Funeral Service for the late Telzena Guinette Coakley aged 93 years of Sunset Drive will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday 13^th December 2024 at St Francis Xaviers Cathedral, West Hill Street. Officiating will be Fr. Glen Nixon assisted by other members of the clergy. Interment will follow in the Catholic Cemetery, Infant View Road.

Left to mourn her loss and cherish her memory are Siblings: Pamrica Garnell Ferguson; Dorothy & Hiriam Lockhart; Elizabeth Carey; Sister-In-Law: Antoinette Coakley; Nieces and Nephews: Charlann Coakley-Walker; Anthony (Sabrina) Coakley; Helen Thompson ; Shervin Coakley; Donna Coakley; Charles A. Coakley; Sharon Coakley-Lockhart; Lisa Coakley- Adderley;Carolyn & Jerome Coakley; Garnell (Lynden) Miller; & Dion Coakley; Marie Symonette; Gregory (Allison) Ferguson; Helene & Chandrice Ferguson; Shannon (Leroy) Braynen; Gina (Perez) Coakley; Janice Mackey; Cheryl (Brad) Lightbourne; Melverne ( Rev. Ricardo) Demeritte; Deborah & Jean Bain; Myron (Charlene) Lockhart-Bain; Damian, Robert (Kendrice) Coakley; Jamal & Jaims Carey; Adopted Children: Julian (Elizabeth) Coakley; Garnet (Patricia) Ellis, Pearline Gibson, Marilyn Darville (Nurse) Telsene Thompson, Stephanie Ferguson, Winston Saunders, Kevin (Blondie) Hall, Arthur (Judy) Maycock, Aria Gibson and Jaden McKenzie;  Grandnieces: Angelica, Tasha Nichols, Atiya & Shervette Coakley, Tyler Adderley, Taliyah, Charminique & Christinique Coakley, Carrol Henfield;  Taliyah Ferguson; Trevar,  Genae & Tatiana Sherman, Giavana Jones (Dayton), Khalia McCray, Ashley and Sade Lockhart;  and Grandnephews: Anthony Jr, Anwar, Leonardo & Lamont Coakley; Tory & Tayte Adderley, Jerome Coakley Jr, and Chavez Miller,Alvarez Symonette; Leander Braynen; Tshombe Johnson, Vernard and Myron(Jr) Lockhart, Khalif Mackey and Kristophe Coakley and a host of Great Grandnieces and Grandnephews; Godsons: Paul Symonette & Howin Pinder.

Cousins: Margo, Hansel, Andrea, Mahalia, Davis, Sharilyn, Telzena & Frozena Virgil; Michaela Storr, Myrna Wilson, Michelle Lundy, Lillian Rolle, Hester King, Elva Lorandos & Petral Virgil; Sister Janice Coakley, Beatrice Clarke; Ursula, Catherine, Marie, Jerome, Jeffrey & “Tiny” Coakley, Marina Sands, Ellen Serville, Wyatt Johnson, Hyacinth Saunders and family  Families of the late: Marcia Virgil; Alton & Presley Virgil, Nataniel Scott, Sybil Strachan, Lovely Coakley, Agnes Burnside, Flora Hanna, Judith Chase, Stafford & Bismark Coakley, Marina Glinton, Arlington Wilmott, Roderick & Ronald Coakley, Joseph & Kenneth Cargill, Errol Pinder, Samuel Taylor, Stanley & Sam Coakley, Wilfred Coakley and the Descendents of Benjamin Coakley and Philip “Buddy” Coakley of Coakley Town, Andros, Dorothy Phillips, Winston “Tappy” Davis.   Other relatives and friends: Brian J. Bruess, President, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University and the University community, Mary Hinton & Family, Sister Anne Marie, Tom Odendahl, Mary Boom & Valerie Jones from Minnesota; Rosie Jolly, Senator Maxine Seymour,  The Benedictine Sisters of St. Martin’s Monastery, Most Reverend Patrick C. Pinder, Father Glen Nixon, Father Devereaux King, Monsignor Alfred Culmer, Monsignor Simeon Roberts, Father David Cooper and other Priests & Deacons of the Archdiocese of Nassau ; Dame Ivy Dumont, Debra Wood, Norma Headley, Alfreda Cooper & family, Rt. Hon Hubert Ingraham, Janeth Evans, Rebecca Smith, Ernest (Marilyn) Cambridge, Gail Wisdom, Cindy Conception, Rhonda Chipman-Johnson, Emanuel Alexiou, Dr Patrick (Susan) Campbell, Dr. Gertrude Holder, Dr. Dean Tseretopoulos, Dr. Earl Cash Jr. and Doctor’s Hospital, Helen Kwan,  Wilmore (Catherine) Brown, Kevin (Sharon) Sands, Dr. Mitchell & Carla Lockhart; Kathleen Dummett; Ron (Lorraine) Armbrister; Hiram’s sisters Emeline, Carrie and Liza, Elsie Pilgrim, Paul (Barbara) Hepburn, Nathan (Louise) Meadows, Leo (Ainsa) Hepburn, Eleanor Ferguson, Thomas (Tamica) Nixon, Nurse Kathleen Johnson,  Bahamas Welding & Fire; Colina Insurance Family, Family Guardian, Julie Smith, Registrar of Insurance & Staff, and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.

May Her Soul Rest in Peace!

Friends may pay their last respects at Bethel Brothers Morticians and Crematorium, #44a Nassau Street on Thursday 12^th December 2024 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m and at the church on Friday 13^th December 2024 from 10:00 a.m. until service time.