Celebration of Life Services for Mrs. Freddye Lee Carter Ramsey, 4416 Porpoise Dr, Tampa, who passed away, Thursday, October 21, 2010, will be held Saturday, October 30th, 10:00 a.m., at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 5001 Cumberland Drive, Tampa, with Rev. Beverly Hills Lane, Pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Freddye L. Ramsey was born to the late Leon Knowles and Miriam Sweeting on November 25, 1928 in West Palm Beach, FL. She later moved to Tampa, FL, where she attended Don Thompson/Middleton High School. After graduation, she pursued a career in the nursing field because of her passion to help people. Mrs. Ramsey started her career at the Drew Field TB Hospital in Tampa, FL, then the Lily White Hospital also in Tampa. Then she worked at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ, she relocated to East Orange, NJ, then to Vallejo, CA, later returning to Tampa, FL, where she retired from Tampa General Hospital after a rewarding career in the nursing field. Mrs. Ramsey will be remembered for the love she possessed for people. She always had a kind word to say and a wonderful smile to share. She had many friends and was an active member of the Eastern Stars, as well as a member of Kyles Temple AME Zion Church in Vallejo, CA, where she served on the Usher Board. Later after returning to Tampa, FL, she became a member of Bethel AME Church. She was a wonderful mother. It takes a mother's love to make a house a home. It takes a mother's patience to bring a child up right, and she possessed those qualities. She loved to cook and entertain in her home. She was a people's person. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leon Knowles and Miriam Sweeting Knowles; husband, James Ramsey; brother, Leon Knowles, Jr.; sister, Rosabell Knowles; granddaughter, Kimberly Carter; and grandson, Willie Carter III. Those who remain to celebrate her life are as follows: a devoted and loving son, Willie Carter Jr. (Barbara) of Vallejo, CA; daughters, Yvonne Warren, Carolyn David (Edmund), Marla Andrews, and Janet Edwards (Walter) of Montgomery, AL. The viewing will be held on Friday, October 29th from 5-8 p.m. at Aikens Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 5-6 p.m. Family and friends are asked to meet at the church on Saturday at 9:45 a.m.