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Event Planner Dies After Brief Illness
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JAYDE
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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
A well-known Tampa mother and Event Planner re- cently died after a brief illness. Ms. Felecia Nicole Demer- son died after contracting the virus COVID-19. She was 47- years-old.
Her daughter, Ms. Shake- lia Givens said her mother was admitted to a local hospi- tal after becoming ill on August 16th. “From that point, every- thing that could go wrong did,” she said.
Ms. Demerson, who had other health issues, lost her battle on September 2, 2021.
A Tampa native, Ms. De- merson attended the public schools of Hillsborough County. She graduated from Chamberlain High School.
Shewasafaithfulmember of Zion Holiness Church Ladies of Essence, #321, (OES), and
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MS. FELECIA DEMERSON DEC. 30, 1973 --- SEPT. 2, 2021
the Circle of Mothers.
She became an employee
of Tampa General Hospital, where she was a Dining Am- bassador. She later ventured
out into the world of business as an Event Planner, catering events and parties for the Tampa community.
Ms. Demerson became known to the community in May 2014, after her 9-year-old daughter, Felecia “Sugar Plum” Williams was raped and murdered. Granville Ritchie was convicted of the murder and sentenced to death in 2019.
Without fail, Ms. Demer- son kept her daughter’s mem- ory alive, posting a memorial on the anniversary of her birth and the anniversary of her death.
Ms. Demerson is sur- vived by 5 daughters, her mother, Ms. Brenda John- son, several grandchildren, siblings, other family members and friends.
GudesFuneralHomeisin charge of handling arrange- ments for Ms. Demerson.
NFL Must-See Week 1 Picks: Buccaneers Will Roll Past Cowboys In Season Opener
NFL Week 1 picks Dallas at Tampa Bay Thursday, 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC)
For the second straight year, it looks like COVID is going to have an impact on the NFL season and it's likely going to happen in the first game of the year. To be honest, we not even sure the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going to have beat the Dallas Cowboys this week because COVID might do it for them. Since Aug. 21, the Cowboys have had six players test positive for COVID, including starting right guard Zack Martin, who likely won't be able to play in this week.
Losing your best offensive linemen for a game is almost always bad, but for the Cow- boys, it's especially bad. Just look at their situation heading into Thursday night: Their starting quarterback (Dak Prescott) is coming off two injuries, he hasn't taken a game snap in 11 months and in his first game back, he has to go up be against one of the best defenses in football while miss- ing one of his best linemen. If that's not a recipe for disaster.
TAMPA BAY BUCS
The pick: Buccaneers 31-20 over Cowboys.
Cleveland at Kansas City 4:25 p.m. ET (CBS)
The last time we saw these two teams on the field together came back in January in the playoffs when the Chiefs beat the Browns 22-17 in a game where Patrick Mahomes got injured.
After watching his star quar- terback get beat up by the Cleveland Browns -- and then beat up again by the Bucca- neers in the Super Bowl -- Andy Reid decided to make some major changes this off- season. So what did he do? He replaced EVERY SINGLE PLAYER on his offensive line. I did that in Madden once and went 1-15 the following season, but for some reason, I feel like
the Chiefs are going to win more game than that.
At left tackle, the Chiefs traded for Orlando Brown and then they followed that up by signing one of the best left guards in football (Joe Thuney).
The pick: Chiefs 37-27 over Browns
Green Bay at New Orleans in Jacksonville
4:25 p.m. ET (Fox)
The pick: Saints 31-27 over Packers
Baltimore at Las Vegas Monday, 8:15 p.m. ET (ESPN)
The Pick- Ravens- 24- 21 over Raiders
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