Stafford Willie Musgrove

Stafford Willie Musgrove Age 73 Years of #34 Isabella Boulevard, 
Marathon Estates was called to a fuller life, at Doctors Hospital on 
Wednesday, December 03, 2008.

He was born at The Hermitage Exuma, Bahamas on 
Wednesday, January 09, 1935. He received his early education 
at Moss Town All Age School where he served as Monitor and a 
Pupil Teacher under Mr. Felix G. Deleveaux. He received 
numerous certificates in Marine Engineering from National 
Technical School in Automotive – Diesel Master Course from 
Los Angeles California. He attended many workshops and short 
courses both locally in the United Kingdom and the United States.

In 1956 he met Prescola Gilbert at Salem Union Baptist Chruch, 
Parliament Street, there they were later married on Wednesday, April 22, 1959. 
This union produced four children Andre Sr., Marva, Vanya and Lynnaire.

Stafford was devoted to his immediate and extended family's concerns, 
always willing to solve a problem or lend a helping hand. Although being 
very quiet in nature, he was very profound in thoughts. He only accepted 
the best; a no-nonsense person, one who never associated himself with mediocrity.

Being a tradesman at heart, in the 1950's Stafford came to Nassau in search 
of employment. He earned his first job as a stock taker at Symonette's Shipyard. 
There he worked for a short period before joining the Port Department in 1956. 
At the Port Department which later became the Port Authority, 
Stafford through his hard work and dedication went through the ranks from 
Messenger, Dredge Engineer, Senior Tug Engineer, Mechanical Superintendent 
to Assistant Port Controller. In 1995 he retired as the Deputy Port Controller. 
Overall, Stafford was a highly competent, reliable officer who went the extra 
mile in the execution of his duties and willingly assisted in areas outside the 
parameters of his day-to-day obligations.

At an early age, Stafford accepted the Lord as his personal Saviour. 
He was an active member of the Salem Union Baptist Church, having 
served as Recording Secretary, a member of the Men's Fellowship Choir, 
Senior Choir and Bahamas Baptist Union Choir.

Stafford is preceded in death by his:
Father: Rev. Solomon Willie Musgrove;
Mother: Emily Curtis-Musgrove;
Brother:  Cecil Musgrove;
Twin: Sister;

The Radiance of this "Garnet of A Gem" will always glow in the hearts of his:
Wife: Prescola Musgrove;
One Son: Andre Musgrove Sr.;
Three Daughters: Marva and Lynnaire Musgrove and Vanya Dean;
Two Grandsons: Andre G. Musgrove II and Wendell G. Dean III;
Great Grand Daughter: Anirel Musgrove;
Daughter-in-law: Barbara Musgrove;
Uncle: Hosea Musgrove of The Hermitage Exuma;
Aunt: Iva Musgrove and children;
Cousins: Reverend Elon, Reverend Rodney and Cle Musgrove, 
Rudolph Douglas, Ethlyn, Melvin, Loretta, Clara, Lillis, Victor, 
Francina and the entire Saunders family, Kendall Butler, Hester Bowe, 
Irene Rolle, Gloria Dorsette, Carmen Rahming, Carolyn Collie, 
Beatrice Munroe, Sidney and Elva Bodie, Edward Hamilton and their families;
Other loving family and friends include: Patsy and Millicent Munroe, 
Nathan, Louise, Roger and Agatha Meadows, Obediah and Mennah Clarke of Chicago, 
Esther and Cornelius Gray, Martin and Rohonda Clarke, Deyanne and 
Washington Dobsin of Tennessee, Madlyn Finley, Jacob Murphy, 
Julian and Marcella Musgrove, Shirley Weech, Livingston, 
Evelyn, Gladstone, Jacob, Ada and Rosemund Rolle, Clifford, 
Maria and Leon Sears, Michelle Dames, Kevin and Valencia Armbrister, 
Vasco and Amanda Ferguson, Deacon Albertha Bullard, Joseph, 
Enamae and Wendell G. Dean II, Diana Brooks, Alice Glinton, 
Nathaniel Cooper, Dr. Valarie and Cheryl Thompson, Stanley Butler, 
Leashawn McPhee, Verenique Cunningham, Marc-Donald Tillus, 
Grace Sherman, James Catalyn, Marjorie Knowles, Shirley Wallace, 
Christine and Kelly Ferguson, Hilda Carey, Jacqueline and Jacques Kemp, 
Abagail Sands and Fredericka Johnson, Judith Theophilus, Mary Churtum, 
Dorothy Laing, Lealand and Emerald Lightbourne, Gregory Moxey, Leonardo Joseph, 
Marvin and Pamela Smith, Donna Longley, Leon Flowers, Carolyn Demeritte, 
Gaynell Bullard, Francina Ellis and their families, the entire Communities 
of the Hermitage and Forbes Hill Exuma, George Curtis and the entire Curtis family, 
friends of the Port Department, Salem Baptist Church Family, Wesley Flowers, 
Greg Maynard and many other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.