Funeral Service Announcement

Funeral service for Yvette Vadie Dedeliah Bethel , age 82, a resident of Woodburn Estates, off Johnson Road, New Providence, Bahamas, w ill be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday May 29, 2026, at Grace Community Church, Grace Avenue, and Marathon Estates. Officiating will be Pastor Stuart Kelly, Pastor Carlyle Peart and Elder Cyril Peet. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens, Gladstone Road and John F. Kennedy Drive.

Left to fondly cherish Yvette's memory are her devoted Sons : Carl Wilshire (Lisa) Bethel, Lyall Scott (Janell) Bethel; Sister: Miriam Verlease Adderley; Grandchildren: Alithia (Keith) Beneby, Wilshire (Ashley), Lauren, Scott, Carlyle, Dr. Morganne Yvette, Leah and Logan Bethel, Jamaal Foulkes; Great-grandchildren: Brooklyn, Annalise, Carson, Astrid; Adopted Daughters: Kelly Yvette Nixon, Lisa Bain; Nieces and Nephews: Nicole Adderley-Edwards, Gail Stewart, Trevor Adderley and family, Samantha (William) Kendric; Cousins: Eloise Smith, Roosevelt (Boleyn) Nixon, Terry (Ernestine) Bain, Very Reverend Harry (Ann) Bain, Pastor Valurine Bain-Pinder, Warren (Yvonne) Bain, Patrick Bain, Euterpe Bain, Eddie Bain, Byron (Thelma) Bain, Wayde Bain, Samuel (Valencia) Bain, Monique (Nigel) Bain-Burrows, Pauline (Emery) Bain-Cartwright, Tammilee (Paul) Nixon-Jules, Annette Brown and family, Marena Rolle, Elestine Allen and family, Colliemae Ferguson, Captain Louis Hart; Little Farmer's Cay Family and Friends: Karen "Joycelyn" Jarvis and family, Julian (Daryl) Nixon and family, Denzil Nottage, Aidan Burrows, Cecil (Vanessa) Smith and family; Other Relatives and Friends including : His Excellency Sir Arthur Foulkes (Lady Foulkes) and family, His Excellency Sir Orville Turnquest and family, the Rt. Honourable Hubert (Delores) Ingraham and family, Dr. the Most Honourable Hubert (Patricia) Minnis and family, Dame Janet Bostwick and family, the Honourable Michael (Berlice) Pintard MP, former Speaker of the House, Rome Italia Johnson, Wilshire Zaccheus (Beverley) Bethel and family, Arlyn (Janice) Abrams and family, Churchill (Linda) Bethel and family, Claudette Bethel and family, Keith (Helga) Bethel and family, Zachary (Holly) Bethel and family, Jason (Kmchell) Dodge and family, Leonie Moultrie and family, Shirley (Henry), Juanianne "Jay" (Bernard) Dorsett and family, Roy Adams, Claretta Duncombe and family, Maureen Lesbott and family, Una Miller-Delancy and family, Beatrice "Betty" Rolle and family, Frederick Scott and family, Donna Carreer and family, Sharon Adderley, Dr. Andrew Hunter, Bridgette Hunter, Kenneth Rolle, Yves (Leah) Edwards and family, Craig (Danika) Adderley and family, Eric and Sophia Adderley, Ethan, Dawson and Wendy Shephard; Jeshua Myers, Marley Myers, Destiny Edwards, Yvan Edwards, Yadja Stewart and family, Devaughn Stewart and family, Elishama Tindale, Amina Beaubrun, Malik Beaubrun, Willow Kendric, Samuel Hunter, Galen (Ava) Saunders, Sloan Knowles, Christian (Jennifer) Saunders, Niles Saunders, the Dundas Civic Centre stage actors of her day, her friends in the Kiwanis Club of Flaingo Gardens, Jean Isaacs and the "Thursday Dance Club" members, all "Meritorious Council Members" of the Free National Movement; The Deal Family: Patrice (Bishop Cannel) Deal-Swain and family, Hortense Rahming and family, Iris Grant and family, Eulise Hall and family, Captain Hayward Bowe and family, Sylvia Greenward, Howard LaRoda, Gary LaRoda, Edwin Knowles, Audrey Henriques, Daniel (Pamela) Deal and family; Grace Community Church Family: Associate Stuart (Allison) Kelly, Associate Pastor Carlyle (Shannet) Peart, Elders David (Tashena) Adams, Elder David (Gretal) Hanna, Elder Michael (Stephanie) Hanna, Elder Derwin (Ingrid) Johnson, Elder Cardinal (Hope) McCardy, Elder Cyril (Ramona) Peet, Elder Damian (Allison) Sands, Deacon Shanley (Lethera) Bodie Sr., Deacon Adrian (Keisha) Curry, Deacon Scott (Janeczka) Johnson, Deacon Terrance Major, Deacon Jerry Marc, Deacon Andalino (Wendy) Sands, Deacon C. Anthony Smith, Deacon Sean (Vanessa) Thompson, Deacon W. Gerard (Denay) Thompson, Deacon Carvill (Tonya) Wallace, Deacon Dannie (Gabrielle) Wilson, Evangelist Ricardo (Akera) Stubbs, Sisters Ruth Demeritte, Cynthia Sealy, Helen Turnquest, Retired Ladies Saturday Small Group and a host of relatives 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 Thursday from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. and at the Church on Friday from 9:00 a.m. until service time.