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Memoriams/Card Of Thanks
IN MEMORIAM
1 YEAR IN MEMORY
MRS. BERTHA M. CARITHERS
It has been a year already mom! We miss your hugs and kisses! What a blessing to cherish you, always in our hearts forever! Thank you Lord!
Our beautiful mom! Well Done! Love, family.
CARD OF THANKS
RODNEY E. LASING “MIKE”
For all the prayers, love, and support given to our family, we say ‘Thank You’.
We are grateful for all phone calls, cards, beautiful bouquets, beautiful plants, gifts and all other acts of kindness.
It’s people such as you that made the process of laying our love one to rest a little more bearable.
God Bless you all. The Lasing Family.
MS. SELMA
MURPHY February 18, 1935 - August 1, 2021
We miss you dearly. May you rest in peace.
Love, Clint, Wayne, Gail Linda, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
CARD OF THANKS
MR. WILLIE FREEMAN
From the family of Mr. Willie Fred Freeman with grateful appreciation of every act of kindness ex- tended to us during our be- reavement. We thank everyone for your many prayers, visits, telephone calls, cards, floral tributes, food, the comforting words of the ministers and all par- ticipants and other gestures of care. The loving support from our friends and neigh- bors have been a source of both comfort and strength. These gestures of love have sustained us during this most difficult time.
May the Peace of God be with you and His Grace be eternally yours.
Man Who Witnessed Rosa Parks Bus Incident Passes
Mr. Hoover Ballard,
who was on the City bus when Mrs. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in Mont- gomery, AL, December 1, 1955, passed away last Sunday. He was 89 years old.
Ballard recalled the inci- dent with Sentinel City Editor, Iris B. Holton. He told her that she said, ‘I’m tired of you people running over me.’ She was arrested when she refused to give up her seat.
Mr. Ballard had a passion for history. His family says he enjoyed recollecting stories of the past and discussing mo- mentous historic events he personally witnessed.
Mr. Ballard honorably served in both the U. S. Army and Air Force during the Ko- rean War.
After leaving the military, Mr. Ballard had an ad-
mirable 50-year career as a long-distance truck driver and a bus driver for Greyhound, a career that nurtured his love for geography and historic landmarks. Mr. Ballard en- joyed the opportunity to meet new people and cherished spending quality time with his family. He also enjoyed listen- ing to music, playing trivia, and visiting the North Lake Senior Adult Center.
He moved to Tampa in 1963, and retired December 1, 2000.
Mr. Ballard was a mem- ber of Anointing Christian Fel- lowship. Funeral services are Saturday, August 6, 2022. (See Funeral notices)
MR. HOOVER BALLARD
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