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FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY MEMORIAM
IN LOVING MEMORY A VIRTUOUS WOMAN
DEACONESS HATTIE M. ALLEN Sunrise: 10/20/1942 Sunset: 7/24/2016
There’s an aching, lasting void in our hearts. We miss you sooo very much.
As one of God’s chosen angels, may you continue to rest peacefully in His arms.
Still love you dearly, Honey. Deacon Clyde M. Allen and family.
MRS. ELIZABETH BELIN HEATH JAMES 7/21/17 - 12/13/02
Happy 100th birthday to you, dear heart. Salva- tion for all, Hallelujah!
Romans 10:9 Lovingly, Belinda.
JIMMIE C. FLOYD JR.
Funeral Service for Jimmie C. Floyd, Jr. will be held in Miami, Florida at St. James AME, Satur- day @ 11 a. m.
National
Fentanyl Crisis: Miami Boy, 10, Believed To Have Died After Exposure To Drug
ALTON BANKS
A 10-year-old Miami boy who died last month is be- lieved to have had fentanyl in his system — spurring in- vestigators to trace how someone so young could come into contact with a synthetic opioid ravaging communities across the country.
Preliminary toxicology tests indicate the boy had the painkiller in his body when he collapsed at home and died, Miami-Dade State At- torney Katherine Fer- nandez Rundle said Tuesday.
The Miami Herald re- ported about the boy’s June 23 collapse and death and the possible link to the drug on Monday, and identified him as Alton Banks.
“At this point, we have every reason to believe that their preliminary findings are that it was a mixture of heroin and fentanyl that killed this little boy,” Fer- nandez Rundle said at a news conference Tuesday.
It’s unclear how Alton came across the fentanyl, which has prompted warn- ings by law enforcement agencies that breathing in, or even touching a small speck of it, can be fatal.
Investigators do not be- lieve the boy came into con- tact with the drug at his home, Fernandez Rundle said. The Miami Herald said the home is in the Over- town neighborhood, which is considered “ground zero” for the city’s opioid epidemic.
Alton had returned home from a neighborhood pool earlier in the day and was vomiting, according to the newspaper. He was found unconscious later that night and rushed to a hospi- tal where he was pro- nounced dead.
IN MEMORIAM
LEATHA M. MALONE July 19, 1999
An incredible Mother, with wonderful values and a zest for life. The epitome of a Lady, we will always miss her.
Love, family.
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