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Funeral/Memoriams
FAMILY NOTICE
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAM
BRENDA SIMPSON
Time has passed and we “miss” you so much that we wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday.
From your son, Wilbur Simpson, III; your mother, siblings, and grand kids, Wilbur, IV, Curtavian, Ke- wata, Tamirra, Brendon, and Charita.
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAM
PATRICIA M. GRAY October 25, 1948
Just “70” flowers in our bouquet, just “70” years you’d be today. It broke our hearts to lose you, but to stay only brought you pain.
Tears of love will never wake you. God bless you until we meet again.
Happy “70” birthday, Pat. Always in our hearts.
The Family.
A VIRTUOUS WOMAN
ELDER MARY HELEN BROWN October 23 — August 18
Happy birthday to the sweetest and most beautiful wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. May your celebra- tion in Heaven be as bright as you.
Until we meet again, Happy Birthday to the love of our lives. We truly love and miss you dearly.
Husband of 56 years, Joseph Brown, Jr.; and children, Car- olyn, Marilyn, Derek, Joe, and Cassandra.
MR. ANDRE TRENDELL ROBINSON
Mr. Andre Trendell Robin- son passed awy Monday, Octo- ber 15, 2018. The wake will be held Friday, October 26, 20
18, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at New Bethel AME Church, 16823 Spring Street, White Springs, Florida, 32096.
The funeral service will also be held at the church Saturday, October 27, 2018, at 2 p.m.
Local
Former Tampa Minister Passes In Georgia
Crime
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
The Rev Dr. Arthur L. (A. L.) Lewter passed away Sunday in McDonough, GA, after a lengthy illness. He was 85 years 0ld.
Murder-Suicide
Claim Lives Of
He was a Veteran of the U. S. Army.
Two Men
Rev. Dr. Lewter is known for the strong, gospel voice he had at Tampa’s Greater Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church. He was the first soloist for the Gospel Music Workshop Of America – Tampa Chapter — when they recorded their first album at New Mt. Zion under Arthur T. Jones and Milton Biggham, Rev. Lewter’s daughter, Linda Williams said.
Rev. Dr. Lewter has made numerous trips to Tampa since leaving, as the guest speaker for several churches in the area. He retired from the ministry in 2013 as the Senior Pastor of Star of Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church of Ossining, NY, after serving as pastor 20 years. He served 46 years in the ministry.
Prior to leaving Florida, Rev. Dr. Lewter pastored Mt. Olive Primitive Baptist in St. Petersburg and St. John Primi- tive Baptist Church, Clearwater.
After leaving Florida, he went on to pastor in Santa Ana,
Deputies responded to an apartment shortly after noon on Tuesday in reference to two deceased men. Police said both men lived in the apartment.
Deputies arrived at 14610 N. 42nd Street, Apartment 307. De- tectives responded to the scene and discovered that Michael Edward Kurz, 59, suffered upper body trauma. Juan Luis Hernandez, II, 30, was also found dead.
Detectives have ruled the deaths as an apparent murder- suicide. Kurz was Hernan- dez’s stepfather. The family had recently moved to the area from St. Petersburg.
Sheriff Chad Chronister
said, “We are saddened to re- port another senseless loss of lives as a result of family vio- lence. We encourage anyone who is in need of crisis inter- vention to call The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay. They can be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by dialing 2-1-1.”
REV. DR. ARTHUR L. LEWTER
California, then First Mission- ary Baptist Church of Los Ange- les for 10 years.
Rev. Dr. Lewter held sev- eral offices on the national, state and local levels as a gospel preacher.
His church in New York will have a service on Tuesday, Oc- tober 30, 2018, in the evening.
The final service will be held Saturday, November 3, 2018, 11 a. m. in Frostproof, FL (place to be announced).
A Wake Service will be held on Friday, November 2, 2018, 6-9 p. m. at First Baptist Hilltop Church, 200 Maxey Dr., Frost- proof, FL 33843. Epps Funeral Home of Lake Wales, FL will handle the Florida services.
In addition to his daughter, Rev. Dr. Lewter is survived by devoted wife, Mrs. Beverly A. Lewter, and the entire Lewter family.
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