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Funerals/Memoriam
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DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT
Homegoing celebration for Mr. Edward James Anderson, II, of Tampa, who passed away on June 6, 2015, will be held on Saturday, June 20, 2015, in St. Augustine, FL.
The viewing will be at Chase Leo & Son Funeral Home on June 19, 2015, in St. Augus- tine, FL.
The service will be at Daw- son Chapel CME, 225 Orange Street, St. Augustine, FL.
You can send flowers and cards to Chase Leo & Son Fu- neral Home, St. Augustine, FL.
MR. EDWARD JAMES ANDERSON, II
CNN Veteran Apologizes For Calling Gunman ‘Brave’
DEACON RAYFORD B. ALLEN, JR.
Homegoing services for the late Deacon Rayford B. Allen, Jr. of Tampa, who transitioned into the loving arms of his Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, will be held Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at 11 a. m. at The Greater Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church, 1225 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa, with Dr. B. R. Fulton, officiating. The inter- ment will be at the Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL.
Deacon Rayford B. Allen, Jr. was born May 28, 1951, in Tampa to the late Mr. and Mrs. Rayford B. (Geraldine) Allen Sr.
Rayford graduated from Chamberlain High School in 1969; completed his A. S. De- gree in Criminal Justice in 1996. He was converted at an early age. He served in sev- eral capacities in the church, among those being: a Sunday School Teacher, member of the Male Chorus, and as a Church Deacon. He was em- ployed with Publix, and re- tired in 2012.
He was a devoted family man, who loved working on and driving his antique cars, and was a lover of music.
Recently he and his wife celebrated 45 years of mar- riage.
Deacon Allen was a U. S. Army Veteran and was hon- orably discharged from the U. S. Army.
Rayford joins a great group of angels that preceded him in death: mother, Geral- dine; father, Rayford, Sr.; and sister, Jewel Allen.
He leaves to cherish mem- ories of him with: his loving wife, Annie L. Allen; daugh- ter, Andrea (Kenyatta) Jack- son; son, Rayford B. (Rochelle) Allen, III; grand- children, Craig McLean, Rafael Martinez, Cameron, Myan, Rayford, IV and Zen Allen; sisters, Blanche (Jerome, Sr.) Turner and Annie Belle Morris; brothers, Joseph Allen, Sr. (Kim), and Edgar Allen (Sonia), a host of nieces, nephews and cousins (Thomasville, GA), extended family (Tampa, FL); church family, and the Sulfur Springs community; and other relatives and friends.
The visitation will be held at Wilson Funeral Home on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, from 5-8 p. m. The family will re- ceive friends from 6-7 p. m. in the chapel.
The family and friends are asked to meet at the church on Wednesday at 10:45 a. m. for the ser-vice.
“A WILSON SERVICE” www.wilson- funeralhome.com
After experiencing tremendous backlash for calling a suspect in a wild shootout at Dallas Police head- quarters "courageous and brave," CNN's weekend anchor Fredricka Whitfield apologized Sunday.
The veteran anchor said she misspoke Saturday while speaking with CNN legal analyst Philip Holloway about the suspect.
“I misspoke, and in no way be- lieve the gunman was courageous, nor brave,” she said.
The gunman was killed by a sniper’s bullet.
CNN’s weekend anchor Fredericka Whitfield re- ceived backlash after making her comment.
PRECIOUS MEMORIES
GEORGE W. GREEN January 15, 1942 ~
June 16, 2012
Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day.
In loving memories.
Former S.C. Police Chief Being Tried Again For Murder
Former Eutawville, S.C. Police Chief Richard Combs will once again face a jury, being retried on a murder charge in the May 2011 death of Bernard Bailey, an un- armed Black man, the Guardian reports.
During the former police chief’s first trial in January in Orange- burg County, home of the small town, Combs faces 30 years to life without parole if convicted on the murder charge.
As the Guardian notes, accord- ing to testimony at the first trial, the incident started when Combs stopped Bailey’s daughter about seven weeks prior to the shooting for a broken taillight. Bailey’s daughter called her father, who came to the scene. Combs ac- cused that Bailey attempted to
interfere with the stop, getting a warrant for obstruction of justice.
Combs re-
portedly tried to
serve Bailey
his warrant
when he came
to town hall the day before his daughter’s trial. Bailey walked out of the building, followed by Combs. Combs reportedly got caught in Bailey’s truck door, the defense argued, as Bailey at- tempted to drive off. His attorneys have argued that Combs fired three times in self-defense, afraid that he would be pulled under the vehicle. He reportedly did not have any pepper spray or a Taser.
Twitter Group Ids White Woman Involved In Texas Pool Party Incident
MCKINNEY, TX --- The Texas woman accused of being part of an initial fight that prompted a harshly criticized police response at a McKinney, Texas, pool party has been placed on administrative leave by her employer, with the company stating that it does not condone “violence, discrimination or harassment.”
A company representative of CoreLogics identified the individ- ual placed on administrative leave as Tracey Carver. Carver is employed in its tax division and based in Richardson, Texas, which is near McKinney.
Much of the focus on the noto- rious McKinney pool altercation has been directed at the actions of now-resigned Police Cpl. David Eric Casebolt, who was caught on tape dragging a young teenager to the ground by her hair and pulling his gun on other unarmed teens who were at a pool party.
Police, however, were called in after a fight that was also caught on video, showing an older white woman and a younger Black girl struggling and pulling at each other’s hair.
A Twitter campaign to identify two white women who allegedly made racist comments that culmi- nated in the fight had led to the identification of Carver as one of those women.
In the video, one still-unidenti- fied woman is seen struggling with the Black girl before a group of Black teens attempt to separate
Tracey Carver can be seen shouting at group.
the pair. At that point, Carver walks in. At first she appears to be trying to separate the two also be- fore she is seen repeatedly punch- ing the top of the young girl’s head.
The fight doesn’t last long, and the two groups separate shortly af- terward amid some yelling.
Twitter activists began ques- tioning why the two women, who were obviously involved, had not been arrested or even questioned for their role in instigating the al- tercation, and it didn’t take savvy users long to tag Carver.
Dallas Communities Organiz- ing for Change, a group advocating for racial justice and police reform, tweeted initially directly at Bank of America, asking whether the woman was one of its employees.
RICHARD COMBS
DEATH LIST
AIKENS FUNERAL HOME
Mr. Raymond Bent, Tampa. Mrs. Daphne Edwards, Tampa.
Mr. James Grant, Tampa.
JACKSON FUNERAL HOME Achlious Conner.
RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME
Mrs. Valerie N. Guzman, Temple Terrace, FL. Mr. George Jackson, Sr., Lansing, NY.
Mrs. Betty Knight, Tampa.
Mrs. Bonita L. Norton, Brandon, FL.
Mr. James H. Prince, Tampa. Mr. Frank Rogers, Tampa. Mrs. Grace Turner, Tampa.
WILSON FUNERAL HOME
Deacon Rayford B. Allen, Jr., Tampa. Mr. James Ashby, Charleston, SC. Ms. Lena Green, Tampa.
Ms. Venita Smotherman, Tampa.
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