Euphemia Joyce Hepburn-Armbrister

Deaconess Euphemia Joyce Hepburn-Armbrister 
Age 72 Years of #09 Danita Drive, Bamboo Town answered 
the Master's call to come home, at the Princess Margaret 
Hospital on Tuesday, June 24, 2008.

Euphemia was born at Orange Creek, Cat Island on 
Wednesday, November 20, 1935. She received her early 
education at the Orange Creek All Aged School. After leaving 
school and a bit too young to enter the work force, she took
 advantage of the opportunity to accompany her older sister, 
Idamae and her husband John Newbold (both deceased) to 
various out islands (as they were then called) to assist them 
with caring for their young children.

Some years later an older, more matured 'Phemie' (as she 
was affectionately called) relocated to Nassau to seek employment. 
After working for a number of years in the domestic and hair 
dressing field she became a homemaker and entrepreneur 
who produced straw work on a made to order basis.

Like most young ladies whose life long dream was to meet 
and marry their Prince Charming, she found hers in Everette 
Armbrister and they were joined in Holy Matrimony on 
Wednesday, September 11, 1957. This union was blessed 
with four (4) lovely children, three girls and one boy.

All our lives we knew Mammy to be a Christian and a 
God-fearing woman. We can recall the many church services 
we attended with her as children and well into our adulthood 
and how she admonished us to always put God first in everything 
we did. Mammy was not a college graduate, but she ensured 
that we went further than she did educationally. This support 
propelled us to become successful in our respective career paths. 
Additionally, she always had an encouraging word for any one 
she came into contact with no matter the circumstance.

As a member of United Christian Cathedral, she served in 
various positions such as choir member, church secretary, 
member of the Executive Board as well as Deaconess.

Phemie is preceded in death by her: 
Father: William Hepburn;
Mother: Rosetha Munnings;
Sister: Mrs. Idamae Newbold;

The Radiance of this "Topaz of A Gem" will always glow in the hearts of her:
Husband: Everette William Armbrister;
One Son: William Everette Armbrister (Renee M.) of Tamarac, Florida;
Three Daughters: Sandra and Rose Armbrister and Ida Burrows (Philip);
One Grandson: Sven E. Ambrose;
One Brother: Rev. Donald Newbold of Orange Creek, Cat Island;
Mother-in-law: Beulah Armbrister;
One Brother-in-law: Selwyn Armbrister;
Four Sisters-in-law:  Lorna, Daisy and Monica Armbrister and Carnetha Seymour;
Thirty Five Nephews and Nieces: Anthony Sr. (Sandra), Clyde, Patrick, Craig, 
Anthony Jr., Garrett, Helen, Rosetta, Roslyn, Ellamae and Takeisha Newbold, Rain Coco, 
Whitlean (Cephas), John, Steven, Marcus and Sharonda Brown, Joel (Bernie) and 
Ruby Hepburn, William, Franklyn and Theresa Newman, Eric Coakley, Antoine Evans,
 Jeffrey and Janie Kay Blanchard, Jeannie Mel Roker, Valencia Ferguson, Mirika Seymour, 
Tamala Singleton, Valderine Rahming and Vanessa Taylor;
Numerous: Great Grand Nephews and Nieces;
Special Mention:  Elizabeth Newbold cousin and companion;
Many other loving family and friends including: McNeil Newbold, 
Enderlyn McKenzie, Eueda Poitier, Laura Gaitor, Descendants of Jethro and Celeste Bethel 
and the Orange Creek Community, Descedants of Amos and Jemima Rolle, Livingstone Farrington, 
Bishop Albert Hepburn and Family, Rev. Charles Young and Family, The United Christian 
Church Family (Flamingo Gardens and Lincoln Boulevard), Kevin and Jennifer Charlton, 
Muntrella Woodard, Eunice Meadows, Enerald Robinson, Laurena Moncur, Thelma Clayton, 
Idell Hepburn, Erlene Wilson, Ruthmae Rolle, Dora Hepburn, Lorraine Clarke, Gertrude Seymour, 
Bridget Hepburn, Collette Pratt, Shirleen Stoutt, George Turnquest, Deloris Mackey, Mario Curry, 
Troy Ward and Family, Pastor Deanza and Edris Cunningham, Jane Major, Betty Miller, 
Rev'd Luther Thurston and Church Family, Natasha Gibson, Dora Rolle, Corrine Rolle and Family, 
Pearline Thompson, Nurse Vaughan, Margaret Knowles-Lynes, Pamela Rolle, Bettymae Humes, 
Jennifer Johnson, Rosmary Roker, Faith Roxbury, Mr. and Mrs. Woodside;
Special Thanks to: Dr. and Mrs. Morgan, Dr. Serville, Dr. Delton Farquharson, Dr. Eugenio, 
The Staff and Patients of the Dialysis Unit Princess Margaret Hospital, The Staff Accident and 
Emergency Department Princess Margaret Hospital, Management and Associates Star of David 
Cemetery and Funeral Home, North Lauderdale Florida, The Staff of The Technical Cadet Corps, 
The Staff of J. S. Johnson Company Ltd., The Staff of Public Utilities Commission, St. Barnabas 
Church and Evangelistic Temple Church and their families;
A host of other relatives and friends: too numerous to mention including those of you, 
who always inquired as to Mammy's health, donated to her cause by way of prayers, 
blood and monetarily.