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Funerals
HOMEGOING CELEBRATION
FAMILY NOTICE
MR. CHARLES ‘BUD’ MITCHELL
Mr. Charles “Bud” Mitchell, age 83, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2019. Funeral serv- ices will be conducted Saturday, February 16, 2019, at 7 p.m. with viewing from 6 p.m., to 7 p.m., at Florida Mortuary, 4601 N. Nebraska Avenue.
Charles was born in Ala- bama and moved to Florida in 1968. Charles was an entrepre- neur. His businesses included an independent truck driver company, a restaurant, and a grocery store.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Dyeronda Powell-Mitchell, and daughter, Sheila Mitchell.
He is survived by: his chil- dren, Gregory Mitchell, Tammy Mitchell, Lela Irby, all of Tampa; Dana (Carlos) Matlock, Joliet, IL, and Diane (Kenneth) Gillion, Orlando; brothers, Ozzie (Peggy) Mitchell, Joliet, IL, Riley (Linda) Mitchell, Tampa, and Jerry Mitchell, Daphne, AL; sisters, Bertha Washington, Tampa, Janie (Cleophus) Stephens, Chatom, AL, Edith (Carl) Lyles, Evans- ville, IN; and a host of grand- children, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and extended family.
National
Abducted College Student, Suspect Killed While Fleeing From Troopers
Ty'Rell Pounds and Skylar Williams, in a photo provided by Ohio State University.
THOMAS HANKERSON, JR.
A Homegoing Celebration for Mr. Thomas Hankerson, Jr., “Hank,” will be held at 1 p.m., on Saturday, February 16, 2019, at Garden of Memories Chapel, 4207 E. Lake Avenue, Tampa, FL, with Pastor Greg Whaley, officiating.
A Lakeland native, he grew up in Tampa and graduated from Don Thompson Voca- tional High School). (now Howard W. Blakc High School. He did further study in Crimi- nal Justice at Hillsborough Community College and held Law Enforcement positions with the St. Petersburg Police Department.
Tom, “Hank,” was a popu- lar radio personality from the 1950s until the 1980s. His radio career began with WTMP and
he also worked at WCIN, Cincinnati, OH; WJBE, Knoxville, TN; WWBA, St. Pe- tersburg, FL; and WDAE, Tampa, FL
He worked in Tampa City Government as a Program An- alyst and retired from the Hills- borough County Sheriff’s Office in 2003, where he served as a Bailiff for 18 years.
Tom, “Hank,” will be re- membered by: his loving and devoted wife of 56 years, Eddye Hankerson; daughter, Latricia Hankerson; four sisters, Leanora Brady, Gladys Whaley, Susie Milner, and Mildred Lewis; uncle, George Wilson; aunts, Lois Pugh and Mildred Ford; nephews and nieces, John Rodriguez, Leonard Wha- ley (Jennifer), Gregory Whaley, (Priscilla), Paul Whaley, Cyn- thia Brady, Sabrina Christie, and Veronica Whaley; god- daughter, Jordan Griffen; a dear friend, like a brother, Moses Coley, and a host of other sorrowing family mem- bers and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Es- tella Hankerson; brother, Alphonso Hankerson, and nephew, Eric Lewis.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Rheumatoid Arthritis Founda- tion and COPD Foundation in Memory of Thomas Hanker- son, Jr.
After an Ohio State Uni- versity student was ab- ducted, the suspect allegedly led police on a chase, which ended in the deaths of both the victim and her alleged kidnapper.
Student Skylar Williams, 20, was at Ohio State's Mansfield campus at about 11:45 a.m. Monday when she was approached by suspect Ty'rell Pounds, ac- cording to Ohio State's pub- lic safety department.
Pounds, 24, reportedly armed with a handgun, forced Williams into a car and fled, the university's statement said.
"Someone just kidnapped a girl on campus with a gun," a frantic woman told a 911 dispatcher.
Williams, was abducted by Pounds at gunpoint on Feb. 11, 2019.
Pounds' roommate told police that Williams and Pounds were going through custody issues, authorities said. Williams had also pre- viously accused Pounds of sexual assault in September 2018 and in a police report from Jan. 3, 2019, after Pounds tried to pull Williams into his vehicle at a gas station, she told police she had filed an order of pro- tection against Pounds.
Pounds allegedly stole a car and ditched the initial one, according to the univer- sity.
Hours later, at about 3:30 p.m., a witness reported see- ing a woman in distress at a gas station and forced into a car, Kentucky State Police said.
When officers tried to pull the driver over, Pounds allegedly fled, leading police on a chase, police said.
While chasing after Pounds, a "trooper heard a gunshot coming from within the vehicle which he per- ceived as an immediate deadly threat to himself and the female passenger," state police said in a news release. "The trooper drew his service weapon and fired at which time the suspect was struck resulting in his death at the scene. During this event, the female passenger was struck by at least one round of gun- fire."
Williams was taken to a hospital and declared dead, police said.
It was not immediately clear if she was shot by Pounds or an officer.
"Our Ohio State commu- nity suffered a tragic loss with the death of Mansfield student Skylar Williams," Ohio State University Presi- dent Michael Drake said in a statement Tuesday.
"This senseless and shocking incident has left our campus shaken," Drake said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Skylar’s family."
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