Elodie Juliette Pintard-Wilson

Elodie Juliette Pintard-Wilson Age 68 Years of Winder Terrace, 
Malcolm Allotment went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 04, 1997 
at the Princess Margaret Hospital.

Elodie, was born on Monday, June 18, 1928 at Duncan Town 
Ragged Island, Bahamas. She was the second child and first daughter. 
She was educated at the Ragged Island All-Age School. At the age of 13 
her mother died and she along with her grandmother, assumed the 
responsibility of her six siblings.

She played the organ at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Ragged Island. 
She later moved to New Providence, where her home was always open 
to relatives who can to town.

Elodie was joined in Holy Matrimony to Bernard Wilson on 
Sunday, October 19, 1952. This union produced nine children, 
three of whom have preceded her in death. Elodie was very 
close to her father, she cared for him by preparing his meals 
and clothes for his family islands trips, until his death in 1978.

Elodie was an industrious person, always looking for a way to 
provide for her family. She worked as a self-employed dressmaker 
and operated a petty grocery store. She later worked at Howard 
Johnson and Kentucky Restaurants.

In 1967, her eldest daughter Celestine brought home some 
straw craft that she was learning to make at school. Elodie 
took the idea and along with the advice and guidance of her 
neighbour, Mrs. Maggie Black, she entered the straw industry, 
in which she worked up to the day of her death.

Eldoie represented the Bahamas at several Goombay Festivals, 
in Coconut Grove and Orlando Florida. All of her children 
acquired a bit of her industriousness and are functional person 
in society. Three of her daughters, Celestine, Bernadette and 
Michelle are teachers; Michael works at Queen's College in 
charge of maintainence; Anita and Walter are self-employed.

Eldoie was always a joval person who loved her grandchildren 
dearly and gave them what they needed. 

She is also preceded in death by her parents Captain John 
and Valerie Pintard {nee Wilson}.

The Radiance of this "Pearl of A Gem" will always glow in the hearts of her:
Husband: Bernard E. Wilson;
Two Sons: Michael and Walter Wilson;
Four Daughters: Celestine Albury, Anita Farquharson, Bernadette Jennings and Michelle Wilson;
Twelve Grand Children: Acchia and Aymara Albury, James and Samantha Miller, Phillip Jr. and 
Phillippa Farquharson, Eldoie Krystina and Deandra Wilson, Eustacia, Earl, Brian and Brandon Jennings;
Fifteen Great Grand Children Including: Chris Andrews, Ronell Stubbs, Keyslia and Kadesha Cleare;
Father and Mother-in-law: Rev, Theodore and Mezorian Wilson;  
Three Sons-in-law: Preston Albury, Phillip Farquharson Sr. and Eustace Jennings;
Two Daughters-in-law: Victoria and Denise Wilson;
Nine Brothers: Louis, Atwell, Eddison, Clement, Osborne, Keith, George, Perry and Michael Pintard;
Six Sisters: Audrey Lockhart, Tezel Butler, Mazie Poitier, Marsha Munroe, Stephanie Rolle and 
Rosemary Pintard;
Three Aunts: Addriann Joffre, Stella Wallace and Vasti Maycock;
Brothers-in-law including: Captain Roy Lockhart, Eric Butler, Cedric, Gustavus and Hansel Wilson;
Sisters-in-law including: Verinica and Florinda Pintard, Grace and Gloria Wilson, Edna Goulborne 
and Generva Hayes;
God Daughter: Mildred Pickstock;
Numerous Nephews and Nieces Including: Simeon Lockhart, Janet Nixon, 
Roslyn Lockhart, Wendy Fields, Wendell and Carlos Butler, Prieta Burnside, Mizpah Munroe, 
John, Arnold, Cindy, Johnny, Keith and Valeria Pintard, Melanie Allen, Kay, Janet, Lisa and 
Alex Wilson, Robert Hayes and Yvette Newry;
Other loving family and friends including: Mizpah Tertullian, Isadora and Elizabeth Bastian, 
Clement Maycock, Wilhemina Smith, Edith, Crestwell and Orbal Wilson, John Panza, Maurice Wallace, 
Marva Wilson-Willard, Eulah Burrows, Valerie Culmer, Nezera Brown, Millicent Hudson, 
Vera Deveaux, Eloise Cooper, Erma Fernander, Merle Taylor, Marva Munroe, Latoya Pearce, 
Nathalie Evans, Ethel Malakius, Peggy Lockhart, Olga Nash, Dora C. Dean, David Jones, 
Barbara and Roselane Hanna and Marsha Seymour-Morley.