Funeral Service for the late Trafford Langton Hilton, aged 95 years of Benson Crescent, Danottage Estates and formerly of Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday 26th September 2025 at Holy Cross Anglican Church, Highbury Park. Officiating will be Rev’d Dr. Ethan P.J. Ferguson, Rector assisted by other members of the clergy. Cremation will follow.
Trafford is preceded in death by his Parents: John Philip Hilton III and Sarah Rebecca Barnett Hilton; Siblings: John Philip Hilton IV, Rosena Gibson nee Hilton, Ida Wells nee Hilton, Mary Pinder nee Hilton, George Roscoe Hilton, Norris Hilton, Trissie Knowles nee Hilton; Son: John Langton Hilton; Daughter-in-law: Katherine Hilton; Granddaughter: Ashlee Hilton.
Memories of his life will forever be cherished by His loving wife: Eva Louise Hilton nee Godet; Children: Angela Cleare nee Wells, Philip Hilton (Jacquline), Elizabeth Burrows (Gregory), Deryck Hilton, Stephen Hilton, The Honorable Mr. Justice Gregory Hilton (Sharlene); Grandchildren: Tara Cleare – LaNunziata (Jesse), Gregory, Stephen “TJ”, Adam, Tammi (Yale), Ge’Anne, Krystal, Randi, Lawrence “LT” (Rostovia); Great grandchildren: Kacey, Alijah, Jesse, Dominic, Jhett and Piper, La’Elle, Lai’Than and Le’Arra; Nieces: Alma, Sylvia, Sharon, Janice, Linda, Sandra; Nephews: Cecil, Glen, Jack, Anthony; Grandnieces and nephews: Cecile, Phillipa, Erica, Cecilee, John, Laverne, Indira, Roshan, Ravi, Keith, Carl, Colin, Clive, Chryslyn, Gayle, Carol, Laura, Neil, Kim, Mishka, Jennifer, Ordette, Glen Jr., Ginger, Rock, Allison, Regina, Philip, Shervin, Natasha, Laverne, Ian, Joann, Hosea, Janae, Ginette, Shari, Dj, Harrison, Marcus, Justin, Jared, C.J, all other great grand nieces and nephews and their families; Godsons: Quinn McCartney, Damian Gomez KC, Melvin Claridge; Other Family and Special Friends: The family of the late Ethlyn Baby Brown, The family of the late Lois Ellis, The family of the late Mary Quant, The family of the late Naomi Claridge, The family of the late Ed Godet, The family of the late Melvin Godet, The family of the late George Godet, John Godet and family, Maggie Moss and family, Ruby Graham and family, George Godet and family, Ralph Godet and family, Rosemae Bain and family, Rose Richardson and family, Hannah Gray and family, William Godet and family,, The family late Herbert and Doris Burrows, The family of the late Katherine Hilton nee Demeritte, Donna-lee Hilton, Kayla Hilton, The family of Charles and Angela Wallace, Glenn Bannister, The family late John and Talcina Winder, The family of the late Kinky Allen, Jannie Moxey and family, Anita Bernard, Theda Weech and family, Claudia Sands and family, Brian and Paulette Higgs and family, The family of the late Mr. and Mrs.Donald Archer, The late Lofton and Annie Russell and family, The late Robert Barlett and family, Carlon and Philabertha Carter and family, Malcolm Adderley and family, The late Henry Storr and Family, Richard and Ruth Demeritte and family, The late Oswald Ingraham and family, The late Dewitt and Romelda Carey and family, Edward Williams and family, The late Sammy Culmer and family, George and Pearl Edwards and family, The Honorable Philip Bethel and family, Rev James Moultrie and family, The late Bert Carey and family, Gladstone Patton and family, Charles Thompson and family, The late Rosevelt (Kim) Butterfield and family; Legal Profession: The Right Honorable Philip Davis and Family, The family of the late Sir Lynden Pindling and family, The Right Honorable Hubert Ingraham and family, The Right Honorable Perry Christie and Family, The Right Honorable Dr. Hubert Minnis, The late honorable Arthur Hanna and family, The Honorable Glynes Hanna Martin and family, The Honorable Lisa Rahming and family, The Honorable Chief Justice Sir Ian Winder and family and justices of the supreme court, The President of the Court of Appeal Mr. Justice Milton Evans and family and justices of the court of appeal, Sir Burton Hall and Family, Sir Hartmon Longley and family, Dame Anita Allen and Algernon Allen and family, Sir Michael Barnett and Family, Sir Oville Turnquest and family, The Retired Justice Dame Joan Sawyer and family, The late Henry and Dame Janet Bostwick and family, The late Sir Cecil Wallace and family, The Honorable Wayne Munroe, Retired Justice Rubie Nottage and family, Retired Justice Rhonda Bain and family, Retired Justice Neville Adderley and family, Retired Justice John Isaacs and family, The late Justice Neville Smith and family, Justice Bernard Turner and family, Retired Justice Joseph Strachan and family, Retired Justice Carolita Bethel and family, The late Justice Roger Gomez and family, The late honorable Arthur Hanna and family, Anthony McKinney KC and family, Allison Maynard Gibson KC and family, The family of the late Thomas Evans KC, Murrio Ducille KC and family, Carl Bethel KC and family, The late Maxwell Turner and family, Malcolm Adderly and Family, Charles and Visna McKay and family, Charles Mackey and family, Conrad Sweeting and family, The late Superinentant Edmund Hall and family, Retired Deputy Commissioner Douglas Hanna and family, Retired ACP Stephen Seymour and family, Reserve Assistant Commissioner of Police Ernest ‘Tillie’ Burrows and family, President of the Bahamas Bar Association Kahlil Parker Member of Parliament Lisa Rahming; Clergy: The Right Rev Bishop Laish Boyd and family, Retired Archbishop The Most Rev. Drexel Gomez and family, Bishop Gilbert Thompson and family, The family of the late Canon Neil Roach and Family, Canon Norman Lightbourne and family, Canon Peter Scott and family, Rev Dr. Ethan Ferguson and family, Rev Berkley Smith and family, St. Columba Anglican Church; Danottage Estates:The family of the late David and Rosemary Thompson, The family of the late Lloyd Dorsett, The family of the late Audley Carey, The Rev. Beryl Higgs and family, Hazel Jupp and family, Judy Thomspon and family, The late Harold (Gwendolyn) Munnings and family, Janice Henfield and family, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Sealy and family, The late Bruce Brayen and family, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Gomez and Family, The late Eric Cooper and family, Adrian Archer and family, Charles Thompson and family, The late Frank Hanna and family, The late Mary McDonald and family, Tom Ferguson and family, The late Othneil and Carol Watson and family; Holy Cross: Pat Reid and family, Paula Holder and family, Beverly Wallace Whitfield and family, Patrick and Eula Edwards and family, Ruthie Adderley and family, Duke and Lillian Smith and family, the late Florence Gray and family, Sonia Bowe and family, The Johnson sisters, The late George Darville and family, The Holy Cross Family, Pastoral Care Ministry, The Family Circle of Prayer, ACM and ACW; Doctors: Dr. Agreta Eneas-Carey, Dr. Harold Munnings II, Dr. Vernard McPhee; Pa’s Caregivers: Donna Dyer James, Marlene and Maurine Henry, Sharon (Charmaine) Johnson, Careen Ebanks, Lakeno Strachan, Latoya Johnson; Notable Mention: Danottage Estates Association, The Holy Cross Family, The Bahamas Bar Association, The Soldier Road Boys Reunion Association, The Community of Tarpum Bay, The Berry Islands Community, Eva Hilton Primary School.
Friends may pay their last respects at Bethel Brothers Morticians and Crematorium, #44a Nassau Street on Thursday 25th September 2025 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and at the church on Friday 26th September 2025 from 1:00 p.m. until service time.
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I wish to express my sincere sympathy to the family of Attorney Langton Hilton whom I am so grateful to have known during his earlier legal-life years. I will always remember his mischievous wit and sense of humour. He was a force to be reckoned with in court, and with his great charm and genius, I will always vividly, yet instructively recall, how during an appearance in a trial in the Supreme Court, he had to remind the judge (who insisted upon ‘barking’ at Mr. Hilton telling him that he was in his–the judge’s court) when Mr. Hilton famously reminded the judge that it was not his/the judge’s court but that “IT IS THE COURT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS, NOT HIS COURT.” — this reminded the judge that he sat on the Bench to make decisions with respect to the laws of The Bahamas—not the judge’s personal views —the Judge agreed, and the trial proceeded with procedural fairness with less imposing control by the judge. I thank Mr. Hilton for such exemplary court style by him ensuring that a justice appearing in a case must always be impartial—needless to say as an Attorney practicing in the courts, I have had the opportunity—at least–on 2 occasions, to echo Attorney Hilton’s aforesaid words.
No doubt—his brilliant mind & soul now rest!!!!!
With profound sympathy,
Eleanor V. Albury