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Funerals/Memoriam
RAY WILLIAMS
WILSON
ZION
St. Petersburg
LITTLE MISS DESIRAE SHANAE GILLEY
Little Miss Desirae Shanae Gilley of Tampa, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, May 16, 2015,at11a.m.atRay Williams Memorial Chapel, 301 N. Howard Avenue, with Pastor Ernest Ross, officiat- ing. Interment will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery.
Desirae was a native of Tampa. She attended church at First Baptist Church at Shady Rest, Brooksville, FL, and was a member of the Youth Sunday School and Youth Choir. She was began her education at Precious Bundles Daycare Tampa, Kindergarten at Sheehy Ele- mentary School, and was currently in First grade at Lewis Elementary School.
She leaves to cherish her memories: her parents, mother, Lakena James, and father, Donald S. Gilley; sib- lings, Synovia James and Steven Zigler; grandparents, Loretha Gilley-Washington, George Washington, D. S. Gilley, Jr., Tonette Gilley, David Connell, Larry James, Jean Connell and Sonya McGruder; great grandmoth- ers, Henrietta Long and Eula Carter; great grandfather, D. S. Gilley, Sr.; uncles, Duane Scott Gilley, Anthony McGruder and Carlos Robin- son; aunts, Nicole Gilley, LaTania Collington, Mary James, Ferrisa Connell and Danna Connell, great aunts, Regina Jones, Paulette Little- john, Lucy Coley, Cydell McGhie, Annie Joyce Long and Ana Gilley; great uncles, Kenneth Long, Aaron McGhie, Moses Coley and Emmett Long; lifetime min- ister, Reverend John L. Giles of CA; and a host of cousins, other relatives, friends, church youth and choir members.
The remains will repose after 5 p. m., Friday, May 15, 2015, at Ray Williams Fu- neral Home, 301 N. Howard Avenue.
Arrangements entrusted to RAY WILLIAMS FU- NERAL HOME, Rhodes & Northern, Owners.
MS. LATOYA I. HAMILTON
Ms. Latoya I. Hamilton of Plant City, FL, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, May 16, 2015, at 11 a. m. at Rivers of Life Ministries, 301 Lake- wood Dr., Brandon, FL, with Pastor Curtis A. Swafford, of- ficiating. Interment will fol- low in Garden of Peace Cemetery, Plant City, FL.
Ms. Hamilton was a native of Plant City, FL, and was a resident of Valrico, FL, for most of her life. She was a graduate of Brandon High School, class of 2002, and she furthered her education at the University of South Florida, where she received her Bachelor’s degree.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Carolyn Davis-Walker.
She leaves to cherish her memories: parents, Ronald L. and Barbara Hamilton of Valrico, FL; brothers, Ronald Hamilton, Jr., Fabian Walker and Rashone Walker; grandparents, Bertha M. Hamilton, and Duv and Marjorie Cooper; special aunt, Peggy Davis; a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins; and other relatives and friends.
THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC VIEWING.
Arrangements entrusted to RAY WILLIAMS FU- NERAL HOME, Rhodes & Northern, Owners.
MRS. EMMA KATE MCRAE SINGFIELD
Mrs. Emma Kate McRae Singfield, 92, a lifelong resi- dent of Tampa, transitioned on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at 4:20 p. m. in Jacksonville, FL.
By her side, holding her hand as she took her last breath and had her final heart beat was her loving daughter and caregiver, Pat, and granddaughter, Angie.
Kate’s quiet spirit re- mained until the end, never complaining as she prepared to leave this life.
A celebration of life serv- ice will be held on Saturday, May16,2015,at11a.m.at Bethel AME Church, 5001 Cumberland Drive, Tampa, Rev. Beverly Lane, pastor, with Presiding Elder Jimmy Thompson, officiating. In- terment will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Park Ceme- tery.
She leaves to celebrate her life and to cherish memories of her with: her loving daughter and caregiver for 8 years, Patricia O’Neal- Williams, Jacksonville, FL; two sons, Otis Charles Singfield, Jr. (Addie), and Shawn DeWitte Singfield, who she called “My Baby Boy” of Tampa; grandchil- dren, LaTesha K. O’Neal- Austin (Derrick), Jacksonville, FL, John Charles English, Shawn De- Witte Singfield, Jr. (Kim), and DeWan Singfield Tyson (Sylvia), all of Tampa, An- gelia K. English of Midway,
FL, Otis Charles Singfield, III, Shawnicka Singfield of Tampa, Shawnee Singfield, Akia Singfield of Orlando FL, and TreShawn, Tae Shawn, DeShawn and Shawntrice Singfield of Tampa.; great grandchildren, Sha’Noah Singfield, DeWan, Shiywan Tyson, JayShawn Singfield, Malik and Makayla Singfield of Tampa, and Alani Kayla Austin of Jacksonville, FL; nieces and nephews, Louie McRae (Piney), San Diego, CA, Margaret Love (James), Tampa, Rosiland Simmons (Ike), Kathy Burrell (Tommy), Cheryl, Cynthia, and Barbara McRae of Myr- tle Beach, SC, Cynthia McRae, Anika Davis, Jessie Mae Peterson Williams (Tol- bert) of Tampa, Ellen Rose Peterson Jackson, Walter Pe- terson and children, all of Miami, Carolyn Singfield Campbell, Rhonda Butler (Jerry) of Atlanta, GA, Rod- ney Washington, NY, Eric Love and Kekee Love, David, Danielle and Brianna Davis, and Myrick McRae and Renee McRae Thomas of Tampa; sons-in-law, Earl O’Neal, Jr. and Charlie Eng- lish of Tampa; daughter-in- law, Wanda Barkley Singfield, Orlando, FL; her lifelong friends and neigh- bors, Henry Hepburn (Mary), Florence, SC , Min- nie Lee Hall, Jeanette Hep- burn, Ocie and Sylvia Mobley, Abdul-Latif Bilah, Maxine Douglas, Cheryl Thomas Wilson, Rodney Milligan, Louise and MC Mills and Betty Stewart of Tampa; and a host of other sorrowing friends and rela- tives.
Visitation will be at Wilson Funeral Home, 3000 N. 29th Street, Tampa, on Friday, May 15, 2015, from 4-6 p. m.
The remains will repose at the church on Saturday from 9-10 a. m., prior to the serv- ice.
Friends are asked to as- semble at the church at ap- proximately 10:45 a. m., Saturday for the service.
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MR. JIMMIE LEE JONES
Mr. Jimmie Lee Jones, 66, of Tampa, peacefully transi- tioned from this earthly tab- ernacle to his heavenly home on April 30, 2015.
Jimmie was born to the union of the late Ellen Hines- Jones and R. E. Jones on March 4, 1949, in Live Oak, FL. While in Live Oak, Jim- mie attended the Live Oak Public School System, where the foundation for education was molded and reinforced.
Jimmie later relocated to Tampa, where he remained until his passing. Jimmie was employed briefly as a short order cook and worked in the area of scrap metal and con- struction for 20 years.
He was preceded in death by: both of his parents, his daughter, Emily; and his brother, Archie Lee Jones.
Jimmie leaves to mourn his loss, but cherish his memories: his wife of 10 years, Emma Ann Jones; three sons, Carl Jones, Jim- mie Allen and Henry Allen; daughter, Mattie Jones; sis- ter, Lois Stubbs of Lehigh Acres; mother-in-law, Lillie Granberry; two nieces, Be- linda Whitman (Richard), and Loretta Moreland (Tommy); three nephews, George Harris (Leviticus), Elder Carl “CL” Harris (Johnnie Mae), and Glen Harris (Veronic) of North Carolina; six grandchildren; two brothers-in-law; several great nieces and nephews of Tampa, Live Oak, and Cali- fornia; and a host of other sorrowing family and friends.
Visitation will be held Fri- day, May 15, 2015, from 5-8 p. m.
Services will be held Sat- urday, May 16, 2015, at 11 a. m.
Both the visitation and homegoing services will be held at North Bay Baptist Church, 3711 E. North Bay, Tampa.
Submit condolences on the online guest book at www.zionhillmortuary.org.
ZION HILL MORTUARY “Soldiers of Service” 1700 49th Street South St. Petersburg, FL, 33707,
727-328-0466
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BYRON HARRIS 5/13/1981 – 5/17/2001
The Lord is our Shepherd.
Sadly missed by your mother, Grandma Sarah, and family.
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