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News Paper Funeral Service Announcement Funeral service for Wendell “Dukey-Duke” Smith, age 78, a resident of #60 Nassau East Boulevard, Nassau Bahamas, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday November 1, 2025, at The Lutheran Church of Nassau, 119 John F. Kennedy Drive. Officiating will be Samuel Boodle, assisted by other Ministers of the Gospel. Cremation will follow. His memories will forever linger in the hearts of his wife: Kayla Smith; children: Kevin (Avinel) Smith, Duane Jermaine Smith, Kayshel (Sean Sr.) Munroe and Anthony (Jacinda) Knowles (adopted son); sisters: Verna Larry, Marcia McMorris and Gloria (Dennis) Parks, Sr.; brother: Duke L. (Susan) Smith; sister-in-law: Deborah (Rev. Samuel) Boodle; grandchildren: Sean Munroe Jr., Raymond Adderley, Davian Rutherford, Kaylanna Smith, Shontè Munroe, Kaya Smith, Rubin Smith-Bastian (was raised as his son), Kristin Munroe, Sasa Smith, Aaden Munroe, Danae Smith, Alayah Munroe, Madison Wright, Kaeden Smith and Kamden Smith; nieces: Maria (Colbert Sr.) Newry, Yvette (Joel) Crowe, Koschina Marshall, Ruby Ann (Eli) Bradshaw, Tracy (Winston) Moss, Theresa (Michael) Tuner, Camisha (Henry) Williams and Candice (Derrick) Williams, Kendra (Kevin) Rhule, Tammi (Yale) Rahming and Krystal “Best friend” Tynes; nephews: Shannon Balfour, Anthony Miller, Anton Miller, Charles Miller, Elton (Lillian) Smith, Colbert, Jr. (Jasmine) Rahming Newry, Dr. Cameron Newry, Conrad Newry and Clint Newry; other relatives and friends: Maxine Wilson, Margaret Ann Bassett, Marva (Richard) Brown, Marsha, Chelsea Kemp, Cecille Kowohl, Maude, Val, Keith (Carmen) Smith, Mario, Lorne, Michael (Carla), George, Trevor, Marlon and Gary Smith, Antoinette Cartwright, Bernadette, Marsha, Eddie, Kenneth, Perry, Anthony, Ira Smith, Dr. Beverton Moxey, Anatole Ferguson, Dr. Krystal Rolle, Dr. Marcia Johnson, Merle Johnson, Dana Patrick, Crystal and Cora Taylor, Charles and Nina Fox, Shandra Smith, Paul Tynes, Rose Tynes, Emily Cox and family, Darren Smith, Michelle Malcolm, Mauricia Ingraham, Gray Cox and family, John Burrows, Trent Deveaux, Graham Thompson Account’s Department, St. Annes class of ’94, Bahamas Welding and Fire, Island Gas and Shell Saxons Super Stars and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention. Relatives and friends may pay their respects at Cedar Crest Funeral Home and Crematorium Ltd., Robinson and Baillou Hill Roads on Friday from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. and at the church on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until service time.
