All Obituaries

Mr. Derrick “Disco” Antonio Johnson passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, July 2, 2022, 2:00 pm at Beulah Baptist Institutional Church (Rev. Alan Harris), 1006 West Cypress Street, Tampa, FL 33606, with Evangelist Rick Johnson Officiating and Pastor Coller Williams Eulogizing. Interment will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery. MASK RECOMMENDED. Derrick was born May 26, 1979, in Tampa, FL, to his mother, Dorothy Lovette. He was...

Mrs. Juanita Underwood became an Ivy Beyond the Wall on June 13, 2022.  A celebration of life will be held at 11:00AM on Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Allen Temple AME Church, 2101 Lowe Street, Tampa, Florida 33605. The officiant is Reverend Dr. Rayford Harper of First Baptist Church of West Tampa. The interment will be held at Myrtle Hill Memorial Park Cemetery at a later scheduled date. Mrs. Juanita Underwood was born November 16, 1950, in Tampa, Florida, to the parents of Rubin...

Derrick Gerard Sampson passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2022. Memorial Services will be held on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 5:00 p.m. at Mount Moriah Primitive Baptist Church, 1225 N. Nebraska Ave Tampa FL 33602, with Dr. B.R. Fulton, Officiating. MASK RECOMMENDED. Mr. Sampson was affectionately called “BIRD” by his family, was born on May 20, 1971, to Douglas L. and Ruthie D. Sampson in Tampa, Florida. He was baptized at an early age and was a former member of Greater Mount Moriah...

Mrs. Flarria Mae Tim Cross passed away on Friday, June 10, 2022. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, June 25, 2022, 11:00 a.m. at Ray Williams Memorial Chapel, 301 N. Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL. 33606, with Reverend Prentiss Davis, Officiating. MASK RECOMMENDED. Mrs. Cross was born April 22, 1925, a native of Tampa, FL, and a resident of Tampa for 97 years. She was the youngest child born to the late Albert and Leona Watkins Tim. She attended Middleton High School and graduated in...

Ms. Jessica F. Morris passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 11:00 a.m. at St. Luke A. M. E. Church, 2709 N. 25th Street, Tampa, FL. 33605, with the Reverend Dr. Mel Harris, Pastor of Destiny Baptist Church, Officiating. Interment will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery. Ms. Morris was a native of Tampa, Florida, and a resident of Tampa for more than sixty years. She was born on September 9, 1961, to Charles Morris, Sr, and...