BY IRIS B. HOLTON
Sentinel City Editor

A young Tampa mother died suddenly on Friday afternoon. She was 22-years-old and the mother of one son.

Ms. Jessica Lane was the daughter of Ms. Mincy Lane and the granddaughter Mr. Curtis and Rev. Beverly Lane.

Rev. Lane said the two were riding in her vehicle on Friday, shortly after noon, when the tragedy occurred. “We had lunch and were going shopping. We were talking and she got quiet. “I asked her didn’t she hear me talking to her and reached over and touched her. She just slumped over and that was it.”

Rev. Lane said she was crossing the Columbus Drive Bridge when the incident took place and pulled over to the side to call 9-1-1.

A Tampa native, Jessica attended the public schools of Hillsborough County. She graduated from Freedom High School and enrolled in the Pre-Medicine Program at Hillsborough Community College.

After she gave birth to her son, Bawina, she began working part-time while attending school.

Her grandfather said, “She enrolled in a program at HCC that would automatically transfer her to the medical program at USF, but she didn’t have a chance to finish.

“She was aspiring to become a doctor. That was her dream and her ambition. Her hobbies were shopping, shopping, and more shopping. She loved to shop, just like her grandmother,” he said.

Ray Williams Funeral Home is in charge of handling the arrangements. Funeral services for Jessica will take place 11 a.m. Friday at Allen Temple A. M. E. Church. The wake will be held Thursday, 6 p.m., at the funeral home.