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Funerals/Memoriams
WILSON
MR. JAMES COPELAND, JR.
Mr. James Copeland, Jr. of Land O’ Lakes, Florida, passed away on December 15, 2019. A Homegoing Celebration will be held on Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 1 P. M. at Bethel Church, 1510 W. Hillsborough Avenue, Tampa, FL 33603, with Elder Ver- non Young, officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, 2225 N. Martin Luther King Blvd., Tampa, Florida.
Mr. James Copeland, Jr. was born on April 12, 1935 in Parrot, Georgia, to the parentage of James Copeland, Sr. and Iola Gor- don Copeland. James was em- ployed with Hertz Car Rental for 45 years and retired in 2000.
He was preceded in death by: his wife, Bettye Copeland; son, Michael Anthony Copeland; par- ents, James and Iola Copeland; brother, Adolphus (Annie Lou) Copeland; sisters, Theortics Hall Deramus and Helen Louise (Lester) Jones; sister-in-law, Annie Lou; brothers-in-law, James Deramus and Lester Jones.
Mr. Copeland leaves behind: 2 children, Rickey (Melida) Copeland and Valencia (Andre) Porter; 4 grandchildren, Ricardo Copeland, Cornelius Copeland, Zara Porter and Andre Porter; 1 great grandson, Princeton Copeland; a host of nieces, nephews and cousins; sisters-in- law, Verna Hill, Vernell Young, Evelyn Young and Lonnie Young.
Visitation will be held on Fri- day December 27, 2019, from 5 – 8 p. m. at Wilson Funeral Home, 3000 N. 29th Street, Tampa, Florida. Friends are asked to as- semble at the church on Saturday at approximately 12:45 p. m. for the service.
“A Wilson Service” www.wilson-funeralhome.com
IN MEMORY OF THE RICHARDSONS
ERICA RICHARDSON Dec. 8, 1997 Sister
SAMUEL RICHARDSON Dec. 6, 2014 Father
IMOGENE RICHARDSON December 30, 2018 Mother
Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad, December 19th.
Christmas just ain’t Christmas without the ones you love.
Missing you, your sons and brother, Michael and Daryl Richardson and
family.
IN MEMORY OF
ARTHUR BILLINGSLEY, SR.
It’s been nine years since the Lord called you home. For those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard, but always close. Still loved and missed very dearly.
Love, your children: John Lee, Arthur, Jr., and Johnnie Bell Billingsley; your grand- children and great grandchil- dren.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY – DECEMBER 27TH
MRS. MARTHA L. DAVIS
A Mother’s love is something that no one can explain. It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain. It is endless and unselfish and enduring come what may, For nothing can destroy it or take that love away.
We love you and we miss you more than words can say. We thank God for keeping us to remember your birthday.
We cherish your memory in our hearts each and every day. Nobody but Jesus gives us strength, there is no other way!
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