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RAY WILLIAMS
IN MEMORY
JAMES DENNARD, JR. 11/22/71-02/06/16
Although it’s been a year, it seems like only yesterday when our loved one was called to rest.
Sadly missed by: parents, James and Deborah Dennard; sib- lings, Jessica and Jameca Dennard, Joy Allen (Steve), Jason (Theresa), Deborah Dennard, Jocelyn Gosa, Jonathan Dennard, Dione Rolfe, and Dono- van Dennard (Shala); aunt, Claretha Christo- pher; uncles, Jonny Dennard, Joseph Jr. (Mary), Aaron (Deb- bie), and John Ayde- lotte (Tina); also a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
IN MEMORIAM
WILLIE MAUDE WYNN COUZENS 2/1/1930-2/6/1996
Mother it has been 21 years since you went to be with the Lord. I still remember you telling us, “let your conscience be your guide.” I still live by this wisdom. We miss you mother, and we will see you again.
Love, the Wynn, Freeman, and Couzens family, your friends and all those who called you Mother.
Call Lands Woman In
Prison For Tax Fraud
MS. THERESA LASHAWN SIMMONS-HARRIS
Ms. Theresa LaShawn Simmons-Harris of Tampa, passed away Monday, Jan- uary 30, 2017. A memorial service will be held on Sat- urday, February 11, 2017 at 10 a. m. at Designer’s Way Christian Church, 3910 N. U. S. Hwy 301, Tampa, 33619, with Pastor Ron Simmons officiating.
Theresa was a Tampa na- tive. She grew up in Tampa Heights, and had resided in North Tampa for the past 20 years. In recent years she was a member of Tampa’s Old School Club and worked as a CNA and Home Health Aide for more than 20 years. Theresa had a generous heart, and was a giving soul to others that went well beyond her pro- fession, extending to her family, where she adopted
On Friday, a federal judge sentenced Ms. Howronda Overstreet, 39, to serve 57 months (4 years, 9 months) in federal prison.
Officials learned of the tax scam after officers responded to her home in reference to domestic violence. When of- ficers arrived, Ms. Over- street reportedly told the investigating officers that her boyfriend was a convicted felon and that there was a gun in the home. He told po- lice that she was filing false federal income tax returns. Both provided the officers with consent to search the home in writing.
Officials said when Ms. Overstreet was initially asked for identification, she mistakenly gave the deputy a Green Dot prepaid card. She took it back after realizing what she had done before he could read the name on the card.
The deputy stated in re- ports that while walking her to the master bedroom, he observed large flat screen TVs, in several rooms and
HOWRONDA OVERSTREET ...will serve 4 years, 9 months
lighted lines on the paper- work, including the date of birth and social security number.
Law enforcement reco- vered a brown box from the residence that contained sev- eral IRS Forms W-4, copies of driver’s licenses, copies of social security numbers, job application files for a con- struction company in Plant City, and five composition notebooks with handwritten ledgers of personal identify- ing information of others.
It also contained print ledgers of personal identify- ing information of others, three Virgin Mobile MiFi hotspots, seven fraudulent Delaware identification cards, and a Toshiba laptop computer. Some of the iden- tification cards had the same photograph, but different names and addresses.
The deputies also reco- vered several prepaid debit cards matching the names of the Delaware ID cards. There were 32 prepaid cards with names of unknown individu- als located in a partially opened dresser drawer along with utility bills in Ms. Overstreet’s name, officials said.
four of her cousins, as her several electronic devices
own. She leaves to cherish her
memory: her children, Ashanie Pearson, Ja- marean Mathis, Ivyon Mathis and Ikima Harris; mother, Thelma Simmons; brother, Antwain Williams and wife, Kimberly Williams; sister, Yolanda Warren and husband, Alexander Warren; nieces and nephew, Antoinette Wilson, Alexis Williams and Antwain Williams, Jr.; aunts and uncles, Robert Stanley and wife, Shirley Stanley, Sandra Ghent and husband, Leon Ghent, and Andra Stevenson and wife, Fumi Stevenson; along with many cousins, extended family, and friends.
Proverbs 19:17 -Who- ever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.
THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC VIEWING.
Arrangements en- trusted to RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME, Rhodes & Northern, Owners.
connected to the TVs. When the deputy entered
the master bedroom, there was a large open brown box containing numerous folders and paperwork next to the door that contained the per- sonal identifying information of several people who did not live at that address.
Officials said neither Ms. Overstreet nor her signifi- cant other was employed at the time.
When the second deputy entered the room to take photographs where the bat- tery occurred, he observed medical paperwork that did- n’t belong to Ms. Over- street or her boyfriend. He also observed several high-
DEATH LISTING
Harmon Funeral Home
Willy Dutervil, Tampa Christine Jones McClendon, Tampa Ginger Nielsen, Tampa Brenda Sharpe, Tampa
Jackson Funeral Home
Mrs. Sabrina Y. King, Tampa Mrs. Rose Marie Wicks, Riverview, FL
Ray Williams Funeral Home
Ms. Theresa LaShawn Simmons-Harris, Tampa
Mr. Lerome Harris, Tampa Mrs. Martha Kinsey, Tampa
Wilson Funeral Home
Mr. George Butler, Temple Terrace Ms. Lena M. Daniels, Tampa Ms. Helen Hall, Tampa
Ms. Shandora Hudson, Tampa Ms. Nicky Johnson, Charlotte, NC
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