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Hawaii Strong: With shows canceled, events industry veteran diversifies his talents Hawaii Strong: With shows canceled, events industry veteran diversifies his talents By Mark Carpenter | April 30, 2021 at 4:54 PM HST - Updated April 30 at 4:55 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Before the pandemic hit, anytime there was a sold out crowd, reggae music festival or big time concert, chances are Raymond Ho, Jr. put it all together. “My father was always around the entertainment business and that’s kind of where I fell into it,” said Ho Jr., founder of TMR Events and the annual MayJ...

Jones, Clarence "Asa" (Dalton) Clarence “Asa” Jones Clarence “Asa” Jones, age 89, left this earth to be present with Jesus Saturday, April 17, 2021. He was born March 19, 1932 in Dalton, Ga. Asa was preceded in death by his wife, Bertice Cook Jones; parents, Ray Jones, Sr. and Lucy Evans Jones; and two brothers, Ray, Jr. and Harold.   He will truly be missed by his surviving nieces, nephews, and many friends and neighbors. Asa graduated from Georgia Tech in 1962 and had a long and interesting career as an engineer for The Boeing Company, Defense, Space, and Security Division, cont...

‘We demand justice’: Emotional vigil held for man fatally shot by Birmingham police Updated 9:51 PM; Facebook Share More than 100 people gathered just yards from where Desmon Ray Jr. was fatally shot by Birmingham police on Easter Sunday, remembering better times with the 28-year-old father of six and demanding answers in his death. “It’s a very unfortunate reality that another mother, another father, have to bury their child with no explanation as to why,’' said Eric Hall, co-founder of Birmingham’s Black Lives Matter. “It’s a very unfortunate reality. It’s one that we hav...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times  Desmon Ray Jr. had a big smile and even bigger heart, remembered family members during a candlelight vigil Thursday night for the 28-year-old killed in an officer-involved shooting on Easter Sunday. “That was my baby, he loved his mama, he loved his children, he loved everybody,” said LaShondra Wilson, Ray’s mother. “My baby would come and get in the bed with me and make it known that he loved his mama. [He would] call and check on me day-to-day if he didn’t see me… when I’m at work, he would call me and ask if Iâ€...

Family demands answers in fatal Birmingham police shooting: ‘I just want to see my baby,’ grieving mom says Updated Apr 14, 2021; The grieving parents of a 28-year-old man who police say died in an Easter Sunday armed confrontation with Birmingham police are demanding answers in the slaying. His father, Desmon Ray Sr., and mother Lashonda Wilson held a news conference Wednesday outside police headquarters. They were joined by their attorneys Johnathan F. Austin and Richard Rice. The family said they have not been allowed to see their son’s body since he was fatally shot by police and h...