Nell Crescentia Lee (4 Oct 1921 - 3 Aug 2018)

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Location
English Martyr's Church Rodney Road Walworth SE17 1RA
Date
6th Sep 2018
Time
11.30am
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Camberwell New Cemetery Brenchley Gardens SE23 3RD
Date
6th Aug 2018
Time
1pm

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Prince of Wales 51, St. Georges Road SE1 6ER
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6th Sep 2018
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In loving memory of Nell Crescentia Lee who sadly passed away on 3rd August 2018 at the age of 96. Nell was born on the beautiful Caribbean island of Grenada in the town of Gouyave, in the parish of St John, on the 4th October 1921. Nell was the second child of the late Ferdinand James Bernadine and Antoinette (Effie) Bernadine nee Francis. She was proud of her French and Portuguese heritage was important to her and would often talk about her ancestry and her maternal grandmother Mary Sabazan.

Nell had 8 children, the late Eric, Gerald, Gregory and survived by David, Gail, Joy, Denise and Cecil. She had many grand children including Eric Jnr, Josephine, Michael, Kevin, Chris, Candace, Shelana and Marcus. Also, many great grand children. Many nieces and nephews including David, Dawn, Hilary, Lawrence, Ann, Dale and Joy. Nell had step-children Ian, Cheryl and Yvonne.

Nell lived in Trinidad for 17 years and came to England in 1956 where she worked to establish a life for herself. She loved ballroom dancing and would go to the Hammersmith Palais in London, dressed in her finery. She was a keen supporter of English football and was a firm fan of Chelsea FC watching every televised match wearing her football shirt.

She had a love of family and would have family evenings with food, games and music. She loved Christmas which gave the family the opportunity to spend it at Nell's home, with sometimes up to 13 people sleeping all over the household having fun and laughter.

She was always like a cheeky child playing jokes and laughing. She was tactile liking to give hugs to people she knew and giving little tokens to the children of her friends.

The funeral service will be held at English Martyrs Roman Catholic Church in Walworth, London at 11.30 am on the 6th September 2018. Internment will be at Camberwell New Cemetery, London.

Please send flowers to F. A. Albin & Sons, Funeral Directors, 88 Brandon Street, London, SE17 1ND

Debra Fleming wrote

My condolences to the family. She was my grand father’s niece. His name was Gabriel Bernadine. To DLee 750 (her grand child) can you please email me. I left my info on ancestry.com I know you mentioned your grandmother on the message
board.

Thank you,
Debra

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  • Typo DLee 750 (grandchild of James Bernadine). My contact is dflemi82@yahoo.com

    Posted by Debra on 30/04/2019 Report abuse
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My aunt Nell was a beautiful soul,always kind and loving,I love her dearly and I will miss her but I know she is with The Lord .She will never be forgotten by her family here in Canada and her beautiful
Children and grandchildren. Beautiful mum beautiful aunt. We will love you until we meet again on the other side.

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