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Funerals/Memoriam
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IN MEMORIAM
CARLA STARLING MOORE 4/22/58 – 9/5/01
On your birthday, we still miss and love you.
Children, Kenneth and Mikeisha; mom, Dorene; brother, Darrell; and sister, Gina and family.
Groundbreaking
Ground will be broken Tuesday morning, April 26, for new homes on 34th Street and 28th Ave. The Beacon homes are being built by Corporation To Develop Communities of Tampa (CDC), Ernest Coney, Executive Director. Joining the CDC will be representative from the Tampa Housing Authority, City of Tampa and Neighbor- hood Lending Partners (NLP). The ceremony begins at 10 a. m.
MR. ANTHONY JOSEPH EXETER
Mr. Anthony Joseph Exeter of Tampa, passed away on Friday, April 15, 2016.
He was born in Trinidad on July 1, 1943 to the late Bernard Salvary and Ena Stroman.
Anthony enjoyed horse racing.
He was preceded in death by: his sister, Sherman Clouden; and nieces, Ava Clouden and Sharon Sylvester.
He leaves to cherish his memories with: his children, Nigel Exeter and Rochella Exeter; mother, Ena Exeter- Stroman; brothers, Albert Sylvester and Christopher Sylvester; sisters, Carol Mal- phus, Sandra Turpin, Sauda Caresqero, Elsa Clouden, Aheresa Clouden-Thomas and Margaret Caresquero; aunt, Sybille Phillips; nieces, Nikisha Clouden, Kristine Mcfarlend, Petal Clouden, Saresa Thomas and Jessica; nephews, Recardo Clouden, Curtis Sylvester, Christopher Sylvester, Jr. and Akins Caresquero; friends, Billing French, Patrick Flament, Josephine Bridges, Dennis, Norman, Carl Bynoe and Herbertha Williams, Fenella Caesar, Dianne Worrell, Pamela, Andrew Corbitt, Cherry Anderson; and a host of other relatives and friends.
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MR. LEOTHA ALLEN GREEN, III
Mr. Leotha Allen Green, III, affectionately known as “Leo” of Tampa, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2016.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday, April 29, at11a.m.atNewDawn Restoration Center, 6616 E. Chelsea Street, with Pastor Julia McMillan, officiating. Interment will follow in Orange Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Green was a native of Louisville, Kentucky and a resident of Tampa for 36 years.
He was a graduate of King High School and Avanti Bar- ber College.
Mr. Green was a member of New Dawn Restoration Center. He accepted Christ as his personal savior at Providence Baptist at the age of 8 years old.
Mr. Green was a Master Barber at Miracles In Mo- tion.
He was preceded in death by: his grandfathers, Milton Green and Leotha Murrell, Sr.; godmother, Olivia Johnson; and cousin, Jessica Taylor.
He leaves to cherish his memory: his parents, loving mother, Mrs. LaDonna C. Green and Leotha Murrell, Jr.; father, Michael Ratcliffe (Amanda); grandparents, Shirley G. Wright of Indi- anapolis, IN, and Lillian Murrell of Louisville, KY; daughter, LeCandace Amari Green and her parents, Fred and Candita Jones; sisters, Tiffany R. White, Nichole Freeman (Corey), Lesli Rat- cliffe (Karlos), Ja’Nette Davis (John), and Mahogany Ratcliffe (Rashad); brothers, David Gilbert (Lisa), Ter- rance Ratcliffe (Selena), Damon Ratcliffe (Stella), De- Juan Ratcliffe (Sherray), and Michael Ratcliffe (Au- drey); 25 nieces and nephews; 3 grand nieces and nephews; aunts, M. Renee Green, Sharon Taylor (Sam), and Toya Murrell; uncles, Trick Daddy, E. K. Murrell, and T. L. Murrell; cousin Je- remy Taylor; and a host of other cousins, other rela- tives and numerous friends.
Special acknowledgement is extended to the Florida Mass Choir; as well as Pastors Hauser, Mason and Jones.
The remains will repose after 5 p. m., Thursday, April 28 at Ray Williams Funeral Home and the family will re- ceive friends from 6-8 p. m. at the Chapel.
Arrangements entrusted to RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME, Rhodes & Northern, Owners.
Two Die In Unrelated Traffic Accidents
The Florida Highway Patrol investigated two traffic accidents that ended in tragedy. The acci- dents were not related. Both ac- cidents took place in Pasco County.
The first accident took place on Saturday on State Road 54 at Carpenter’s Run, in Pasco County.
A spokesperson for the Florida Highway Patrol said the accident took place about 7:40 a.m. Paul Joseph Mast, 38, of Land O’ Lakes, was driving his 2013 Nis- san Juke westbound on State Road 54. The bicyclist, identified as Franklin K. Williams, 54, of Tampa, was also traveling along the edge of the roadway.
Mast overtook and passed an- other vehicle and in the process of completing the pass, collided with the bicycle. Williams died at the scene.
Charges are pending the out-
Crime
come of the investigation.
The second accident took place Sunday afternoon at Blan- ton Road and Country Squire
Lane.
Investigators said Ms. Cami
Massingill, 48, was driving her 2004 Ford F150 westbound on Blanton Road, approaching Country Squire Lane. For unde- termined reasons, Ms. Massingill’s vehicle drifted into the eastbound lane of Blanton Road, causing a head-on collision with a 2012 Jeep SUV, driven by Ms. Anneliese Timm, 29, of Dade City. There were no passen- gers in either vehicle, police said.
Ms. Massingill was pro- nounced dead at the scene. Ms. Timm was transported to a local hospital. Her injuries were listed as serious.
No charges have been filed in the accident. However, the inves- tigation is continuing.
DEATH LIST
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FUNERAL HOME
Mr. Jamal Carter, Tampa.
Mrs. Mary Williams, Tampa.
GUDES FUNERAL HOME
Ms. Thelma Bennett, Tampa.
Mr. Harry Buffins, Tampa.
Mr. Joseph Gibbons, Tampa.
Mr. Willie White, Tampa.
HARMON FUNERAL HOME
Ms. Betty Baker, Tampa.
Ms. Mattie Mae Brown, Tampa.
JACKSON FUNERAL HOME
Mary Ann Hines.
Deacon Christopher Singleton.
Ms. Patricia Ann Swil- ley.
RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME
Robbie Barney, Tampa.
Orlando Rafael Castillo, Tampa.
Gary L. Cook, Wesley Chapel, FL.
Ms. Bethien Carol Dou- glas, Tampa.
Magnolia Dowdell, Tampa.
Leotha Allen Green, III, Tampa.
Doris Pinder Sheppard, Tampa.
Annie Solomon, Tampa.
WILSON FUNERAL HOME
Mrs. Nettie Hatcher, Tampa.
Mrs. Raquel Renique Carter, Tampa.
Mr. Isaac Godwin, Jr., Tampa.
Mr. Percy Jordan, Tampa.
Ms. Cora Nelson, Las Vegas.
Mrs. Theresa Evette Wade-Carey, Brandon, FL. Mr. Russell White, Dal-
las, Texas.
14-Year-Old Arrested In Shooting Case
On Thursday, Winter Haven Police arrested a 14-year-old boy who was being sought after a shooting.
Rosel La Michael Stephene was arrested at 8:10 p. m. after police received a tip he was at Sailwinds Apartments, 350 24th Street, Northwest in Winter Haven. He was trans- ported to the Juvenile Assess- ment Center.
Last Monday at 10 p.m., offi- cers were called to 2609 Avenue C, Southwest regarding shots fired into a residence. A child in- side the home was sitting out- side when he saw three juveniles approaching the house. The child went inside and shortly after, heard what sounded like gunfire.
A .380
shell casing
was found
along with a
flattened .380
bullet that
went through
the front wall
of the resi-
dence and
into a utility
room. No one was injured.
Witnesses identified Stephene as the shooter, and a warrant was issued for his arrest on charges of shooting into a dwelling possession of a firearm by an adjudicated felon and pos- session of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Authorities said Stephene already had nine felony arrests.
ROSEL LA
MICHAEL STEPHENE
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