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AIKENS
MRS. GERALDINE DANIELS HARRIS
A Celebration of Life for Mrs. Geraldine Daniels Harris, of Tampa, Florida, who passed away on Monday, November 25, 2019, was held on Saturday, No- vember 30th, 2 p.m. at New Hope M. B. Church, 3003 E. El- licott Street, Tampa, FL, Minis- ter Bruce Bryant, officiated. The interment was held in Or- ange Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Geraldine Daniels Har- ris was born on August 27, 1950, in Hatchechubbee, Ala- bama, to the late Calvin and Mary Ella Daniels. Geraldine relocated to Tampa at a young age in 1964. She attended and graduated from Hillsborough County Schools. She worked many years as a private house- keeper and later became em- ployed with Hillsborough County Schools as a bus atten- dant until her retirement.
In 1973, she married her husband, Arthur Harris until she gained her heavenly wings.
Geraldine was preceded in death by her only son, Willie James Jackson, Jr.
She leaves to cherish her precious memories with a de- voted, loving and dedicated husband, Arthur Harris; 3 daughters, Stephanie Jackson- Jones (Daryl), Katrenia Harris (Darryn) and Crystal Harris; 6 grandsons, Riley Jackson, Sr., Ryan Jackson, Robert Jones, Jr., Tyler Jackson, Jimmy Muhammad (Roshawnda) and Colby Williams; granddaugh- ter, Lani Segovia; 5 great grand- children; sisters, Mattie Lee Jackson, Early B. Wilson and Mary Ann Brown (Willie); brothers, Johnny Daniels and Jessie Daniels; sisters-in-law, Ella Mae Thomas, Gussie Mae Brown, Eveline Dawson (Ken- neth), Evelyn Harris, Jennifer Harris Jackson and Faye Har- ris; brothers-in- law, Eddie Harris (Theresa), Rufus Harris (Rose), Danny Harris (Pam) and Troy Harris; sister friends, Frances Curry (Ron), Mary Thomas (Henry), Ann Harris (George) and Velma Stewart; special neighbors, Algie and Leon Baptist, Emma Williams and Augustina Gibbons.
The visitation was held at Aikens Funeral Home on Fri- day, November 29th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The family received friends from 5-6 p.m. The fam- ily and friends met at the church on Saturday for the service.
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MRS. MATTIE WASHINGTON HARRIS
Mrs. Mattie Washington Harris passed away on Monday, November 25, 2019. Graveside service will be held on Friday, December 6th, at 11 a. m. at Florida National Cemetery, 6502 SW 102nd Avenue, Bush- nell, FL, with Reverend Prentiss Davis, officiating.
Mattie Harris was born Au- gust 12, 1925 in Sylvania, Geor- gia and was a resident of Tampa for many years. She graduated from Crooms Academy in San- ford, Florida and attended Bethune-Cookman College.
She was preceded in death by: her parents, Samuel Wash- ington and Clora Washington Levett; spouse, Robert Harris; son, Vernon Donaldson; brother, Booker T. Washington; nephews, Barry Washington, Leonard Harris, Reginald Black and Herbert Ervin.
Mrs. Harris leaves to cherish her memory: daughters, Voncile (John) Scott, Chequittea (Claude) Lumpkins, Valette (Willie) Prescott, and Elaine Campbell; grandchildren, Bryan, Donald, Willie, III, An- gelo, Nicolas, Nicole, Kei Shon- dra, Ash Lynn, Michael, Nubian, Chequita, and Chantelle; 18 great grands; 4 great-great grands; nephew, Markham Washington; nieces, Kimberlyn Washington and Mercedes Copeland; special friends, Flo- rene Chatman, Ybor City Health Care and Rehabilitation Staff, the Harris and Flowers families.
The remains will repose after 5 p. m. on Thursday, De- cember 5th, at Ray Williams Fu- neral Home, 301 N. Howard Avenue.
Arrangements entrusted to RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME, Rhodes & Northern, Owners.
Garth C. Reeves, Sr., Retired Miami Times Publisher, Dies
GARTH C. REEVES, SR. Garth C. Reeves, Sr.,
The Miami Times’ retired publisher who became the enduring patriarch of a family newspaper dynasty after decades of fighting the politi- cal establishment and while guiding the Black community through the city’s racial prob- lems, died on Monday, No- vember 25. He was 100.
Regarded as a titan in the Black Press, Reeves was widely respected in Miami for using his power and influence to advance the agenda of the city’s Black community. After experiencing the pain and hu- miliation of segregation in parks, schools and the U.S. military, Reeves grew into an uncompromising crusader who smashed racial barriers in some of the most promi- nent organizations in Miami and the nation.
During his lifetime, Reeves’ newspaper got a po- lice chief fired, ended the ca- reer of a a Miami Mayoral, supported a boycott that cost Miami Beach’s tourism in- dustry millions, and unapolo- getically called riots “protests” or rebellions. He stared down Miami’s political establishment that for decades had been accused of shutting out Blacks in gov- ernment as Hispanics rose to power in the city’s political and business establishments.
He urged his journalists to write from a Black perspec- tive, one that saw the struggle through a different lens than white newspapers.
His newspaper career spanned at least eight decades. At the height of Reeves’ leadership, The Miami Times earned the name, “The Voice of Miami’s Black Community.” One of the last great Black publish- ers, Reeves’ death closes a significant chapter in The Miami Times’ illustrious his- tory.
IN MEMORIAM
JAMAR BOND
Another year without you, but forever on our minds. Forever in our hearts.
MR. UNDERSTAND ME!! You know how we were always wanting to be near you. Your kids, mom, and fiancee would do anything just to have you back! Also, we wish heaven had phones, but until then keep our spot warm and stay outta trouble up there! We love you!
NOVEMBER 28th, 2017, a day we will never forget. Two years without you feels like eternity! Our guardian angel, you were just too special for this cold world. So, today WE celebrate YOU!!!!!!
Love you ALWAYS and FOREVER!! Not even death could keep us apart!
DEATH LISTING
AIKENS FUNERAL
HOME
Mr. Jessie Thomas, Plant City, FL
CANNON FUNERAL HOME, Lakeland
Denorris Lee Single- ton, Tampa
GUDES FUNERAL HOME
Mrs. Earnestine Davis, Tampa
Mr. Derrick Everett, II, Tampa
Mr. Willie Hill, Tampa
Mr. Vernon Pearson, Tampa
Mr. Bryann Nieves- Pena, Tampa
HARMON FUNERAL HOME
Eugenie Bennett, Tampa/ Jamaica
Ms. Valerie Dennard, Tampa
Mr. Silvan McPherson,
Tampa
Mr. John Norton,
Riverview
Mr. Michel Pierre,
Wesley Chapel/ Haiti
Ms. Geraldine Tolbert,
Tampa
Ms. Liela Tomlinson,
Wesley Chapel/ Jamaica
INTEGRITY FUNERAL
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Mr. Manuel Martinez Diaz, Lakeland, FL
Ms. Native Jacobs, Tampa
Mr. Oscar Johnson, Tampa
Miss Miracle Murray, Tampa
Mr. Randy Stevens, Tampa
Ms. Anastasia Williams, Tampa
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Mr. George Copeland, Tampa
Mrs. Fannie Mae Smith, Tampa
Mrs. Mattie Washing- ton Harris, Tampa
WILSON FUNERAL HOME
Mr. Jose Blair, Sr., Tampa
Antonio
Mr. Timothy Jerome Brown, Palm Bay, Florida Mr. James Edward Kil-
patrick, Valrico, Florida Ms. Ruby McDowell,
Riverview, Florida
Ms. Daisy Taylor,
Tampa
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