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Military
Birthday
The Reverend Dr. W. James Favorite celebrated his 75th birthday recently. The birthday dinner with family and friends was held at Beulah Baptist Institutional Church, where he is the Sen- ior Pastor. (Photos by Julia Jackson)
Naval Enlistee Assigned To Guided- Missile Destroyer
SEAMAN ALEXIS MATA
Pastor Celebrates 75th Birthday
U. S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Alexis Mata, of Tampa, is shown se- curing a span wire aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88).
The photograph was taken during a replenishment-at- sea with the USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193) in the South
China Sea.
The John C. Stennis Car-
rier Strike Group is deployed to the U. S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of secu- rity and stability in the Indo- Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communi- cation Specialist 1st Class Bryan Niegel).
Rev. Favorite with Beulah
member Ida Campbell, who
was the Mistress of Cere- gave comments on the son and Rev. Delores James
Atty. Fred McClure monies. birthday honoree.
Evangelist Janice Nunn Nel- Cain.
Airmen With Tampa Ties Are Basic Training Graduates
Other Beulah parishioners at the dinner were: Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Andre (Sandra Davis) Myers Birthday dinner guests were: Evelyn and Mrs. Rutha Harper, with Rev. and Mrs. Fa-
AIRMAN AYANA K. GRIFFIN
Two young adults with ties to the Tampa Bay Area recently completed basic mil- itary training. Both partici- pated in their respective graduation ceremonies at the Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland, in San Antonio, Texas.
Airman Ayana K. Griffin and Airman An- dres F. Martinez Robles completed an intensive, eight-week program that in- cluded training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare
AIRMAN ANDRES F. MARTINEZ ROBLES
principles and skills. They also earned four credits to- ward an Associate in Applied Science Degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Airman Griffin gradu- ated from F. W. Buchholz High School, in Gainesville, in 2018. She is the daughter of Carline Lafrance, of Tampa
Airman Martinez Robles is the son of Ingrid C. Robles Gonzales, of Tampa. He graduated from Gunn High School, in Palo Alto, California, in 2014.
Among those who joined Pastor Favorite are from left: Minister Prentiss Davis, Rev. James Dawson, Apostle James H. Howell, Lady Ann Favorite, honoree, Rev. Dr. Favorite, Pastor Marzetta Howell, Rev. Delores Cain, and Rev. Calvin Williams.
Wright and Lillian Dupree.
vorite.
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