Funeral service for Merlene Dorothy Richardson-Fernander, age 99, a resident of Vernon Street, Kennedy Subdivision, Nassau Bahamas, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday July 12, 2025, at Our Lady of The Holy Souls Catholic Church, Deveaux Street. Officiating will be Fr. Jonathan A. Duka, assisted by other Ministers of the Gospel. Interment will follow in Catholic Cemetery, Tyler Street.

Merlene was predeceased by her grandchild: Glendrae Rolle.

Left to cherish her memories is her beloved daughter: Andrea Fernander-Rolle; sons: Donald Rahming, Charles Rahming; daughter-in-law: Althamese Rahming; grandchildren: Glenrick Rolle, Di'Andrea Rolle-Dean, Charlkeno Rahming, Charlkesha Rahming, Renardo Musgrove, Donovan Rahming; great-grandchildren: Rickell Pyfrom (Mauriceo), Rick Rolle, Rickea Rolle, Destiny Rolle, Rickeyo Rolle, Pedro Dean Jr., Chaance Dean, Ryneisha Musgrove, Renardo Jr., Kiara Rahming; great-great-grandchildren: Stanford Pinder Jr., Mauriyah Pyfrom, Tayvon Rolle; sisters: Lady Joan Fawkes, Paula Gibson, Jane Vivienne; sisters-in-law: Almeria Pinder, Merlene Dorsett; brother-in-law: Lowell Fernández; godsons: Charlie Young, Jewitt Bain; other relatives and friends including but not limited to: Mr. and Mrs. McDonald, Ettajane Simms, Beatrice Ferguson and family, Julia Bain, Ruth Taylor and family, Denise, Shekna Latasha, Lanka, Candy Johnson, Nilda, Litheria and Philip Coakley, Mia Thomas, Antoinette Rolle and family, Vernon Street Family, Kennedy Subdivision Family, Patrick Williams of National Products, The Pinewood Garden Sugar Apple Street family, Kate Richardson, The Gateway Outreach Ministry of Bimini, Laverne Fowler, Cakes from Adam (a special mention for her birthday tradition), Cedric Bernard, Staff of Princess Margaret Hospital Female Surgical Ward and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.