Nurse Karen Diane "Kay, Roses, My Kay" Smith-Pinder

Nurse Karen Diane (Kay, Roses, My Kay) Smith-Pinder Age 42 Years passed from 
this walk of life, at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Monday, March 19, 2001.

Karen was born in the picturesque settlement of Alice Town, Eleuthera, 
Bahamas on Tuesday, September 23, 1958. She was the fifth of eleven 
children and is (pre-deceased) by her father (Alfred Smith).

Karen received her early education, at the P. A. Gibson Primary School in Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera, 
her secondary education at the Windermere High School in Savannahs Sound, Eleuthera. 
Upon completion of high school, Karen relocated to Nassau and entered the nursing program 
at the Ministry of Health Department of Nursing. In August of 1983, she graduated from the 
program as a trained Clinical Nurse. She worked at the Princess Margaret Hospital and various 
clinics in Nassau. Finally the Hatchet Bay Clinic, Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Karen had much love to offer and this prompted a desire to have a family. 
This beautiful gem met and fell in love with her true love, Mr. Darren Pinder. 
They were joined in matrimony on Saturday, July 09, 1988. This union was blessed, 
with two beautiful girls.

She was a member of St. Mark's Methodist Church, where she was involved in many church 
functions, as the Sunday school, Youth Groups, Summer Champ, Christmas and Easter Programs 
and the choir. After marrying her true love, she then worshipped with her husband, at the 
Church of god of Prophecy.

The Radiance of this "Sapphire of a Gem" will always glow in the hearts of her:
Husband: Darren Pinder;
Two Daughters: Darreatte and Kavahna Pinder;
Mother: Bernice Smith;
Adopted Mother: Bernadette Godet;
Six Brothers: Hon. Alvin a. Smith, M.P. North Eleuthera, Arthur, Darrel, 
Gary, Keith and Landis Smith Sr.;
Two Adopted Brothers: Felix Taylor and Cephas Pinder Sr.;
Five Sisters: Susan Hanna, Lillard Elliott, Verlincia Smith, Helena Pinder and Wanda Roberts;
Two Adopted Sisters: Lizzie Ann Taylor and Antoinette Pinder;
Mother-in-law: Pastor Yvonne Pinder;
Twenty Eight Nephews: Mario, Taj, Kenrick, Deangelo, Gino, Gary Jr., Landis Jr., Keith Jr., 
Gian, Omar, Katanga and Divual Smith, MaFerris Jr. and Aglericko Hanna, Vershard Rahming, 
Donte Elliott, Terio Sands, Renaldo Ferguson, Marvin, Mikus, Meekal and Michango Bethel, 
Jason West, Tyrone Roberts Jr., Demagio and Cephas Pinder Jr., Robert Thompson Sr. and William Johnson Jr.; 
Twenty Three Nieces: Shernice Hanna, Meiko, Angel, Kissy and Kashawna Smith, Meagan Elliott, 
Sophia, Antoinequa, Rodricka, Jeffrea and Jarden Pinder, Shurlunda Ferguson, Shaniqua, 
Shekia, Wunaway, Kaytal and Simone Johnson, Shavone, Cleo, Yuwanda and Tyrowanda Roberts, 
Mikiko Bethel and Richarra Thompson; 
Three Uncles: Basil Johnson Thomas and Hugh Smith;
Eleven Aunts: Hilda Mae, Virgina, Merle, Leana, Eulene and Carolyn Johnson, 
Inez Merlene and Elizabeth Smith, Hannah Rolle and Daisy Ferguson;
Nine Brothers-in-law: Jeffrey, Worrell, Trevor and John Pinder, Martin Elliott, 
McFerris Hanna Sr., Robert Thompson Sr., Tyrone Roberts Sr. and William Johnson Sr.;
Nine Sisters-in-law: Carol, Ramona and Everlina Pinder, Desrana Johnson, 
Dorsey Thompson, Cheryl, Annette, Deidre and Paula Smith;
Three God Parents: Arlington Belle, Hilton Cambridge and Viola Johnson of Freeport, Grand Bahama;
Nine God Children: Itika, Zhivago, Shekeria and Devenor Seymour, Vantaisha Rolle, Jessie Munroe, 
Inga McQueen, Nicole McCardy and Kadeisha Dean;
Many other loving family and friends including: Cynthia Davis of Miami Florida, Brian, 
Ricardo, Perry, Harvey, Ed, Okell, Rodney, Meritta, Nicole, Shaniqua, Iris, Julietta, Meryl, Arneith, 
Felicia, McNeil, Judith, Jeffrey, Kathy, Rowena, Jennimae, Lockwood, Spurgeon, 
Biranette and Kishan Johnson, George Rocky, Ruth, Deidre and Lachelle Sands, 
Yvette and Laurrie Belle, Frederick, Daniel, Bobby, Dianne and Clarke Ferguson, Tina Ramsey, 
Erecia Saunders, Janice Mullins, Pamela Watts, Judymae, Paula and Yvonne Rolle, Stanley, Eugie, 
Mage and Rev. Oswald Nixon, Carlfred Curry, Jennifer and Thelma Williams, Rhona Davis, 
Oralee Martin, Rhonda and Nicky Hall, Margaret, Merlinda, Gwendolyn, Charlene, Audrie, 
Judith, Vervalee, Midlred, Simeon, Eleazer, Rodger and Reggie Smith, James and Rev. Randy Nottage, 
Alvin, Iva and Jerome Clarke, Eleanor Mackey, Constance Lewis, Violet Bethel, Nutie Seymour, Coral Pinder, 
Cynthia Miller, Rose Wood, Joyce Gibson, Florence, Lyda and Priscill Scavella, Edith Elliott, Cynthia Archer, 
Ovas and Vaughn Marshall, Nurses King, Hepburn, Knowles, Cornish, Allen Munroe and Ironica Baker, 
Minky Isaacs, Shammie and Delorace, James, sony, Elva Albury, Inspector Alonzo, Flex, 
Rice and Hensley Pinder, Lindy and Dell, Bahamas Brass Band, Shirley Allen, Burk, Bertlyn, Deloris, 
Montgomery, Naaman, Maynard, Edward, Shirley and Lorna Culmer, Mertis Farrington, Doreen Ingraham, 
John McPhee, Gary Cooper, Shirley Roberts, Nora Neely, the Kemp family, 
St. Mark's Methodist Church family and the entire Community of Hatchet Bay and Alice Town.