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RAY WILLIAMS
MS. BRENDA LEE HARDIMAN KENNEDY
Ms. Brenda Lee Hardiman Kennedy passed away on Friday, December 17, 2021. The Celebra- tion of Life Services will be held on Saturday, January 8, 2022, 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Pleasant Mis- sionary Baptist Church, 2002 N. Rome Ave., Tampa, FL, 33607, with Rev. Dr. C. T. Kirkland, offi- ciating. MASKS REQUIRED. In- terment to follow in Rest Haven Memorial Park.
Brenda was born on March 28, 1944, the daughter of Mary (Hardiman) Turner in Danville, Illinois. She attended the public schools of Danville. She later met and married Jimmy A. Kennedy and spent years raising her two children and being a mil- itary wife.
Brenda worked many years in California with disabled young adults teaching them skills so they could learn to live independ- ently. She loved all children and believed with education, struc- ture, and love they all could cross the bridge to that place called ‘success.’
She not only encouraged and demanded the best from her chil- dren, but if you spent time with her children, you were automati- cally included in whatever bless- ings/ punishment that was being dealt out. Today, many of those same kids consider her to be their second mom and grieve her passing along with her biological children.
Brenda relocated to Tampa in 1993 and, not long thereafter, be- came employed at the Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind, where she worked until she became ill.
She was a faithful member of the Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, where she loved and worked with the Children’s Church ministry until illness pre- vented her from doing so.
Brenda was preceded in death by: her husband, Jimmy A. Kennedy; mother, Mary Hardi- man Turner; stepfather, John Turner, Sr.; brother, John Turner, II; special cousin, Karen E. Turner; special aunt, Wanda Trice; and her grandmother, Omie.
She leaves to cherish her memory: son, Jerry Kennedy (Judy) of Oakland, California; daughter, Jackie Kennedy Hall, of Tampa, Florida; grandchil- dren, Ashley Armstrong, Hailey Hall, Alexis Kennedy and Samuel Kennedy; loving and devoted sis- ter, Marva McGuire, of Phoenix, Arizona; sister-in-law, Karren Turner (Emery) of Champaign, Illinois; nephews, Michael
McGuire, Tenoa McGuire, Christopher McGuire, and John Turner, III; special cousins, Katie Trice Floyd, Mary Ann Agnew and Jacquelyn Trice; The Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church Family of Tampa, Florida; special friend, Christine Varco of Detroit, Michigan; her earthly angel, Renee Simms; and a host of adopted children, great nephews and nieces, cousins and very dear friends.
Visitation will be held on Fri- day, January 7, 2022, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Ray Williams Funeral Home, 301 N. Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL 33606. MASKS RECOMMENDED.
Arrangements entrusted to Ray Williams Funeral Home, Rhodes and Northern, owners.
MS. LASHAN PEACOCK-DAVIS
Ms. LaShan Peacock-Davis of Tampa, FL was called home to be with the Lord on Saturday, De- cember 18, 2021. The Celebration of Life Services will be conducted on Saturday, January 8, 2022, 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of West Tampa, 1302 N. Willow Ave., Tampa, FL 33607, with Rev. Dr. Rayford Harper, officiating. MASKS RECOMMENDED.
LaShan Peacock-Davis was a native of Tampa, FL and resided here for 60 years. She attended Hillsborough High School. LaShan was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church of West Tampa, where she served in the Inspirational Choir, Young Adult Choir, Vacation Bible School, and the Junior Mission ministry. She was employed as an Insurance Adjuster (retired).
LaShan was preceded in death by: her father, Vernon H. Pea- cock; and her grandmother, Corene Campbell.
LaShan leaves to cherish her memory: husband, Alvin Cephas Davis; mother, Cora Peacock Fel- ton; brothers, Gregory K. Peacock (Deionne), Ronald Xavier Pea- cock (Tonya); sisters, Veronica G. Peacock, Gina Y. Peacock; uncle, John Hayes, Jr.; aunt, Cecil Hayes; special nieces, Cheri Thomas, Rhonda Bostic, Keacia Newsome, Katrina Peacock; spe- cial nephews, Michael Davis, Ver- non Davis, Ronald Peacock, Jr., DeAndrre Peacock and Jartavis Peacock; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other sorrow- ing relatives and close friends.
Visitation will be held on Fri- day, January 7, 2022, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Ray Williams Funeral Home, 301 N. Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL 33606. MASKS RECOMMENDED.
Arrangements entrusted to RAY WILLIAMS, FUNERAL HOME. Rhodes and Northern, owners.
WILSON
MRS. BARBARA JENNINGS MURPHY
A Celebration Service for Mrs. Barbara Jennings Murphy will be held on Saturday, Janu- ary 8, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at Wil- son Funeral Home, 3000 N. 29th Street, Tampa, Florida, with Minister Clarence Hammonds, Officiating. Interment will fol- low in Rest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery, 4615 E. Hanna Avenue, Tampa, Florida.
Mrs. Barbara Jean Jennings was born in the summer of 1941, the twelfth of fourteen children, to Clifford and Willie Jennings. She graduated from Middleton High School, Class of 1959.
In 1960, she married Has- pard Richard Murphy, Sr. They were both young and they had four children over the span of a decade. She studied English and received her Bachelor’s Degree in 1983, as her children were graduating from high school and going to college themselves.
She rededicated her life to the Lord in the 1970s after hav- ing grown up in the Baptist church. She had an encounter with the Lord in the kitchen of her home one morning and in it she experienced the love of the Lord. So much so, she would spend the rest of her life sharing it. She is somewhere in heaven now learning the full reach and impact of that sincere, burning desire to share the good news and to see people commit and re-commit their lives to Jesus. Maybe you remember a conver- sation she had with you over the years.
If she began with, “You see, when God made man...,” us kids learned the poor soul she was talking to was locked in for the next hour or so while she told of God’s great love for His mankind.
She was preceded in death by: her husband of 35 years, Col. (Retired) Haspard R. Murphy, Sr., and twelve siblings: Mr. Al- bert Jennings, Sr., Mr. Willie Jennings, Jr., Mrs. Grace Jen- nings Johnson, Mr. Robert Jen- nings, Sr., Mr. Samuel Jennings, Sr., Mr. James Jennings, Sr., Mrs. Mary Jennings Seay, Mrs. Dorothy Jennings Bostic, Mr. Melvin Jennings, Mr. Edward Jennings, Sr., Mr. Raymond Jennings, and Mr. Clarence Jen- nings.
She is survived by: her sister, Mrs. Gloria Ann Blount and family, and many, many kind and doting nieces and nephews; her sister-in-law, Mrs. Virginia Arnao and family, and her four
children: Keith D. Murphy, Dr. Lisa M. Anderson and her hus- band of 30 years Col. (Retired) Thomas R. Anderson, Terryne F. Murphy and her son, Brandon J. Murphy, and LTC (Retired) Has- pard R. Murphy, Jr., and his two sons, Haspard Luke Murphy, Robin Jan Murphy.
We can never repay her, and we will sorely miss her. There will be a viewing on Friday, Jan- uary 7, 2021, at Wilson Funeral Home from 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. Due to the current CDC restric- tions; we are asking that you use the visitation as an opportunity to pay your final respect. For you convenience and safety, we have extended our visitation hours.
In lieu of flowers, please make contributions in memory of Barbara Jennings Murphy to the Dementia Society of America by mail to P.O. Box 600, Doylestown, PA 18901, or online at: www.DementiaSociety.org/ donate.
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MRS. ESTHER LORENE HENDERSON-JENKINS
A Homegoing Celebration for Mrs. Esther Lorene Jenkins- Henderson who passed on De- cember 28, 2021 will be held on Saturday January 15, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Progress Village, 8722 Progress Blvd, Tampa, Florida Dr. Sam Maxwell, Senior Teach- ing Pastor with Pastor Emeritus Wallace Z. Bowers,
Officating/Eulogist.
Mrs. Esther Lorene Jenkins-
Henderson was born May 24, 1942, to the late Percy and Vivian Mitchell-Jenkins in Oxford, Mis- sissippi.
Esther earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education from Alcorn State University in Lorman, Missis- sippi. She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Miss Alcorn from 1966-1967.
Esther started her teaching career in 1968 in Batesville, Mis- sissippi. She retired in 2004 after teaching at Limona Ele- mentary School in Brandon, Florida for over 30 years.
She accepted Christ at an early age at Burns United Methodist Church in Oxford, Mississippi.
She later joined the fellow- ship of The First Baptist Church of Progress Village in the late 60s, under the pastorate of the founding Pastor, Rev. B. T. Williams.
Esther answered the call of her loving Savior and is now resting at peace in His loving arms, free from the cares of this earthly life.
She was preceded in death by: her brother, William Earl Jenkins and sister, Sandra De- lois Jenkins-Sharma.
Esther is survived by: her lov- ing and devoted husband of 54 years, Leodis Henderson; 3 chil- dren, Shurhonda, Leodis, Jr., and Lequince; 4 brothers, Leroy Jenkins, Louis Jenkins (Brenda), Percy Leon Jenkins (Maurisa) and Rudolph Jenkins (Sandra); 5 sisters, Minnie Jenk- ins-Harris, Yolanda Jenkins- Hillard (Cloray), Katrina Jenkins, Margia Jenkins-Nicks, Rowena Jenkins-Cole (Eddie); numerous nieces, nephews, for- mer students and friends.
There will be a viewing on Saturday, January 15, 2022, at First Baptist Church of Progress Village from 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m. Due to the current CDC re- strictions; we are asking that you use the visitation as an opportu- nity to pay your final respect.
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