyd, the Family of the late Canon Neil and Joan Roach, Canon Norman Lightbourne and Mrs. Lightbourne, Canon Peter Scott, Rev Dr. Ethan Ferguson and family, Fr. Berkley Smith and family, Deacon Tiffany Hall-Sweeting and family, the Vestry, the ACW, ACM, HCCA, Senior Choir and the people of Holy Cross Parish, especially Patricia Reid and family, Patrick and Eula Edwards, Eva Hilton and family, Philabertha Carter, Alexis Gilbert, Brian and Paulette Higgs, Paula Holder and family, the children of the late Florence Gray, Freeman and Dorothy Fox, Amelia Archer, Othneil and Carol Watson, Samuel Sands, Dr. Trevor Jupp, Pat McKinney, Gene Haynes, Robert and Carolyn Bartlett and Olga Bethel. Other friends including Nalini Bethel, Ann Rolle, Visna Williams, Samuel Aurelhomme, the residents of Sands Subdivision, Andrew and Bonnie Malone; and other friends far too numerous to list by name; A special thanks is extended to: Doctors Kevin Moss and Agreta Eneas-Carey, her caregivers Jeanette Forbes, Pam Dixon, Nolda Marshall, Audrey and Princess Williams, Heather Granville, Jennifer Dacres and Georgette Bavogui for the compassionate care provided to her.
May Her Soul Rest In Peace!
Friends may pay their last respects at Bethel Brothers Morticians & Crematorium, #44a Nassau Street on Thursday (TODAY) 27th August 2026 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and at the church on Friday 28th August 2026 from 9:00 a.m. until service time.
