Bridgette Ann Nixon (Ann Bridgette Smith-Lawe) was born January 20, 1967, to King Richard Nixon of Farmers Cay, Exuma and Shirley Margaret (Fitzgerald) Nixon of Williamstown, Exuma, in the island of Nassau, Bahamas. She was the 8th child of this blessed union and the youngest girl. She attended primary school at St. Thomas More and secondary school at St. Aquinas College in Nassau, Bahamas.

In her early years, Bridgette always displayed a joyful and playful personality and was affectionately nicknamed "Bubble Gum" by her classmates. She was multitalented and participated in a host of extracurricular activities, including sports and theater. In her youth, she enjoyed playing all types of sports, such as basketball, volleyball, softball, and swimming. She also loved roller skating and bike riding. In her early teenage years, Bridgette took instructions in modern dance at the Bahamas National School of Dance. She also had a natural talent for acting and she along with her sister Patrice would create and perform skits for the family. She also greatly enjoyed her Bahamian culture and music and was known to be a Junkanoo "Valley girl".

Bridgette, loaded with ambition and courage, decided to venture to the United States of America to pursue her education in the field of Health. She successfully completed her education and graduated from Lindsey Hopkins Technical College becoming a Dental Assistant. After graduation, she obtained a position with Miami Dade County's Jackson Memorial Hospital System in their Oral Surgery Department. It was there that she was able to hone her skills as a Dental Assistant to the degree in which she was able to help many of the new Dentists and Dental Surgeons as they gained their experience in the field.

Throughout her life, Bridgette always had a love for baking, cooking, and serving others. She regularly opened her home with a warm, home cooked meal to her family, friends, and even strangers. She was known for making the best Guava Duff, the national dessert of The Bahamas and a Bahamian favorite! Family and friends would often call for her recipe along with other popular Bahamian dishes.

Bridgette was raised in the Catholic faith as a child and was always taught to reverence the Lord. As an adult, she had a life changing encounter with the Lord in her apartment one night and she dedicated her heart and life to the Lord Jesus becoming a Born Again Christian. It was shortly after this that she felt a strong call to evangelism and began the Mt.16:15 season of her life. Doing the work of a missionary,

she went "in to all the world" to preach the Good News of Jesus Christ to every creature.  She along with her cousin Dearlyn Darville began to go on missionary journeys to share the message of Jesus Christ. They would go into hospitals and pray for the sick, they would minister to anyone who needed healing and deliverance that God would allow to cross their paths. They traveled to several of the Bahamian Family Islands and Freeport. She also traveled with her sister in Christ and longtime ministry friend, Minister Flora Beason, on several evangelistic assignments to reach the lost. Bridgette always shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ to anyone that she met and encouraged them to serve the Lord. Even in her later years as she was physically unable to get around as she desired this didn't stop her from sharing the Gospel and praising God. She was always on a spiritual fast, or prayer call and enjoyed watching services virtually.

On February 15, 2024, Bridgette Ann Nixon transitioned from this life into the arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Bridgette was a loving wife, mother, sister, auntie, cousin, friend, co-worker, co-laborer, and sister in Christ. She was giving, loving, kind, forgiving, encouraging, bold, strong and a warrior for Christ. She fed all who were hungry, she opened her home to those in need and she prayed for those who struggled that God would bring them healing and strength. She will always be remembered and her legacy of faith and boldness in God will be continued through all of us who love the Lord.

Bridgette was preceded in death by her late husband Kingsley Lawe.

Left to Cherish her memories are her two sons: Christian Bullard- Lawe, David Smith-Lawe. Grandson: Keyshawn (Kilani, Jasmine Miller); Her bonus children: (of surviving former spouse Samuel Smith) Samuel Jr., Samra, Sheryl, Shirelda, Samintino (deceased); Brothers: Gardie Nixon (Althemease), Wayde Nixon (Penelope), Harvey Nixon, Troy Nixon, Ambrose Nixon, Jason Nixon; Sisters: Rosemary Nixon (Herbert Thomas), Sonia (Michael) Brice, Dr. Michelle Nixon Lindsay (Dr. William Lindsay), Patrice Nixon (Edward Junior) Cowan; Nieces and Nephews: Charmaine, Crystal, Andrew, Guion, Justice, Elizabeth, Precious, Daniel, Joshua, Samuel, Travis, Ebony, Rachel, Angel, Kathleen, Jasmin, Sherice, Carissa, Natasha, Sasha, Ryan, Okom, Amos, Melissa, Palacia, Carltoni, Carltonia, Ever; Aunts and Uncles: Lilian Forbes, Bloneva (Pat) Mayo, Samuel Burrows, Kenneth (Coralee) Burrows, RoseAnne (Phillip) Carey, Paul Fitzgerald, Trevor Fitzgerald, Linda Burrows, Lymon Cash; Cousins: The Maycock family, The Higgs family, The Percentie family, The Cash family, The Wilson family, The Moxey family, The Smith family, The Bain family, The Davis family, The Rolle family, The Bullard family, The Meadows family, The Forbes family, The Dames family, The Dorsette family, The Bowe family, Molley family, The George family, The Dixon family, The Brown family, The Munroe Family, The Minnis Family, The Pratt Family; Close Friends: Pastor Julien Pinder and Family, Teresa Barber and family, Min. Flora Ross-Beason and family, Magnola King and family, Beryl Lloyd and Family, Diane Green and family, Marcia Fraser and family, Violet Miller and family, Caroline Kelly and family, Mary Thompson, Elizabeth Diaz-Lewis and family, Florence Stewart and family, Warren Aranaha and family, Mary Poitier and family, Senora Laing and family, Josette Brooks and family, Sherrell Williams, and family, The Decruise family, The Thomas family, Angela Greggs and family, Judy McKnight and family, Kathy Phelps and family, Leo Jolly and family, Mizpha Johnson and family, Shirley Strachan and family, Veronica Sears and family, Apostle Veronica Graham and family, The Tooth family, The Noel family, The Seymour Family and so many others.