Elfreda Ferguson

Elfreda Ferguson Age 83 years of #43 Lumumba Lane West completed her earthly 
walk of this life at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Thursday, May 25, 2017.

She was born on Monday, June 19, 1933 at the Cove Major's Cay, Crooked Island.

She was the second child of this union, she showed great potential but at an early age 
she went deaf due to an illness. This did not stop Elfreda from reaching her full potential 
as to her independence. She left her home in her early twenties to travel to Nassau and 
mapped out her own future.

She took on several small jobs before she started to work for Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Pindling 
the parents of the former Prime Minister of the Bahamas. She worked for them for more 
than 30 years and was very much valued by them, she performed duties from housekeeping 
to collecting rents from their properties. During that period she took on a second job working 
as an office domestic worker for Doctor QS Richmond where she remained for over 40 years.

Mommy also supplemented her in come, by sewing and designing clothing for others from 
the seventies until up to eight years ago. She reared four of her five children as a single 
mother and was known as a firm disciplinarian. But she was also known to the grandchildren 
as someone who never shows up empty handed there was always something in that bag for 
everyone. She was also an avid church attendee and was a regular member of Mt. Carmel 
Baptist Church for over 40 years.

In 2002 she went to live with her only daughter and was diagnosed shortly after with breast 
cancer, in 2003 after going through five rounds of chemotherapy till 2017 when she succumbed.

Elfreda is Preceded In Death By Her:
Father: Japheth Ferguson;
Mother: Maud Ethel Cleare-Ferguson;
Son: Leonardo Rolle;
Brother: Elton Ferguson Sr.;
Sisters: Curlene Lloyd and Ruthmae Ferguson-Winter;

The Radiance of this "Pearl of A Gem" will always glow in the hearts of her:
Three Sons: Kevin and Vincent Ferguson and Samuel Neely Sr. (Sherry);
One Daughter: Merterine Tina Tynes-Perpall (Ricardo Sr.);
One Step Son: Deon Neely;
Two Step Daughters: Claudia Perpall and Rose Neely;
Five Grandsons: Willicey Tynes (Suzzana), Ricardo Perpall Jr., Samuel Jr., Travis and Aaron Neely;
Seven Granddaughters: Demetra Neely, Alisey Tynes-Mondesir (Feguerns), 
Raquel Perpall-Basset (Dwayne), Rochelle Perpall, Kevica Butler, Asia and Shantina Ferguson;
Step Grandchildren: Quetel Gardiner (Shannandor), Kevianna Sumner (Darvin), 
Rokelle Sherman (Avery) and Ariel Ferguson (Lyle);
Twenty Great Grandchildren: Sienna, Tiara, Emery, Adrain, Alliyah, Amarise, Elena, 
Brandon, Blake, Darrenique, Kaynique, Santarie, Shannandor Jr., Keyanna, Q'Shann, Averiel, 
Averio, A'Karri, Aaliyah Ferguson and Starr;
Two Great, Great Granddaughters: Skylar Tynes and Santaria Ferguson;
One Sister: Frances Doreen Ferguson;
Two Nephews: Courtney Smith (Janet) and Elton Ferguson Jr.;
Seven Nieces: Gardina, Ethlyn and Dellarine Ferguson, Garnel of Ft. Lauderdale, 
Roberta Deleveaux (Beauford), Garnell Dames (Roscoe) and Glendamae Thompson (Timothy);
Numerous: Grandnephews and Grandnieces;
Caretaker: Sherry Miller;
Other Loving Family and Friends Including: Earlene Deleveaux, Pedro Robeldo, 
Stephanie Pennerman, Irene and Robert Ferguson, Eli, Lee, Idell Collie, Flora Davis, Joy, 
Omal Outten, Ms. Munroe and their families, the Winter, Perpall, Ash and Thompson families, 
Pastor Wellington and Dr. Sherry Collie and Mt. Carmel Baptist Church family Lumumba Lane 
Neighbors, Max the family poodle and many others.