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Funerals/Memoriams
STONE’S
HARMON
DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT
EDWINA ‘MARIE’ SIMMONS-RAY
Edwina “Marie” Simmons-Ray expired on April 17, 2015.
She will be missed by family and friends.
She was interred on May 1, 2015, at Orange Hill Cemetery, Tampa.
IN MEMORIAM
MRS. GERTRUDE MCCOY 5/14/15 – 7/26/07
Happy belated Mother’s Day and your birthday in Heaven.
We love you and miss you always. Your family.
MR. ALBERT LEE JONES
God called Mr. Albert Lee Jones (Pop) home on Tues- day, May 12, 2015.
Homegoing services for Mr. Albert Lee Jones, will be held Friday, May 22, 2015, at 11 a. m. at Stone’s Memorial Chapel, 5016 N. 22nd Street, Tampa, 33610, Archbishop Dr. David A. Jones, officiating. Inter- ment will follow in Orange Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Albert Lee Jones who was born on Sunday, November 13, 1949, in Tampa. He graduated from Howard W. Blake High School in 1969.
He retired from Tampa Housing Authority, and was CEO of his own lawn business.
He served as a faithful Deacon at Mountain Top International Ministries, Tampa, Archbishop Dr. David A Jones, Pastor and Brother.
He was preceded to glory by: his father, Robert Lee Jones, Sr.; mother, Bertha Mae Williams Jones; brother, Shelton Jones; and sisters, Jewel Jones Calhoun and Inez Harris.
He leaves to celebrate his life: sisters, Robert (Frank) Robinson, Juanita Jones, Toni Jones, Monica Jones Moffett and Rhonda Glover; brothers, Alfonso Williams, Archbishop David (Dr. Bevelyn) Jones and Robert Jones, Jr.; the Delaughter family; aunt, Mary Donaldson, Ocala, FL; devoted cousins, Ann Freeman, Alberta Delaugh- ter, and Nathaniel (Patri- cia) Jones, Gainesville, FL; devoted friends, Barbara Jones, the Grier family, Mitchel (Mitchell) family, Viandrea Loman and fam- ily, and Gloria Sterex; spe- cial friends, Fredrick Sally, Robert Carr and Billy Jack- son; a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews from Tampa, Ocala and Gainesville, FL; and god- daughter, Deatrice Barnes.
Viewing will be held Thursday, May 21, 2015, from 6-8 p. m. at Stone’s Memorial Funeral Home, 5016 N. 22nd Street, Tampa, 33610.
Arrangements entrusted to Stone’s Memorial Funeral Home, Edward W. Stone, L.F.D.
“A FANNIE B. STONE TRADITIONAL SERVICE”
EVANGELIST ROSA VIRDEN VICKERS
Homegoing services for Evangelist Rosa Virden Vickers, who passed away on May 9, 2015, will be held Thursday May 21, 2015, at 1 p. m. at Shakinah Glory C. O. G. I. C., 1301 78th Street South, Tampa, Palm River, FL, 33619, Pastor Andre Shaw, with Pastor Larry Troupe, Universal Harvest C. O. G. I. C., officiating. In- terment will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Park.
Evangelist Rosa Virden Vickers was born on Octo- ber 20, 1942, in Jackson, Georgia. Rosa attended the public schools of Jackson Georgia and graduated from Henderson High School, Class of 1960.
After graduating she at- tended Beauty school in At- lanta, Georgia. She obtained skills in nursing she received her Evangeli- cal license from Faith Tab- ernacle, First Deliverance Holiness Church, in Jack- son, Georgia.
Evangelist Rosa Virden Vickers was led to Christ at an early age at the family church, the Macedonia Baptist Church in Jackson, Georgia. She later joined the Temple of Faith Church of God In Christ, in Chat- tanooga, Tennessee, and upon moving to Tampa, she continued in the COGIC family as a faithful member of Universal Harvest
Church of God In Christ, under Pastor Larry Troupe. She was preceded in death by: her parents, Mar- shall and Maudene Virden; and brother, Marshall Vir-
den, Jr.
Evangelist Rosa Virden
went with the Lord peace- fully on Saturday, May 9, 2015.
She leaves to cherish her memories, her loving and devoted family: four sons, Frederick Richardson, Michael Richardson, Sr., (Teria), James Richardson and Everett Richardson; eleven grandchildren, Nekesha Richardson, Michael Richardson, Jr., (Sharita), Eyvonne Richardson, Bernard Richardson, Andre Richardson, Sr., Michelle LaPuente, Elijah Richard- son, Saquoia Richardson, Sheondra Bridgeman, Tod- drick Gibson and Briana Si- mone; nine great grandchildren, Cassandra Anglin, Jaidyn Richardson, Jimmie Jones, IV, Andre Richardson, Jr., Michael Richardson, III, Makayla Richardson, Madison Richardson, La’Ray Lyons and Adrian Jackson, Jr.; sister and brother, Pastor Hattie Crespo, (Pastor Sid), of Tampa, and William Grier of Atlanta, Georgia; aunts, Mamie Davenport, (Robert), of Atlanta, Geor- gia, Eva Mae Taylor of Jack- son, Georgia, and Carrie Mae Ooten (Bobby) of Cincinnati, Ohio; godsis- ter, Cynthia Flowers; best friends, Geri Lenard and Woodrow George; and a host of nephews, nieces, loving cousins, friends and other relatives.
The family invites friends to visit from 6-8 p. m. on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at Harmon Funeral Home, 5002 N. 40th Street, Tampa, 33610. A reception with the family is from 7-8 p. m.
Friends are asked to as- semble at the church on Thursday at 12:45 p. m.
A HARMON BURIAL
IN MEMORIAM
CORINE BORDEN-HARDY May 18, 1943 – June 16, 1993
We thought of you today, but that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday and days before that, too.
We think of you in silence, we often speak your name. All we have are memories and a picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake from which we’ll never part. God has you in His arms and we have you in our hearts.
Mom, we love you: Barry, Bobbie and family.
DEATH LIST
AIKENS FUNERAL HOME
Mrs. Alice Bowers, formerly of Tampa. Mr. Joseph Dasher, Tampa.
Mr. Rupert Jackson, Tampa.
Mr. Jeffrey Wade, Tampa.
HARMON FUNERAL HOME
Vonnie Ray Darns, Tampa.
James Peterson, Valrico, FL.
Rosa Vickers, Carrollwood, Tampa. Betty Watts, Tampa.
RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME Mrs. Minnie Pearl Reeves, Tampa.
WILSON FUNERAL HOME Ms. Joan Jones Hammond, Tampa.
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