Funeral Service Announcement

Funeral service for Harvey Oscar Tynes, age 80, resident of #511 Inagua Avenue, Freeport, Grand Bahama, will be held on Friday September 12, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at The Anglican Church of the Ascension, West Beach Drive and Arden Forest Road, Freeport, Grand Bahama. Officiating will be Archdeacon Earl Hepburn assisted by Canon Norman Lightbourne and Rev. Fr. Rudolph Cooper. Interment will follow at Grand Bahama Memorial Park, Frobisher Drive, Freeport, Grand Bahama.

He is survived by his loving wife: Grace Ingrid Tynes; daughters: Tanisha (Gordon), Ntshonda, Terrelle (Alexander), Heather (Iram); grandchildren: Grace, Alexander II, Alexis, Joseph, Belle Wilson, Jasmine Lewis; sister: Edna Ijeoma; brother: Philip Tynes; nieces and nephews: Chigozie (Renee) and Chinyere Ijeoma, Uchenna (George) Delva, Dr. Nneka Ijeoma Butler, Anwar Tynes, Mickeisha Stoute, Oneshea Tynes, Michael Tynes, Keith (Stephanie), Franklyn (Vivian), Andrew (Marsha), Anthony (Victoria) Seymour, Celestina (Dudley) Bent, Arthur (Rhonda) Seymour, Andrea and Lisa Bryan, Gillian (Chaluk) Richards, Isiuwa, Norense, Aiwekhoe, Ekhosuehi, Osatohanmwen, and Ehimwenma Iyahen, Shawn, Karl, Daniel, Gary (Melissa), Gina, Graham, Serena and Shaina Belle; grandnieces and nephews: Chigozie and Nkume Ijeoma, Aidan Rolle, Johnathan and Anastasia Butler, Geovinno Delva, Tammy Rahming, Krystal and Mykell Tynes; in-laws: Dr. Ermine Belle, Dr. George Belle, Lieutenant Commander Charles Belle, Justice Francis Belle (Onel), Professor Patrick Bryan, Suzanne Belle; numerous godchildren including: Gary Belle, Courtney Cunningham, Roya Minnis, Jason Hepburn, Arthur Hamilton Jr., Kristina Wallace Whitfield, Geoffrey Wallace Whitfield, Jarrad Wildgoose, Ancella Williams, Devard Kemp, Fritzroy Thompson, Jason Smith; other relatives and friends including: Dr. Roger Brown, Sharon and Roshar Brown, Dr. Rashida Brown Clarke (Andre), Marvin, Clancie and Darryl Wilson, Crystal Cunningham, Gloria Crawford and family, Mark and Linda Wilson, Audrey Rolle, Garnet and Delores Knowles, Arthur Hamilton Sr., Judy and Randolph Minnis, Carrie and Alexander Major, Verdell and Clarence Ferguson, Felton Cox, Beverly Bain and family, Sandra and Wellington Olander, O'Brien Ferguson, Carlton Blair, Gwendolyn Claude and the Hamilton Clan, Paul Wallace Whitfield, Beverley Wallace Whitfield, Earl Godet, the Honourable Dr. Hubert Minnis and Patricia Minnis, Cyril Minnis, Norma Headley, Imari Lewis, Maitland and Daphne Cates, Scottie Pinder, Valerie Culmer and family, Damian Gomez and family, Robert Adams, Marvin and Jacqueline Adderley, Donna Johnson, Trevor McKay, Kim Hanna, Ingrid Tynes-Stuart, Denise Tynes, the Hanna Heastie Tynes family, Mazee Brusch and family, Emily Ferguson and family, Bradley and Brian Neymour, Carol Moss, Gurney and Debbie Armstrong, Cynthia Donaldson and family, Jill Cooper, Dr. Catherine Adderley, Sandra and Kevin Russell, Eddrin Turnquest, Phillippa Forde, Ethlyn Wildgoose, Frances Wallace, Rubyann Knowles, Dorothy Hepburn, William and Delores Morris, Veronica Grant and family, Brian and Wende Hanna, Alison Bowen, Monique Stuart, Ana Dickenson, Sharon, Carla and Sean Johnson, Sheila Archer, Vaughan and Claudia Glinton, Bernadette Rahming, Terrecita Kemp, Michael Simms, Leonie Lightbourne and family, Judy Nesbitt, Winsetta (Henry) Cooper, Trevonia Blatch, Miguel Taylor, Peter Adderley, Dwight and Julie Glover, Dr. Pamela Etuk, Dr. Maria Bouffard, Dr. Ferdinand Fermo, Helen Thompson, Dr. Karis Thompson-Major, James R. Thompson, Dr. Alfred and Vivian Brathwaite,  Dr. Ras Jah Roopi, Michael, Willie Moss and family, Greta Bain, Charles and Betty Moss, Peter and Sally Holmes, Phil Maycock, Sir Cornelius A. Smith, Sir Hartman, Sonia Longley, Dame Joan Sawyer, Justice Cheryl Albury (Ret.), Norris Carroll, Ellen Serville, Brenford Christie, Frederick Smith, Rufus Allen, Ernie Wallace, Terrance Gape, Justice Estelle Gray Evans (Ret.), Maurice and Lin Glinton, the Rector, Vestry and Members of the Anglican Church of the Ascension, St. John's College Alumni Freeport Chapter, the Management and Staff of Western Air, Genny Collo, the Management and Staff of the Merport Bistro, the Right Honourable Philip Davis and family, the Honourable Glenys Hanna Martin, the Honourable Frederick Mitchell, the Honourable Michael Pintard and Berlice Pintard, the Honourable J. Kwasi Thompson, the Chief Justice of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and Members of the Judiciary, F.I.D.A. Grand Bahama Chapter, Members of the Inner Bar and Utter Bar of The Bahamas, Dr. Roberts; special thanks: Dianne Strachan, Dean Harry Bain, Canon Norman Lightbourne, Canon Sebastian Campbell, Rev. Fr. Rudolph Cooper, Rev. Fr. Bradley Miller, Dr. Indira Minus-Grimes, Dr. Winston Forbes and the Emergency Room Staff of Doctors Hospital and a host of other relatives and friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that donations be made to the Anglican Church of The Ascension's Meals on Wheels programme.

Funeral arrangements entrusted to Yager Funeral Home and Crematorium Ltd, Queens Highway, Freeport Grand Bahama, The Bahamas.