Prime Minister Perry Christie’s mother-in-law and mother of first lady Bernadette Christie –
Trixie Hanna died in hospital yesterday at the age of 81.
The family of the late Mrs. Trixie Hanna, nee Burrows, wishes to advise the public of her passing Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 6:50 AM at the Princess Margaret Hospital.
Mrs. Hanna was surrounded by the love and warmth of her family and close friends.
A daughter of Deadman’s Cay, Long Island, Trixie Hanna was well loved by all for her open heart, warm hospitality, no-nonsense candor, and ‘one of a kind’ personality.
Together with the late Father Howard Hanna, Mrs. Trixie Hanna was the proud mother of two daughters, Mrs. Paula Hanna-Miller and First Lady of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Mrs. Bernadette Christie; four grand children, Shane Russell, Steffan, Alexandria, and Adam Christie; and four great grandchildren, Ashleigh, Savannah, Amber and Saij Russell.
She is also survived by three sisters, Virgie Carroll of Deadman’s Cay, Long Island, Carnetta Burrows and Dillis Storr, one brother, Hinton Burrows of Hallandale, Florida, and a host of other relatives and friends.
The family wishes to thank all the many well wishers for their prayers and acts of kindness during the time of her brief hospitalisation, and are also grateful for your expressions of condolences at this time.
Mrs. Hanna will be laid to rest on Saturday July 7th at 11 AM at the St. Agnes Parrish on Blue Hill Road. Interment will be at the St. Agnes Cemetery on Nassau Street.
