Ms. Nothela "No No" Walker

Ms. Nothela Levorn “No No” Walker of West Tampa, FL, passed away on Thursday, May 1, 2025. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2025, 2:00 p.m. at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 4008 E. Cayuga Street, Tampa, FL 33610, with Dr. Antonio R. Hawkins, Pastor of Exciting Faith Alive Church, Tampa, FL, Eulogist. Interment will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery, Tampa, FL 33610.

Nothela Levorn Walker burst on the scene August 4, 1977, like a bright and brilliant ray of sunshine. Her parents Ennis Walker, Jr. and Althea Levorn Wiggins Walker welcomed her bubbling vibrant personality into the world to join her older sisters Tonya, Dina, and Angela/Angie. When brother Aquarius was born Nothela finally became the big sister in her own right and took her role seriously to guide and support him.

Nothela attended Hillsborough County Public Schools. As teenagers, Nothela and Anthony Rhynes, Sr., met and fell deeply in love with one another. This union stood the test of time. Together they shared love, life, and a house they turned into a great home to raise their family. They produced three beautiful children: Anthony “Suge” Rhynes, Jr., Anthonisha “MaMa” Rhynes, and Antonio Rhynes.

Anyone who met Nothela, family, friends, or strangers knew there was something special about her. She had a natural comedic sense of humor. She told the truth with such boldness and honesty that it made her seem so much wiser than her young years. She knew how to listen so that people felt heard. That’s a special gift to have the ability to help others on their life journeys and do it with kindness and sincerity, all while being fun-loving.

As Nothela fought a long illness, she showed a different type of strength. One that many times made her cry out to the Lord. Even when she was in a great deal of pain, when her body hurt, she still managed to offer hope and encouragement to others. Nothela believed in the Lord. She was a woman of faith and a member of Exciting Faith Alive Church, where her faith deepened under Pastor Antonio Hawkins. At several points when pain made her weak, Pastor Hawkins ministered to Nothela’s spirit. She told her sister Tonya that even though the pain was often unbearable, she still endured. Even though she had been afraid, in the end, she found peace that surpassed her circumstances. She found the ability to turn fear into faith. She fought a good fight, and she believed that somehow her time here on earth had purpose and meaning. To us who knew her, she was a bearer of joy, laughter, and a kind of beloved humor that made us all the better for having known her.

Nothela was preceded in death by: her father, Ennis Walker, Jr.; mother, Althea L. Walker; sister, Angela Walker; mother-in-law, Brenda Faye Williams; grandfathers, Ennis Walker, Sr., and Rufus Wiggins, Sr.; grandmother, Jessie L Lindsay; great-grandparents, Nathaniel and Leola Monroe; uncles, Glen Wiggins, Sr., Rev. Robert Earl Reese, Reginald Walker, and Stanley Walker, Sr.; aunts, Bertha “Tina” Batchelor, Rev. Dr. Linda Reese, Linda Walker Windom, and Daltricia Wiggins; great aunts, Thelma “Annie” Dennison, Ida Roberts; and nephew, Aviance C. Mosley.

She leaves to cherish her memories: her husband, Anthony “Tony” Rhynes, Sr.; children, Anthony Rhynes, Jr., Anthonisha Rhynes, and Antonio Rhynes; 5 grandchildren, Anthony Rhyen's III, A"von Rhynes, Kadien Rhynes, A'laya Rhynes, and Autumn Rhynes; 2 sisters, Tonya Mosley (Jeffrey), Dina Walker of Tampa, FL,; brother, Aquarius Walker (lateTonya Mann Walker); 3 sisters-in-law, Laverne "Tina" Adams, Brenda Belton (Oscar), and Nekeshia "Kisha" Rhynes;  brother-in-law, Tyrone Rhynes, of Tampa;  2 grandmothers, Novella Wiggins of Williston, FL, and Carrie Wright (late Joel) of Tallahassee, FL; 5 nephews, Mario Mosley, Eric Long, John Mills Jr, David Brown Jr., and Andrew James; 6 nieces, Tonya Mosley, Elyonna Salters, Shaquari Walker, La'quarius Walker, Tyeshia Rhynes, and Arianna Reynolds; 2 great nephews, Hezekiah Mosley, and Arthur Daniels Jr.; great niece, Ny'kiah (Tee Tee) Mosley; 3 uncles, Rufus Wiggins, Jr, "Pop" (Bernadette) of Tampa, FL, Alvin Wiggins, and Larry Wiggins, Sr. both of Detroit MI; 3 aunts, Constance Black of Dayton, OH, Willie Mae Charles, and  Bernadette Wiggins; great aunt, Lola Bell Monroe of Williston, FL; cousins, Kenyatta Batchelor, Najla Batchelor, Savannah Batchelor, Styron Batchelor, Styvon Batchelor, Gerald Black, Rod Brown, Yasmine Brown, Donna (Craig) Coleman, Calah Coleman, Craig Coleman, II, Jermaine Daws, Brenda Davis, Darius Dixon DJ Dixon, Tami Duncan, Dadrian (Imani) Graham, Janice Harris (Charlie), Tamara Hightower, Bernice Hobdy (Jessie), Carla Hobdy, Contessa James, Porter (Eve) Johnson, Jr., Naomi Jones, Peronia Lee (Theo), Julius Little, June Little,  Turekisha Little, Roberta Reese, Jr., Alton Roberts, Barron Roberts, Darren Roberts, Teresa Roberts, Melissa Silas, Stanley Walker, Jr., Glenn Wiggins, Jr., Glenn Wiggins, III, Larry (Caleb) Wiggins, Jr., Reshard Wiggins, Ronnell Wiggins, Rufus Wiggins, III, Shambrea “Cream” Wiggins, Terrick “Frosty” Wiggins (De'aana), Tunesha "Peaches" (Sandie) Wiggins, Cedric, Vellaneis, Sheneka, Karla, Roshonda, Ronisha, Taquanda, Tangie, Towana, Leona Bebop, and  Shalonda; close friends, Nya (Sam), Nikki Shawanda (Jermaine), C Ball, Bomika, Tamika, Nuna, Chon, Barbara, Londa, Reagan, Reshma, and Bay; like-a-sister, Katrena Jones; like-a-brother, Kendrick George and Sam; and a host of other family and friends.

Thank you to Auntie Willie May Charles and Pastor Hawkins for ministering to, feeding the word, and praying for Nothela when she was weak and felt broken. And a special thank you to Moffitt Cancer Center. If any names were left out, blame it on the mind, and not the heart.

A Visitation will be held on Friday, May 16, 2025, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Ray Williams Funeral Home, 301 N. Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL 33606.

Arrangements entrusted to Ray Williams Funeral Home, Rhodes & Northern, Owners.

www.raywilliamsfuneralhome.com

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