Funeral Service Announcement

Funeral service for Mercianna 'Anna" Lightbourne, age 80 , a resident of Windsor Lane West, Nassau Bahamas and formerly of Old Bight, Cat Island Bahamas, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday February 28, 2026, at Pentecostal Baptist Church, #51 Alexander Boulevard, Nassau Village. Officiating will be Rev. Dr. Felton C. Rolle, assisted by Rev. Dr. Samuel Lightbourne and Rev. Elvina Rose. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Gardens, Soldier Road.

Mercianna was predeceased by her son: Livingston McDonald.

She is survived by her by daughters: Natasha Saunders, Dale Lightbourne, Georgette Bastian, Rachelle Dames; adopted daughters: Christal and Kenneth Adderley, Aurita and Shakeno Munnings, Kiethra Bastian; sons: Charles Lightbourne, Naaman Bastian; adopted sons: Rudon and Gwendolyn Bastian; grandchildren: Ontario and Othello Dames, Lukeisha Saunders, Carter Zonicle, Gershwin Gibson, Johniqua Saunders, Javaughn Saunders, Alexander Medon, Ashley and Naalani Bastian, Cario and Regan Bastian, Yeltsin and Odlyne Bain, Yorkell Bain, Daylene Lightbourne, Robinique Frazier, Jasonique and Jakeem Barton, Andreka Burrows, Keshon Alvin Greene, Bernard Rolle Jr., Justin and Kenneth Adderley, Kristina Cartwright, Travis Johnson; Great grandchildren: Nathalya Lightbourne, Yuri and Sinari Bain, Yeltsin Jr., Miracle and Caiden Bain, McKellen Major, Elvis Cartwright, Cheliz Carey, Codee Rolle, Grace Saunders, Corrie Tanner, Dylann Tanner, Cairo Saunders, Cyrai Saunders, J. Cyran Saunders; daughter-in-law: Kenisha Bastian; son-in-law: Oscar Dames Sr.; sister: Deborah Poitier; brothers: Charles Saunders Jr., James Strachan; stepmother: Miriam Wilson-Saunders; sister-in-law: Elizabeth Saunders; brother-in-law: Nakita Poitier; nieces: Jennifer Turnquest, Jonniemae and Lisa Bowe, Wendy Saunders, Kimlyn, Olivia and Shavonya Strachan, Charlis Saunders, Jilly Saunders, Theresa Capron; nephews: Charles Saunders III, Deangelo, Charlton, Deshawn, Alphaeus Saunders, Leslie, Derek Bowe, Jeffery Hepburn, Spencer Mackey, Yule Hertz, Geno Marshall, Kenneth, Renaldo and Dominique Poitier; numerous grandnieces, grandnephews, other relatives and friends including: Prince A Bastian Jr., Bobby Jane Bastian, Emily (Milton) Dames and Family, Jennifer Pedican-Dames, Darlene Curtis (of the forest Exuma), Gloria, Lakita and Emma Spence (of Chicago Illinois), Dennis Wallace, Micheal Hepburn and Family, Esther Colebrooke and Family, The Young Family, Florence Richardson and Family, Jasmine Lewis and Family, Ms. Judy and the Straw Market Family, Mary Clarke and Family, Denise Saunders and Family, The Black Village Family, Windsor Lane Family, Dr. Mercianna Moxey, Team of Doctors and Nurses from PMH Accident and Emergency Department Female Medical II and a host of relative and friends too numerous to mention.

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