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Former High School Drum Major Dies
IN MEMORIAM
A former Middleton High School Drum Major passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Edward Baldwin, a resident of Torrance, Califor- nia, died following a brief ill- ness.
According to Melvin Collins, a lifelong friend, fu- neral services for Mr. Bald- win were held on Friday,
March 25, 2016.
He was preceded in death
by his mother, Mrs. Eva Mae Baldwin Copper, and sister, Mrs. Geraldine Baldwin Armstrong.
A former Tampa resident, Mr. Baldwin, 76, was a Drum Major at Middleton High School. He graduated in 1960.
National
MRS. VAN B. SCOTT
Homegoing celebration for Mrs. Van B. Scott of Tampa, who passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2016, will be held on Wednesday, April 6 at 1 p. m. at St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, 5202 86th Street South, Pastor Michael B. Price, I, eulogist with Rev. James D. Sykes, officiating. The interment will be in Serenity Meadows Cemetery, Riverview, FL.
Van B. Scott was born on March 6, 1930 in Dell, Geor- gia to the late Simon and Lena Eggleton, where she lived until she married, Ray- mond Scott and relocated to Tampa, in 1960.
Immediately arriving to Tampa, Van walked with her husband to become one of the founding couples of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church – Progress Village, in 1961. As a lifetime member of St. James, she held multiple positions: Stewardess, Sunday School Teacher, YPD Director, Choir #1 President, Usher Board Leader, and a member of the Culinary Ministry just to name a few. Van was a beau- tician prior to becoming em- ployed with Hillsborough County Public Schools, where she later retired.
She also served the Progress Village community by being a Brownie Leader for many years.
She was preceded in death by: her husband, Raymond Scott; parents, Simon and Lena Eggleton; and sisters, Mattie Bell Travis, Ada Eggle- ton, Eula Eggleton-Barnett, Pricilla Oates and Doris Eggleton.
She leaves to cherish her memories with: her godchil- dren, Diane Ray, Purcell Bradley, Debra Bliss, Jamesina ‘Jamie’ Wilburn, Robin Johnson, Shaver ‘Nard’ Clemons, Rev. Bryant Fayson and Judy Daymon; sisters-in- law, Mary Baldwin (Walter), and Essie Curtis, Alonzie Scott, Sr. (Gwen); brothers- in-law, George Scott, Sr. (Ruth), and Edward Scott; a host of loving nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews; the St. James AME family; and a host of other relatives and friends.
The visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the service. The family and friends are asked to meet at the church on Wednesday for the ser- vice.
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White House Visitor Shot By Police Was Once Declared ‘Insane’
LARRY RUSSELL DAWSON
... said in a video posted online that he was traveling to Washington, D.C.
FRANK YATES February 22, 1962 -
April 4, 2011
You are truly missed everyday.
Love, your Family.
DEATH LIST
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Mr. Lonnie Courtney, Tampa. Mrs. Betty Daniels, Tampa. Mrs. Helen Davis, Tampa. Mrs. Ruth Harris, Tampa. Mr. Paul Haywood, Tampa. Mrs. Van Scott, Tampa.
HARMON FUNERAL HOME Ms. Bessie Arvella Best, Tampa.
RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME
Inez Grier, Tampa.
Vera Hart, Tampa.
Iris Soto, Tampa.
Jessie Mae Tolbert Smith, Tampa.
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Ms. Eva Blaise, Tampa.
Mr. Jerome Connelly, Tampa.
Ms. Ruth McCray, Tampa.
Ms. Destiny Platt, Tampa.
Ms. Myrtle Lee Powell, Tampa.
Mr. Theodoros Pascalides Venezula.
WASHINGTON, D. C. —- Nashville-area native Larry Russell Dawson, who au- thorities shot after they say he brandished a weapon and forced a lockdown at the U. S. Capitol Visitor Center on last Monday, was committed to a mental institution in 2005 after repeatedly writing ha- rassing letters to a teenage girl whom he said God had chosen to be his wife, court records show.
A judge ordered him com- mitted to the Middle Ten- nessee Mental Health Institute in Nashville after being found not guilty by rea- son of insanity in the 2003 harassment case.
On at least two occasions he was accused of sending inappropriate let- ters to a teenage girl who he apparently became obsessed with, the court records show
Dawson, a onetime funeral director who lost his license and a self-proclaimed church pastor, who launched a fundraising campaign in the name of raising the
federal minimum wage, also previously worked as a Williamson County school bus driver until he was fired for harassing the girl. Daw- son also was prohibited by the state from possessing a gun — a move that authori- ties said stems from the judge finding him not guilty by rea- son of insanity
On last Tuesday U. S. Capitol Police charged Daw- son with assault with a deadly weapon and assault on a police officer while armed.
He remains in critical, but stable condition after police shot him at a checkpoint at the visitor center, an under- ground gateway into the Capitol Building. Dawson will be brought to Washing- ton, D.C., Superior Court after he is released from the hospital, police said.
Dawson entered the visi- tor center at 2:39 p. m., Mon- day and allegedly displayed the weapon during a routine screening process, police said. An officer shot him.
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