Funeral Service Announcement

Funeral service for Barbara Elise Taylor, age 74, a resident of Sandilands Village Road, Nassau Bahamas and formerly of Westmoreland, Jamaica, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on (next) Thursday October 9, 2025, at St. Agnes Anglican Church, Baillou Hill Road. Officiating will be Archdeacon Keith N. Cartwright, assisted by Rev. Fr. Howard L. L. Bethel and Rev. Deacon Lamar M Nottage. Interment will follow in St. Agnes Cemetery, Nassau Street.

Barbara was predeceased by her husband Alphonso Roland Taylor.

Left to cherish her memories are her daughters: Roxane (Franklin), Rance and Latoya (Wayne) Francis; sons: Mark (Lisa) and Brian Taylor; grandchildren: Je'lise, Hailey and Luke Francis, Mason, Lena Barbara and Logan Taylor; sisters: Emlyn (Edward) Hessell of Connecticut, USA, Elaine Brown (of Ontario, Canada), Lucilda Reid (of Oxfordshire, England), Winsome Vanhorne (of Grand Cayman); brothers: Alva Frazer, Anthony (Marrine) Stewart of Westmoreland, Jamaica; sisters-in-law: Teresa Lynch, Marilyn Knowles, Antoinette Lightbourne, Judith Cartwright, Joyann Taylor-Burns, Paulette and Dorothy Taylor; nieces: Judith Palmer (of Ontario, Canada), Kadian Price, Juzan Manzitt (of Grand Cayman), Sasha and Dacianne Frazer, Shellyanne Campbell, Latoya Clarke (of Westmoreland, Jamaica); nephews: Dereck and Christopher Brown (of Ontario, Canada), Carlington Price (of Westmoreland, Jamaica), David Johns (of Oxfordshire, England); nieces-in-law: Bobbett Goodman, Nadine Knowles, Carla Sweeting, Tonya Wildgoose, Medina and Natasha Taylor, Joy Roger, Baretta Scott, Danae O'Brien, Dr. Kelly V. Cartwright, Keila Butler, Annischa Taylor, Dawnette Gibson, Kendra Taylor; nephews-in-law: Carl Lynch Jr., Fitzgerald, Dwayne Taylor, Kenneth, Frederick Jr., Mario, Carlos, Farouk, Romano Taylor, Carlderon and Antoine Gardiner, Harold and Jeremy Lightbourne, Jules and Jihan Knowles, William Jr., and Peter Cartwright, Jonathan Burns; cousins-in-law including: Leon and Robert Taylor, Odessa Hayward, Connie Oliver, Grace Taylor, Johanna McCants, Monifa and Sekina Taylor (of New York), Sheila Taylor-Cox, Dr. Robert Taylor, Francis Taylor and their families; grandnieces-in-law: Charmika Williams, Anya Wildgoose, Brenea Brown, Taylor and Victoria Roger, Jayce and Zaire Knowles, Nasia Colebrooke, Richanda Gibson, Kennedy Taylor, Farrah, Lynell and Ferrell Taylor, Talya, Maria and Elese Goodman, Denise, Astranique, Geraldine, Riska, Sheldira and Danielle Taylor; grandnephews-in-law: Donovan and Cameron Lynch, Dwayne Jr. and Ashton Taylor, Brandon Sweeting, Aaron Wildgoose, Kenneth Taylor Jr. Marc Taylor, Tario Goodman, Fitzgerald Taylor Jr. and Desmond Taylor; great grandnephew-in-law: Lathario Williams, Zealand Knowles, Aizik and Salem Cartwright, Chad Boyum and Liam Miller; great grandnieces-in-law: Kleo Naomi Burns, Jade Boyum, Dallace Cartwright; extended family and friends including: Mrs. Leslie Robinson and family, Mrs. Linda Martin and family, The Hilltoppers, The Johnsons, Mrs. Shirley Francis and families, The Armstrong and Francis Families, The Macares family (of Curacao) and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.

The family extends heartfelt apologies to anyone whose name may have been inadvertently omitted. Please know that your love and support are deeply appreciated.

Relatives and friends may pay their respects at Cedar Crest Funeral Home and Crematorium Ltd., Robinson and Baillou Hill Roads on Wednesday from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. and at the church on (next) Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until service time.