Sylvia Elizabeth Betty Sweeting-Darling

Sylvia Elizabeth Betty Sweeting-Darling Age 57 Years of #01 East Beach Drive, 
Freeport, Grand Bahama quietly slipped away on Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 
Doctor's Hospital Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas.

Sylvia was born in the settlement of Freetown Deep Creek, Eleuthera, Bahamas 
on Friday, June 15, 1945. She was the third child.

Betty as she was affectionately known by her siblings and close friends was part of a 
tightly knit family. She began her early education at the Deep Creek All Age School, 
this is where she decided that she wanted to enlighten the minds of others and become an educator. 

She started in her home town as a Monitor at the Deep Creek All Age School. In 1963, 
Betty moved to Nassau where she majored in English Language at the Bahamas Teachers College. 
She began her career as a primary school educator and eventually moved to 
Secondary/High School education. Her posting included William Sayles Primary, Shirlea Primary, 
C. H. Reeves and Government High Schools.

In 1988 she relocated to Freeport, Grand Bahama where she continued her teaching career 
at the Hawksbill High School. Betty's desire to share her knowledge took her career to another level. 
She was appointed provost at the College of the Bahamas Freeport Campus. While pursuing her 
career she met and in 1968 married Thaddeus Darling.

In the early seventies Betty, because of her background in Christianity, began a serious study 
of the Bible with Jehovah's Witness. She dedicated her life to doing Jehovah's Will and became a 
baptized Minister. She was focused and extremely balanced in her secular life, but mostly for the 
31 years of her spiritual career with regards to her family unit, of which she was the backbone.

Betty is preceded in death by her:
Father: William Conrad "Mr. Bill" Sweeting Sr.;
Grandfather: John Sweeting;
Grandmother: Estelle McKenzie;

The Radiance of this "Pearl of a Gem" will always glow in the hearts of her:
Husband: Thaddeus Darling;
Two Sons: Raynard and Julius Darling;
Two Daughters: Dulse Darling and Terri Latoya Darling-Turner (Sean);
Step Daughters: Ingrid and Charmaine;
Grandchildren: Jamie, Jordan, Jade, Justin, Jay and Lauren;
Great Grand-children: Montez, Tamika, Lauren, Jade, Jaime, 
Jordan, Marion, Ravi and Rasjinique Jr.;
Mother: Louise Sweeting;
Brothers: William Conrad Jr., Rudolph, Lawrence Sr., Eric Sr., Mervin, 
Gary and Wittington Sweeting;
Sisters: Rosalee Wilkinson, Audrey Anderson, Renee Forbes, Ruby-Lee, 
Willimae, Vernita and Sabrina Sweeting;
Nephews and Nieces: Visna, Bridgette, Mekell, Mark, Marcus, Matt, Rovan, 
Dania, Constance, Dwight, Samantha, Pearlene, Humphrey, Shelton, Eric Jr., 
Sherese, Condra, Christian, Kristina, Zoe, Garric, India, Lorial, Lawerence Jr., 
Gia, Garon, Evan, Robyn, Kyle, Kylisa, Rofeno, Rasjinique Sr., Roberto, Akeem, 
Rashad, Joshua, Travis, Adam, Moses, Faith, Shequille, Montez, Tamika, Marion, 
Ravi, Rasjinique Jr., Tenisha, Celestine, Sharon, Denise, Melissa, Tiffany, Stacey, 
Alethea, Sherril, Thea, Latonya, Jovonne, Jessica, Aeisha, Lorraine, Sheila, Denise, 
Alsada, Stacia, Stella, Elouise, Alexander, Joseph, Kirkwood Sr., Cedric Sr., Craig Sr., 
Steven, Jayson, Stanley, Totiano, Tameko, Anthony Sr., Anthony Jr., Darrie of New York, 
Jamaal, Gerad, Kirk Jr., Cedric Jr., Craig Jr., Paul, Kirk, Preston and Allen;
Brothers-in-law: Daniel Wilkinson, Baston (Ol'B) Anderson, Jerome Forbes, Baldwin, 
Benjamin and William Darling and Stanley Edinburough of Miami, Florida;
Sisters-in-law: Remilda, Valerine, Betty, Karen, Helen and Tina Sweeting, 
Mariette Wilmore and Rosalee Darling; 
Other relatives and friends including: Oral Pinder Junior J.P., Gloria Goodman, 
Francis Holmes and Richard Pinder, Wendell, Wilmore, Clarence, Cedrick, Richard, 
Jack, Eulese, Cedricka and Althea Gibson, Leotha, Glovabell, Christine, Edmond, 
Glenwood and Dwight Anderson, on Anglin, Pamela Brice, Arimentha Curry, 
Cynthia Edgecombe, Sir Arlington and Lady Sheila Butler, Lewis Sweeting, 
Terry and Susan Thompson, Whtiney Pennerman, Bernell Miller and Eloise Strachan.