Shirley May McQueen

Shirley May McQueen Age 78 Years of Allen Drive, off Fire Trail Road East, exchange time for eternity, at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.

She was born at Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas on Thursday, July 10, 1947 to Jeremiah (Jack) and Irene Sherman-McQueen.

Baptism and Education:
She was baptized at St. Joseph’s Parish according to the rite of the Roman Catholic Church,
by Fr. Marcian Peters O. S. B. She was educated at St. Joseph’s School.

A Time to Work:
In the early 60’s and 70’s Shirley worked at the Nassau Beach Hotel, Sonesta Beach Hotel, Grey Cliff, Nola’s Baked Crab, Maid for Rev. Simeon Hall, Rev. Colebrook of St. Paul’s Baptist Church Baillou Hill Road and Bias Street, where she was a member.

She cooked for the Mortimer’s qat Fort Fincastle, she was a cook at Percy’s Restaurant and Bar East Street Hill, just to mention a few, she was a great cook.

A Time to Play:
Shirley would sometimes play with some of her grandchildren, son-in-law. Her games were pokeno, marbles, ducking you with water, card games like 3 pairs and tunk, these she enjoyed.

A Time to be Harsh and A Time to love:
Shirley was a strong-minded person, her favorite words were, when I die I een ga purge, God bless the child that has its own. There were times when she would rule with an iron fist as it were, then sometimes she would show love, she will also take in strangers if they were homeless.

She will be missed by her family and care takers, thank you for helping me with mommy during her time of illness. She had dementia, she had a slight stroke and he was taken to the Princess Margaret Hospital by ambulance around 9am on Sunday, January 11, 2026, we got to know she had caught Pneumonia after they ran some test on her.

A Time to die:
On Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 1:41 a.m. Shirley passed away in the Trauma Room, she was a plp and died a plp.

Shirley is preceded in death by her:
Son: Jeffery Henry Coleby;
Daughter: Ann Coleby;
Grandson: Fletcher Dion Coleby;
Father: Jeremiah Jack McQueen;
Mother: Irene Sherman-McQueen;
Brothers: Percy, Anthony, Ernest, Jack and Charles McQueen;
Sisters: Perlene McQueen-Hamilton, Willamae McQueen-Davis and Naomi McQueen;
Nephews: Julie Gibson-Donald and Charles Alton McQueen;
Uncle: Peter McQueen;
Cousins: Kenneth McQueen, Dorothy Elaine Thurston and Elaine Bowleg;

The Radiance of this “Ruby of A Gem” will always glow in the hearts of her:
Two Sons: Michael Livingstone and Davon Delano Coleby Sr.;
Five Daughters: Patsy Coleby-McKinney (Don), Linda McQueen-Thompson (George Sr.), Delarese McQueen, Ershella Coleby-St. Charles and Tamara Coleby-Greenslade;
Sixteen Grandsons: Elroy Moss, Emmanuel, Desmond, Leshan, Tameko, Davon Jr., Michael Jr. and Davon Coleby, Cedric McQueen, Mikelo Miller, Police Constable 90 Ashton Bullard, George W. Thompson Jr., Norman Greenslade, Lanard McCartney, Steven and Cordero Cargil;
Eighteen Granddaughters: Nathalee Grant, Shacunda, Quettle, Judy, Johnell, Davonya, Kiarra and Tameka Coleby, Micheala Coleby-Morrison, Ashley Bullard, Paige Thompson, Shemika Thompson-Moss, Shakeria Albury, Glenrease Burrows, Normrica, Shaquella and Natasha Greenslade and Shandella Williams-McBride of Moore’s Island Abaco;
Thirty-three Nephews: Lloyd Wayne (Lucinda), Stephen Michael (Andrea), Terrance, Nelson, Jamaal, Kamron, Carrington (Sarah), Antoine, Michael, Steve, Cardo, Magoo and Barry Rahming-McQueen, Gregory and Dennis Wright, Oswald, Edmund and Rufus Dean, James, Bernard, Bradley, Scott, Marvin and Wayne Hamilton, Lynard McCartney, Kenneth Brown, Bobby Williamson Jr., Wellington Bethel, Jonathan and Alvardis Bowleg, Dave, Roy and Tryone Davis;
Thirty-five Nieces: Maud Darnell Smith and Jennifer Smith, Irene McQueen-Williams, Shekira Babbs, Dianna Cunningham, Shelsa Brice, Valderine and Jackqlin “Jackey” McQueen, Ashley McQueen-Reckley (Brian), Tadashee McQueen-Bullard, Georgette McQueen-Brennen, ReNae, Jasmine Justilien, Carmen Gibson-Moxey, Ursal and Delerise Coleby, Evelyn Fowler, Jessica Knowles, Yvette and Debbie Humes, Ruth Dean, Charlene and Denise Hamilton, Jacklyn Bethel, Antoinett, Henrica, Henrese and Hendira McPhee, Jamara Greenslade, Joanna Bowleg, Joanne Wright, Natasha James, Patty Smith, Essolita Hanna and Elizabeth Glass;
Numerous: Grandnephews and Grandnieces;
Cousins Including: Hon. Mario Bowleg, MP for Garden Hills, Valamae, Anthony and Everette Thurston, Perry Gladstone Christie, Cleveland Gaitor, Blondy McQueen, Anastacia, Judy, Audrey, Philipa and their Families, The North Andros, Sherman, McQueen, Smith, Fowler, Martin, Griffin and Bowleg Families.
Other Loving Family and Friends Including: Tamika Nickell Cooper, Sterling Quant, Rose and Leotha Coleby, Tommy and Shirley Laroda, Laurance Burrows, J. Zell, Alexanda Willbert Williams, Charles, Franklyn Wilson Free Port Grand Bahama, Chaunce Hanna, Keana Taylor, Nickell, Brendalee, Joseph Rolle, Hubert McIntosh, Sharmine Ferguson, Anthony, Mario, Audrey and the Allen Drive and Fire Trail Road East Families, the Seminole Indians, Lowe Sound, Mastic Point and Quarter Master.