Slain Woman Honored At Job
Times Picayune 01-13-1996

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Employees and patrons of Shoney's in LaPlace have raised more than $300 to
help pay for the funeral of Rita McFloyd, the Reserve woman who was shot and
killed early Sunday morning, allegedly by her boyfriend.

McFloyd's co-workers remember the 19-year-old as a friendly, dependable woman
who rarely complained.

"She got along with everyone here," said friend and fellow waitress Trenise
Irvin.

"I never heard her complain about anything but him," she said, referring to
Gill Jasmine, 28. Police said Jasmine confessed to shooting McFloyd, seven
months pregnant with their son, during an argument outside his LaPlace
apartment. "We didn't think it was that serious to say anything."

McFloyd died from a single .380 caliber gunshot wound in the back of her head.
Jasmine is in jail, booked with one count of first-degree murder and one count
of first-degree feticide.

McFloyd, the oldest of Marjorie and Edward McFloyd's six children, graduated
from Francis T. Nicholls High School in New Orleans. She grew up in New
Orleans' 9th Ward, and moved to Reserve's Homewood subdivision with her family
three years ago. She had been working at Shoney's for nearly a year, as well
as at Mervyn's in Kenner.

Shoney's workers also raised money for a plaque in memory of McFloyd to give
to her mother.

"It was a total shock," manager Leila Lyons said. "She will be missed."

Donations to McFloyd's burial fund may be dropped off at the front counter of
Shoney's, or mailed to 4293 U.S. 51., LaPlace, La. 70068.