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Funerals/Memoriams
HOLMES
MS. ROSA KENT
Funeral services for Ms. Rosa Kent will be held on Saturday, August 29, 2020, one hour past noon, at the Allen Temple A. M. E. Church, 2101 Lowe St. Inter- ment will follow at the Orange Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be Friday, Au- gust 28th at the same church.
Ms. Rosa Kent was born July 5, 1936 in Valdosta, Georgia, to the parentage of Phinnigan and Rose Lee Edwards. Before retir- ing, Rosa was employed by the State of Florida EEOC for 35 years. Her greatest enjoyments were dancing and giving praise to God.
Cherishing her memories are: children, John Kent (Kim) and Brenda Gail Edwards; grandchildren, Tameka Wilcox, Shanel London, Davion Dew- berry, and Darius Gaffney; great grandchildren, Larecia Johnson, Reese Johnson, Jr., De’isre Dew- berry; and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, and extended family.
Funeral rites are entrusted to the Holmes Funeral Directors, Haines City, FL.
BLOUNT & CURRY
AIKENS
MRS. BARBARA EDWINA WAITHE
A Homegoing Celebration for Mrs. Barbara Edwina Waithe of Tampa, Florida, who passed away on Monday, August 17, 2020, will be held Thursday, August 27th, 11 a. m. at Grace Family Church, 8610 Temple Terrace Highway, Pastor Roy Taylor and Pastor Dale Brooks, officiating. The interment will be held in Garden of Memories Cemetery.
Barbara Edwina Waithe, mother, prayer warrior, advi- sor, truth-teller, and friend, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, after her sister, Ellenor, to Kathleen and Edward Lane. Upon her mother’s death, 4 months after Barbara’s birth, she and her sister were sent to Barbados, West Indies to live with her beloved paternal grandmother, Louise Worrell. While there, she worked in the family store, honed her skills as a master seamstress and devel- oped a love of helping people as demonstrated in caring for her grandmother’s friends.
At the age of 18, Barbara moved back to Boston to live with her Aunt Maude, while
working in the factory industry. When her grandmother’s health declined, she went back to Bar- bados to care for her. It is there she became widely known for sewing fashion and wedding dresses with intricate appliques and pattern making.
After the passing of her grandmother, she went to New York to live with her sister. It was there that she met and married the love of her life, the late Mr. Ralph Waithe, Sr., and to this union Joycelyn and Ralph, Jr. were born. She attended nursing school and worked in hospitals before moving to Florida, where she worked as one of the first of two Black nurses hired at Uni- versity Community Hospital until her retirement. She had a large following who were privi- leged to eat her Bajan cuisine and engage in talks around the table, where she shared her faith and love of Christ.
She leaves to cherish fond memories: her children, Joyce- lyn Waithe and Ralph Waithe, Jr; stepchildren, Marcia Austin (New York) and Anthony Austin (Barbados); sister-in-law, Sybil Durant (Barbados); brothers-in- law, Vernon Mahon and Roger Mahon (Barbados); grandchil- dren, Abdul Austin (New York) and Vickie Durant (Barbados); cousins, Sandra Wynn (Warren), David Bennett, George Bennett, Judith Grazette (Gregory); a host of others represented in the fol- lowing families, Best, Booth, Culpepper, Davis, Durant, El- bert, Elcock, Felix, Floyd, Graves, Green, Inniss, Joseph, Labrache, Mahon, Mosley, Principe, Reid, Rollock, Samuel, Stoltzfoos, Thompson, White and Wright.
The visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. We are following the CDC guidelines.
“Aikens Funeral Home”
MR. TIMOTHY MARSHALL, SR.
Mr. Timothy Marshall, Sr., passed away in Tampa, Florida, on August 18, 2020, at the age of 58. The funeral will be held at New Rising Star Ministries, 1509 E. North Bay Street, Tampa, FL 33610, at 11 a.m. and he will be laid to rest at Rest Haven Ceme- tery.
He was one week shy of cele- brating another wedding anniver- sary with his wife of 35 years.
He was a devoted husband to Linda Marshall and they raised three children together.
He is survived by: his wife, Linda Marshall; children, Timo- thy Marshall, Jr., Dominique Marshall, and Xavier Marshall; grandchildren, TyLiegha Mar- shall-Padgett, ZaKayla Marshall- Padgett and Machi Page; mother, Mildred Marshall; sisters, Emma Richardson and Marilyn Mar- shall; and brothers, Amos Mar- shall, Jr., Kenneth Marshall, and Carlton Marshall.
The wake with be held at Blount & Curry, Terrace Oaks Fu- neral Home, 12690 N. 56th Street, Temple Terrace, FL 33617 on Fri- day, August 28th from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
INTEGRITY
MS. ALMETA HIGHTOWER WINSLETT
A Celebration of Life held pri- vately for Ms. Almeta Hightower Winslett, will be Saturday, Au- gust29,2020,at2p.m.atIn- tegrity Funeral Services with Minister Steve Guyton, officiat- ing. Interment will follow at Rest Haven Memorial Park.
Almeta Hightower Winslett was born October 18, 1944, in Clayton, Alabama. At a young age, she attended School in Polk County, Florida, and was a grad- uate of Oakland High School, Class of 1964 in Haines City. She became a homemaker and was an exceptional mother to her four children. She loved people and attending her class re- unions. In the early morning of August 23, 2020, she was called into eternal rest.
She was preceded in death by: her mother, Alfell High- tower; father, Clyde Winslett; son, Tarvarez Hightower; brother, David Winslett; and sis- ter, Viola Hightower.
Precious and loving memo- ries are left with: daughters, Shawanda Hightower-Watson and husband, Carlton, Tracey Hightower and Kara Hightower; grandchildren, Korissa Williams, Kerria Jones, Shakena Jones, Lequesha Montgomery, Brian Ricks, Kenya Ricks and DeShana Johnson; 19 great- grandchildren; goddaughter, Latosha Strong; sisters, Falicia Hightower, Brenda Diane Webb; brother, Reginald Hightower; and a host of other sorrowing relatives, friends and high school classmates.
Visitation will be held Friday, August 28, 2020, from 6-8 p. m. at Integrity Funeral Services, 3822 E. 7th Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33605. In compliance of CDC Guidelines there will be So- cial Distancing and Facial Mask are a requirement.
A SERVICE OF INTEGRITY
HAPPY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY
MARJORIE M. LEWIS 8/31/1928 — 10/29/2016
Happy Heavenly Birthday, Nana. The tougher this thing called life gets, the more we all miss you. So many days we wish you could be here to wipe away our tears and brighten our smiles.
We miss you endlessly and we will love you until our dying breaths,
Happy Birthday, Nana. From Mani.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
MYKERIA JACOBS
Happy Birthday beautiful girl. We know you will have the most beautiful day in Heaven.
Love, Dad.
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