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RAY WILLIAMS
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JEFFREY LAMAR WADE, SR. 03/16/65 – 05/09/2015
Remembering you on this day, comforted by so many memories
We miss you and love you.
The Wade family and friends.
MEMORIAM And HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
DEATH LIST
AIKENS FUNERAL HOME
Mr. Earnest Morrer, Jr. Tampa. Mrs. Ella Pearl Oliver, Tampa. Mr. David Qualls, Tampa.
CHANDLER’S FUNERAL HOME (Sarasota, FL)
Mr. Saadyar Johnson-Akeim, Tampa.
GUDES FUNERAL HOME Mr. Russell Goldsmith, Tampa.
Mr. Samuel Mitchell, Tampa.
HARMON FUNERAL HOME Luvenia Butler, Tampa.
John Ladson, Tampa.
JACKSON FUNERAL HOME Mr. Dwayne Davis, Tampa.
RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME Mrs. Yolanda Baham, Tampa.
Mrs. Yolanda Perry Canty, Tampa.
Mr. John D. Hagins, Ruskin, FL.
Mr. Leroy Pittma, Tampa.
Mrs. Evangelina Pujol, Tampa.
WILSON FUNERAL HOME Mr. Vernon Woolridge, Valrico, FL.
Mrs. Marie Moses, Tampa. Mr. James C. Wilson, Tampa.
Student Suspended For Smelling Like Marijuana
MRS. YOLANDA PERRY CANTY
Mrs. Yolanda Perry Canty of Tampa, passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2016.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, May 12 at 1 p. m. at Ray Williams Memorial Chapel, 301 North Howard Avenue. The inter- ment will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Park Ceme- tery.
Mrs. Canty was a native of Washington, DC, and a resi- dent of Tampa for 64 years. She was educated by the pub- lic schools of Hillsborough County.
She was preceded in death by her parents: mother, Grace Mendoza Boatwright, and father, Donnell Perry.
She leaves to cherish her memory: five daughters, Persephone Canty, Rotunda Canty, Perschelle Williams, Yolanda Thomas and Jacqueline Glover (John), all
Ex-Los Angeles Sanitation Worker Found Guilty In ‘Grim Sleeper’ Murder Spree
WAKE COUNTY, NC --- A North Carolina mother is furious after her 15-year-old was sus- pended from school for possession of drugs, even though the student was only accused of smelling like marijuana and later passed a drug test.
Jakayla Johnson was in Chi- nese classes at Garner Magnet High School with about 30 other students when a school resource officer interrupted the class, say- ing that there was a smell of mar- ijuana from down the hall.
I was feeling embarrassed be- cause they called me out of every- body,” the 15-year-old recalled. Jakayla said that after about five minutes of searching the class, the officer singled her out.
Jakayla was suspended for five days and also required to take drug classes or face suspension for the rest of the year.
Her mother, Tameka John- son, says she was disbelieving when the school called her to
make her aware
of the situation.
Johnson said
that on the day
of the suspen-
sion, she took
Jakayla to a
medical lab to
get a drug test.
The results
came back negative for any drugs or alcohol. Johnson says that when she gave the results to school officials, demanding an apology and to have Jakayla re- instated, she was instead pre- sented with the documentation indicating the suspension of her daughter for possession of mari- juana.
Johnson told reporters that she asked school officials how Jakayla could have been sus- pended for possession if she only smelled of the drug, and school of- ficials indicated that since there was no other option to check, they checked“possession.”
JAKAYLA JOHNSON
RUTH B. YOUNG 5/9/14
I miss my Mama. I can’t believe it’s been 2 years. My life changed that day. We are still feeling lost. You were and al- ways will be our Queen.
Love and missing you: your daughter, Lenora Buggs (Pete Barnes); husband, James Young; your grand and great grand- children; and the Butlers.
of Tampa;
Alphonso
(Brenda),
Thomas, both of Tampa; grandchildren, Devon Pres- ley, Demond Jackson, Ter- rance Williams, Jr., Shontae Jackson, Janay Williams, Corey Williams, James Jack- son, Rufus Jackson, Torry Williams, Cecila Thomas, Jasmine Thomas, Brittney Thomas, Tia Thomas, Quanny Thomas, Andrea Thomas, Albert Thomas, Jr., Deandre Thomas, MyKeisha Thomas, Dysha Thomas, Keyshawn Thomas and Don- nell Thomas; great grand- children, Dymon Jackson, Demond Jackson, Jr., De- mond Jackson, II, Miracle Jackson, Rufus Jackson, Jr., King Jackson, Zyria Thomas, Deriyana Nails, Myana James, Jewelz Williams, Paisley Williams, Kjuanna James, Tycare Jones, Miy- drela Jones, Emondre Jones, Chasity Gallon, Mikhi Ander- son, Major Jackson, Demon- terio Williams, Jr., Nia Williams, Gabby Williams, Madisyn Roberts, Cailyn Williams, Corey Williams, Jr., Carter Williams, Camry Williams and Avery Thomas; brother, Robert Perry of Tampa; nieces, Yolanda Perry and Angela Perry; nephews, Otto Perry, Robert Perry, Jr. and Donnell Perry, III; best friends, Minnie Williams and Ada Hall; and a host of other sorrowing rela- tives and friends.
The remain will repose after 5 p. m., Wednesday, May 11 at Ray Williams Fu- neral Home.
Arrangements entrusted to RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME, Rhodes & Northern, Owners.
two sons, Thomas, Jr. and Albert
LOS ANGELES, CA --The Los Angeles serial killer dubbed the "Grim Sleeper," whose killing spree lasted over 20 years, was found guilty Thursday of murder- ing 10 young African-American women. Lonnie Franklin Jr. is to be sentenced May 12 for the murders, which started in 1985.
Franklin, 63, was arrested in July 2010, and it was almost six years before his trial began in Feb- ruary. After court proceedings, which lasted about three months, the jury returned with a guilty ver- dict. The murders from 1985 to 2007 earned Franklin the nick- name the "Grim Sleeper" by police after a 14-year gap that fol- lowed an attempted killing.
Community members com- plained after news of the killings that police had not investigated thoroughly because of the victims' race. All of the victims were African American, with the youngest being 15 years old. They were found shot or strangled, and their bodies left in alleys or garbage bins. Police revisited the case and linked Franklin to the
murders of six
young women
using DNA evi-
dence found at
the scene. The
break happened
after Franklin's
son was arrested
on a felony and Franklin, Jr. his DNA showed had been in jail similarities to ev- since 2010. idence found on the victims.
Knowing that Franklin would be attending a birthday party, an officer posed as a bus- boy and retrieved pizza crusts and napkins with Franklin's DNA. Franklin's DNA matched material found on the breasts and clothing of many of the women.
The “Grim Sleeper's” sole known survivor, Enietra Washington, proved to be a powerful witness in the case. Washington was shot in the chest about two months after Franklin's last victim was killed. The bullet removed from Washington came from the same gun used to shoot Alicia Alexander and six others.
Lonnie
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