State-Recognized Funeral Service for the late Philip Christopher Galanis, Former Certified Public and Chartered Accountant, Senator and Parliamentarian aged 70 years of Delaporte Point, West Bay Street will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday 1st November, 2024 at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, West Hill Street. Chief Celebrant The Most Reverend Patrick C. Pinder, Archbishop of Nassau. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, J.F.K Drive and Gladstone Road.
Philip was preceded in death by his Father: Clifford Neville Galanis.
Left to cherish Philip fond memories are his Wife: Tonya Bastian Galanis; Children: Zoë, Isaac & Alison, David & Dianne, Bailey, Xanthe & Alexander; Mother: Zoë Galanis; Siblings: Anthony Galanis, Stephen & Marie Galanis, Claudette Nwigwe, Bernadette & Jen Russell, Dr. Clifford Galanis, Marcian Galanis, Paul & Kim Galanis and Capt. Shannon Galanis; Uncles & Aunts: Michael & Roslyn Neely, Dr. Bertram & Gloria McPhee, Eirini Galanou, Maria Neely; Mother-in-law: Lillian Bastian; Father-in-law: Anthony Bastian; Brothers-in-law: Antoine, Antillio, and Mark Bastian; Sisters-in-law: Gina Bastian Wallace, Lisa, Candace, Christine, and Antinique Bastian; Nephews: Sean (Tess) Galanis, Brandon Russell, Jason and Matthew Galanis, Seth, Aaron and Mark Bastian; Nieces: Tamika, Alexandria and Aja Galanis, Brittany Russell, Sara Bastian, Mia Wallace, Blossom Russell, Alannah Clare; Godfather: Sir Arthur Foulkes, ON, GCMG; Godchildren: Nicholas Rees, Sean McWeeney Jr., Nejmi Burnside, Anthony Munnings, Anna & Jeremy Misiewicz, Natalia & China-Rose Folkes, Dylan Ritchie, Hayley Moxey, Isabella Dean, Logan Dames; Cousins: Eugenie Lady Nuttall, Sean & Cyprianna McWeeney, Denisia & Stanley Burnside, Dr. Vincent McWeeney, Mary & Halima El-Fituri, Paul & Meka McWeeney, family of the late William McWeeney, Jr, Paul Neely and family, Jennifer & John Godet and family, Samantha Neely, Gordon, Ambrose, Wayde, and Judy Higgs, and their respective families, Michelle & Ray Cumberbatch and family, Edward Neely and family, Montgomery Neely, Daphne Neely and family, Christine Rigby and family, Kelia and Toni Marshall, Karen Marshall and family, Abigail (Lee) Robinson and family, Brigitte and Sophia Neely, Danielle Miller, Peter, and Sean Galanos, and their respective families, Daphne (Tony) Bobbitt, and family, Charmaine (Harold) Williams and family, Collin, Athena, Sonia and Christina Galanos, Tara Williams, Vangelis (Catherine) Tatsis and family, Dimitris Tatsis, Evi (Manos) Tzigounakis and family, John Edward Cox and family; Family & Friends: Members of the Sigma Pi Phi Delta Lambda Boulé, Hon. Philip Brave Davis, Olvin & Valerie Rees, Gregory & Sylvia Bonamy, Hubert & Roxanne Chipman, Marie Cargill, Bonnie Nguyen, Shelley DeGregory, Anthony Newbold, Freddie Albury, Wayde Christie, Daphne Miaoulis, Hon Dr. Hubert Minnis, R.H. Culmer, Archbishop Patrick Pinder, Robert Bartlett, Paul and Liz Steil, Prince & Sandra Wallace, Raynard Rigby, Candia Dames, Dr. N’Tari Darville, Damian & Justice Camille Darville Gomez, Craig Flowers, Vincenzo Piantedosi, Leftheris Mitrogiannis, Hon. Galmo Williams, Brian Jones, Hon. Michael Halkitis, Creswell Sturrup, Andrew Smith, Frank Smith, James Smith, Philip Smith, Delroy Howell, Alphonso Bowe, Patty Roker, Basil Christie, Vasco & Theresa Bastian, Capt. Jackson Ritchie, Brendan and Rosie Foulkes, Sir Michael & Camille Lady Barnett, His Excellency Paul Andrew Gomez, Dr. Brian Bruess, Tom Nicol, John Young, Fr. Nick Kleespie, Dr. Barry & Missy Russell, Richard Demeritte, Reginald Saunders, Harold Antor, M’wale Rahming, Tony Miaoulis, Dr. Anthony & Ella Davis, Wesley & Roslyn Bastian, Dirk & Arlene Simmons, Sebastian Bastian, Hon. Alfred Sears, Marion Bethel & Nia and Ife Bethel Sears, Garth & Justice Deborah Fraser, Andrea Rattray Prendergast, Lanique Lockhart, Darnell Osbourne, Carol Munnings-Misiewicz, Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson, Tara Cooper Burnside, Sonia Forbes, Justice Indira Demeritte Francis (Atg.), Justice Denise Lewis Johnson, Monalisa Hanna, Delrose Campbell, Antionette Bonamy and their families, John Bain, Drexwell Seymour, Shoneva Abraham, Rae Turnquest, Nadege Michel, and the Staff of HLB Bahamas, Marion Carter, Sylvia Henderson, Virginia Neely, Gloria Strachan, Gwendolyn McDeigan, the Bowleg family, the Bastian family, Janis Galanis, Kenneth and Constance Joseph, Peggy Hall, Michael and Maria Symonette, Barbara Tynes, the Spencer, Dahl, Wright, and Lewis families, Valderine Edgecombe, LaVerne & Endrick Deleveaux, Linda Mackey, Shirley, Stephen, Laurel, Felice, Faye Burrows, Donna Patsy Walters, Douglas Cartwright, Valentino Josey, Ricardo Bullard, Kirk Rolle and their families, Members of the Board of St. John’s University and the College of Saint Benedict, The Bahamas Trade Commission, the St. Paul’s Parish Family, Members of the SAC class of 1971, The Staff of the Eugene Dupuch Law School, Staff of Delaporte Point Ltd., Families of the late George M. Clarke, Roy Clarke, Ida Grant, Sylvia Allen, Minerva Richardson, Edna Gibson, Charles Clarke, Kirk Adderley, Mary Sweeting, Nellie Johnson, Edison Neely, Cynthia Stuart, Thelma Lawrence, Inez Lawrence, Ralph Bartlett, Constance Lunn, Winifred Munnings, Ruth Stuart, Harold Munnings, Sr. Edward, Eugene, Jenny, Olive, and David Antonio, Florence Johnson, Helen Brown, Rosalind Saunders, Dorothy Thompson, and Errol Thompson.
May His Soul Rest in Peace!






2 thoughts on “Philip Christopher Galanis, Former Certified Public and Chartered Accountant, Senator and Parliamentarian”
my sincere condolences Tonia and family on Phills passing .
Dear Tonya & Family,
Condolences to you and your family. May his Memory be Eternal.
Warmest regards,
Evangelia Halkitis & Georgina Halkitis LaRocca