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Funerals/Memoriam
Ray Williams
MS. LATERICA JANEÉ HAMILTON
Ms. Laterica Janeé Hamil- ton of 10923 Kensington Park Avenue, Riverview, FL, 33578, passed away Friday, April 10, 2015.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 18, 2015, at 1:30 p. m. at Springhill Missionary Baptist Church, 8119 East Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, with Reverend Eugene Gar- nett, Sr., pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in Or- ange Hill Cemetery.
Ms. Laterica was a native of Tampa, and resident of Tampa for 20 years. She at- tended Armwood High School and was a member of Springhill Missionary Baptist Church. She was employed as a Customer Service Repre- sentative at One Touch Di- rect.
She leaves to cherish her memory: son, Jayceon Jack- son; her fiancé, Dimario Jackson; mother, Tenisha Thomas; father, Eric Cliatt; special people in her life, Eric Hamilton and Willie Perkins; sister, Laneisha Hamilton; 2 brothers, Eric Hamilton, Jr. and Malik Hamilton; grand- parents, Dorothy Graddy, De- loris Reid, John Jerelds (Janice), Archie Cliatt and Harriette Clayton; great grandmother, Mary L. Cliatt; aunts, Katrina Hamilton, Rosie Tyrita Helms, Toynicia Shanell Jackson, Janna Jerelds, Bernice McFadden, Oease Jackson, Jessica Cliatt, Gail Hills and Carol Hills; un- cles, Terrance Jerelds (Emmie), Jimmie Helms, Jimmy Jackson, Adrian Hills, Willie Hills, Edward Hills, and Claudia Hills (Wanda); and other relatives and friends.
The remains will repose after 5 p. m., Friday, April 17, 2015, at Ray Williams Fu- neral Home, 301 N. Howard Avenue.
Arrangements entrusted to RAY WILLIAMS FU- NERAL HOME, Rhodes & Northern, Owners. www.ray- williamsfuneralhome.com
MR. WILLIE TYRONE HOUSLEY
Mr. Willie Tyrone Housley went home to be with the Lord on Monday, April 13, 2015, at 12:10 p.m.
A memorial service, view- ing and receiving of family and friends will be con- ducted at Ray Williams Me- morial Chapel, 301 North Howard Avenue, on Monday, April 20, from 5-8 p. m.
Willie Tyrone Housley was born February 26, 1947, in Panama City, FL, to the late Mr. Willie Eddie Housley and Zenobia Housley. During his youth, he was raised and cared for by the late Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert who resided in Panama City, FL.
Willie was affectionately known as Tyrone by his family and close friends. He at- tended Bay County Public Schools in Panama City, FL, before relocating to Tampa as a teenager with his birth mother, Zenobia.
Tyrone continued his edu- cation in Tampa, graduating from Blake Senior High School in 1966, and went on to attend St. Pete Jr. College.
Tyrone enjoyed a promis- ing career at The Tampa Trib- une, initially gaining employment there as a high school Co-Op in the mid 1960s and retiring from the Com- pany in 2012.
As a young man, Tyrone was known as an accom- plished artist who performed freelance work for several Non-Profit Organizations and local Schools. Some of his personal favorites included creating canvas paintings, murals, and other drawings.
Those left to cherish fond and precious memories in- clude: his four children, Regi- nald Tyrone Housley, Robert L. Housley, VeeVee L. Hous- ley-Burgess and Traci Hous- ley; four grandchildren, Reginald Tyrone Housley, Jr., Reginald Tyrone Housley, III, DiMarco Burgess and Elise A. Housley; two great grandchil- dren, Reginae T. Housley and Santana J. Housley; and spe- cial relatives, Lavern Burney McNeal and Michael Jones of Tampa, and Elder Donald and Alma Wilson and Mary Mathis from Birmingham, AL.
Special Friends include: David Douglas, Smitty, Ernest Hammond, Melvin and Shirley Foster and David L. Burgess.
The remains will repose after 5 p. m. on April 20, 2015, at Ray Williams Funeral Home, 301 N. Howard Av- enue, Tampa, FL.
Arrangements entrusted to RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME, Rhodes & Northern, Owners. www.raywilliamsfu- neralhome.com
MS. TAMICA LAKESHA SOLOMON
Ms. Tamica LaKesha Solomon of Tampa, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2015.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 18, 2015, at 2 p. m. at Bible-Based Fellowship Church of Temple Terrace, 8718 North 46th Street, Pastor Earl B. Mason, with Minister Harold A. Doby, officiating. Interment will fol- low in Rest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery.
Ms. Tamica LaKesha Solomon was born December 25, 1981, to Boise Solomon and Theresa Lowe-Doby. She attended Hillsborough High School and the Beauty Insti- tute.
She was preceded in death by: her grandparents, Nathaniel Lowe, Boise Solomon, Sr., and Ruth Solomon; and uncle, Michael Lowe.
She leaves to cherish her beautiful memories: the love of her life - her only child, Ashtin J. Dore; a loving and devoted father, Boise Solomon (Angela); a loving mother, Theresa Lowe-Doby; 5 sisters, Shanica Lowe, Jasmine Doby, Deaundra, Shayla and Cheree Solomon; brother, Boise Solomon III (Jessica); 2 nieces, Datiana and Beyonce Solomon; 3 nephews, Cameron Wilson, Carmelo Green and Reshae Solomon; a loving, devoted grandmother, Erma Griffin of Tampa; aunts, Robyn Jones of Richmond, VA, Kellee Leandre (Herve), Leola Borders, Wanda Solomon, and Evelyn Mathis (Richard) of Tampa; uncles, Carnell Scott (Pamela), Ivory Scott (Jeanette), Michael Solomon, Rudolph Scott, Samuel Scott and Willie Scott of Tampa; step-brothers, Asimo and Ayimo Martin of Tampa; like a mother, Tina Lofton; godmother, Kimber- lyn G. Washington; godsisters, Sadreal D. Gray of Ft. Walton Beach, FL, and Zandreal D. Smith (Taylor) of St. Mary’s, GA; godbrothers, Trevarus R. Albury and Jamarcus A. Gray of Tampa; and a host of cousins and friends, too nu- merous to mention.
The remains will repose after 5 p. m., Friday, April 17, 2015, at Ray Williams Funeral Home, 301 N. Howard Av- enue.
Arrangements entrusted to RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME, Rhodes & Northern, Owners. www.raywilliamsfu- neralhome.com
MRS. GENEVA T. TAYLOR
Mrs. Geneva T. Taylor of Tampa, passed away Wednes- day, April 8, 2015.
Celebration of life services will be held Saturday, April 18, 2015, at 11 a. m. at Mount Olive A. M. E. Church, 1902 West LaSalle Street, with Rev. Gre- gory V. Gay, Sr., pastor, offici- ating. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Geneva T. Taylor was born September 12, 1915, to the late James and Florence Thompson and attended the public schools of Alachua County. She was raised on an 88-acre farm in Alachua County, where as a young lady, she worked in the fields planting and picking tobacco, peanuts, corn, collard greens, peas, cotton and watermel- ons, just to name a few.
In 1937, she moved to Tampa, and worked at Dixie Damp Laundry for an eleven cent an hour wage. She later worked as a domestic worker (housekeeper), as she helped raise the three children of her former employer.
Wedding bells rang when she wed the late Cleophas Tay- lor in 1940; to this union one son, Clevern Owen Taylor, was born. They later became faithful and dedicated mem- bers of Mount Olive A. M. E. Church. They both served as door keepers on Usher Board No. 1, beginning in 1962. Today, that Board is named after her late great friend and church member, the Young Johnson Usher Board. Mrs. Taylor was also a longtime, ac- tive member of Mount Olive's Senior Teenagers (MOST).
She was preceded in death by: her parents, James and Florence Thompson; her sib- lings, Bessie Thompson, James Boyd Thompson, Mabel Duckett, Janie Cole- man, Oviedo Warren, Orie Emziah and James L. Thomp- son; and her husband, Cleophas Taylor.
Upon Mrs. Geneva T. Tay- lor’s transition on Wednes- day, April 8, 2015, her essence lives on in the hearts of her family and those lives she touched.
She leaves to cherish fond
memories of her: her son, Clevern O. Taylor; nieces, Dorothy Adams and family of Philadelphia, PA, Momsita Whitmore of Tampa, and An- gela Douglas and family of Lorton, VA; nephews, George Hill of Lorton, VA, Willie (Debra) Douglas and family of Jacksonville, FL, Keith Taylor and Robert Simeone of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Kenneth Tay- lor of Bogalusa, LA, Bernard Flowers of Madison, WI, and Kelvin S. Thompson and Kendall E. Adams of Philadel- phia, PA; cousins, Jean (Adolph) Lovett of Decatur, GA, Joy (Roland) Dawkins of Decatur, GA, Adolpha (Nyk) Cole of CA, Orie Lovett of De- catur, GA, Jimmie Thompson of Sumter, SC, and Allan (Chincester) Graves; and a host of special supporting ex- tended family, Lillian Hobbs and family, Carlton Bur- roughs and family of NYC, Ann Rye, Lu Jean Bailey, Har- riet (Clyde) Manning and fam- ily, Eloise Smith and family, Angie Lange and family, Ronald Smith, Alvin (Mary) Bunche, Curtis Sampson, Leila Pressley and family, Sarah Whittington and family, Camile Brown and family, Rev. Gregory V. Gay, Sr. and the Mount Olive A. M. E. Church family, LifePath Hos- pice Central Hillsborough – Burgundy Team and Staff; and a host of other loving and ded- icated relatives, extended family and friends.
The remains will repose after 5 p.m., Friday, April 17, 2015, at Ray Williams Funeral Home, 301 N. Howard Av- enue; and the family will re- ceive friends from 6-7 p. m.
Arrangements entrusted to RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME, Rhodes & Northern, Owners. www.raywilliamsfu- neralhome.com
IN MEMORIAM
FREDDIE BROOKS
We miss you Brother. John Brooks and family.
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