8A THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2021 TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT Marie Wilson Everett, 95, of Tallahassee, FL passed away on July 26, 2021. Marie was born in Concord, NC to Thomas Ira and Effie McGarity Wilson on May 23, 1926. Marie retired from the Civil Service Depart- ment of the Army in Ft. Belvoir, VA. She was a member of the Thomasville Road Baptist Church in Tallahassee, FL and enjoyed quilting, crocheting, crossword puzzles and participating in theYoung at Heart Choir at her church.
Marie graduated fromEliseHigh School in Rob- in 1942 and fromPfeiffer Junior College in Misenheimer, NC in 1944 with an AA degree. She attended George Washington University in Washington, DC from 1944-1946. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Hiram P. Everett. Marie is survived by her daughters, Linda An- derson (Donald) of Benbrook, TX and Sarah Young of Tallahassee, FL.
She is also survived by five grandchildren, Mattie Lee (Jonathan) of Benbrook, TX, Luke Young (Sherry) of Carters- ville, GA, Joshua Young (Jodi) of St. Augustine, FL, Abigail Howard (Judson) of Havana, FL and Judah Young (Angela) of Tallahassee, FL. She is also survived by 12 great grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held Friday, July 30, 2021 at 10am at MeadowWood Funeral Home, 700 Timberlane Rd, Tallahassee, FL with burial to follow atMeadowWoodMemorial Park. In lieu of contributionsmay bemade to Purse orWorldVision, as these organizations were close to her heart.
Marie Wilson Everett HAVANA, FL Ethel Mae Murphy Mos- ley, 92, of Havana, FL passed on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Funeral services are 11:00 a.m. Saturday at New Life Tabernacle at Havana. Burial is in Mt. Zion Cemetery (Glades) Havana.
Viewing-vis- itation is 4-6 p.m. Fri- day at TILLMAN OF TALLAHASSEE (850- 942-1950). The widow of Mosley was a native of Cuthbert, GA. She had lived in Havana for over 50 years and was a superb cook. Survi- vors include her daugh- ters: Patricia Ash, Hat- tie Mae (Charles) and Linda Mosley; sons: Lorenzo vin and Nelson Mos- ley; several grand and great-grandchildren; brothers, Homer Charlie (Sherolyn), Carl andHermanMur- phy; sisters: Lisa (Lee Manuel)Andrews, Sha- ron Murphy, Beatrice Lewis, Isabell Parrish and Amanda (John) Edwards; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Ethel Mae Mosley TALLAHASSEE, FL Anne Rowena Gam- mons Young, 88, of Tallahassee passed on Thursday, July 22, 2021. Graveside services are 10:00 a.m. Saturday in Oakland Cemetery. Viewing-visitation is 4-6 p.m. Friday at TILLMAN OF TAL- LAHASSEE (850- 942-1950).
A Jackson County, FL Young attended Florida Memorial College and was a retired dietary aide for Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare. She was a member of Gethsemane M.B. Church. Cherishing preciousmemories are her daughter: Valerie Young; son, Robert T. (Lenore) Young, grandchildren: Lark Walker, Paisley Anne Young and Madelyn Braxton; siblings: Al- phonso (Georgia) and Bufus (Janet) Gam- ola Black, Maude Jen- kins, Lillian (Charles) Kemp, Rhoda (Henry) Gabriel and Shirley Bryant; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Anne G. Young TALLAHASSEE An- thony Poole played his final note in Life and was called home to play with the heavenly mu- sicians on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. He was a mu- sician extraordinaire with a huge heart for people and music. Friends and family will honor him with a cele- bration entitled of The Music Celebration will be Friday, July 30th at 6:00 p.m. The Homegoing Service will take place Saturday, July 31st, at 10:00 a.m.
both services will be held at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church located at 224 N. Martin Luther King Blvd. Tallahassee, Flor- ida. The committal will take place on Monday, August 2nd, at 2 p.m. at the Tallahassee National Cemetery.
Survivors include his loving wife, Cassandra Jackson Poole; daughter, Keturah B. Poole; his parents, Oliver Jackie Poole; one sister, Angela L. Poole-Coleman; and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his Poole and a sister, Anita L. Poole; Anthony Poole TALLAHASSEE Bar- bara Kiser Moran, 86, of Tallahassee, Florida, passed away on Mon- day, July 26, 2021, at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare.
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin onAugust 10, 1934, she was a daughter of the late RayValind and Mary Robinson Valind. She is also preceded in death by a daughter, The- resa Burke. She was a manager in the restaurant and hos- pitality industry. She celebrated life to the full- est, attended Gospel Light Baptist Church, was a dedicated prayer warrior, a great Bible scholar and contributed to many religious charities. Above all, she loved her family.
Survivors include her daughters, Rhonda Kirkland (husband, Pastor Phillip) and Belinda Martin; sons, Butch Benton (wife, Linn) and Niels Gade (wife, Gwendolyn); 30 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and a sister, Jacquelyn. Visitation is from 12:30 until 1:00 PM, Friday, July 30, 2021, at Abbey Funeral Home, with the funeral beginning at 1:00 PM. Interment fol- lows at TallahasseeMemory Gardens. The online guestbook and live stream service can be found at www.abbeyfh.com. Barbara Kiser Moran METCALF, GA Dor- othy Mae Brown Har- dy, 86, of Metcalf, GA went Home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 21, 2021.
Funeral services are 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Pleasant AME lo, Groover Road, with burial in the Brown Family Cemetery. View- ing-visitation is 4-6 p.m. Friday at Mt.
Pleasant. TILLMAN OF TALLAHASSEE (850-942-1950 is serving the Hardy family. Mrs. Hardy was a Jefferson County native and a longtime resident of Miami. She is the widow of the Reverend Roosevelt Hardy, an esteemedAMEminister.
She is the daughter of the late Lafayette Sr. and Rosanna Slater Brown. Survivors include her daughters: Gladys (Terry) Keith, Jacqueline (Brian) Harris, Parnetha (Herman) Nichols, Kimberly Brinson and Trenny (Johnny) Johnson; sons: Roosevelt Jr. (Lorain), Willie (Tammy) and Alonzo Hardy; 26 grandchildren; a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews; other loving relatives and friends. Dorothy Mae Hardy Obituaries Make charitable donations.
tallahassee.com/obituaries View comprehensive list of death notices and obituraries. Send flowers share your memories tallahassee.com/obituaries to see a comprehensive list of obituaries. With several lawsuits on hold amid mediation, a Leon County circuit judge wants an update on the status of negotiations in the attempt to recoup millions of dollars paid to former leaders of the Flori- da Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Attorney General Ashley Moody and the Depart- ment of Children and Families in March 2020 began litigation against the coalition, its former board of directors and former CEO Carr after reports that Carr received compensation of at least $7.5 million over a three-year period. compen- sation included more than $3.7 million in paid time according to court documents.
A judge last year appointed a receiver to represent the coalition, which in the past was in charge of dis- persing more than $46 million a year in state, federal and private funds to domestic violence shelters throughout Florida. The compensation of Carr and other di- rectors is the focus of at least a half-dozen lawsuits, including two involving insurance companies balk- ing at covering defense fees and costs for the organi- zation and its former executives. The legal wrangling, however, has been on hold for months, as lawyers for Moody, Gov. Ron administration, the insurers, receiver Mark Healy, Carr and the other former leaders try to work out a settlement in the attempt to claw back some compensation paid between 2016 and 2019. Last fall, Leon County Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey ordered mediation at the behest of the state and the former directors and set a Feb.
28 deadline for negotiations to conclude. Media- tion was conducted on Jan. 6 and 7, according to court records. attorney, James Timko, three months ago asked Dempsey to extend other deadlines in the law- suits, as the talks were still in good beyond the February deadline. parties have made progress and have not called an impasse to the mediation.
Due to the complexity of the issues and the multiple parties involved, the parties are still conducting mediation Timko wrote on March 26. Dempsey in early April agreed to extend the dead- lines, but on Thursday gave the De- partment of Children and Families, the Florida Coali- tion Against Domestic Violence and Healy until Aug. 19 to a written case status report updating the court on the status of the mediation and the cases the parties have completed mediation without settlement, the status report shall also state what needs to be done next to move the case forward. Fail- ure to respond to this order may result in sanctions including dismissal of this case without further no- she wrote, noting that the legal challenges been pending for a little over a The early January mediation sessions are the only ones posted in court documents, but to reach a settlement apparently remain active. mediation is so I really say anything other than it is ongoing.
No impasse has been Timko told The News Service of Florida on Monday. The receivership racked up more than $637,000 in fees and expenses since a judge appointed Healy, an accountant, as receiver last year. Receiver-related costs from March 2020 to May 31, 2021, include more than $262,000 in legal fees and expenses, according to a monthly report by Healy on July 6. The lawsuits against Carr and the coali- board of directors specify how much money Moody and the Department of Children and Families hope to get reimbursed. Carr, who oversaw the coalition for nearly two decades, resigned in 2019 amid probes by the gover- and the Florida House into the and reports of multimillion-dollar compensation.
Carr claims the directors approved her compensation and is seeking to have the lawsuits against her dismissed, arguing in court documents that she has done nothing wrong and that the cases are based on and Revelations about the coalition and the compen- sation prompted the Legislature last year to repeal a longstanding law that required the state to contract with the organization, and, at bidding, the Department of Children and Families terminated its contract with the Circuit judge seeks answers in domestic violence agency cases Dara Kam News Service of Florida In this Sept. 28, 2004, photo, Tiffany Carr, left, executive director of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, speaks at a news conference on preventing disaster-related domestic violence held by then-Gov. Jeb Bush, right. In March 2020, Attorney General Ashley Moody and the Department of Children and Families began litigation against the coalition, its former board of directors and former CEO Carr after reports that Carr received compensation of at least $7.5 million over a three-year period. PHIL COALE, AP.
