By John Hyde2021-04-12T10:41:00+01:00
A law firm has paid tribute to one of its solicitors named as the victim of a shooting in Sheffield over the weekend.
Alison Law Solicitors today announced the death of Khuram Javed, who had been with the firm for more than four years. He had joined as a paralegal but secured a training contract and had been a practising solicitor for 18 months.
South Yorkshire Police confirmed yesterday that officers had been called to reports of a man having been shot near Bramall Lane in the city on Saturday night. Javed, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Canton, 79, died Saturday from cancer in Lake Worth.
A video presentation will honor Canton from 4-6 p.m. Friday at Forest Meadows Funeral Home at 725 NW 23rd Ave., said Joi Canton, one of Canton’s daughters. A graveside service is set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Forest Meadows Cemetery, 4100 NW 39th Ave.
She will be cremated and join her deceased husband, Alric Orlando Canton, in one grave so that they are always together, Joi Canton said.
Joan Canton, namesake of a playground in the SWAG area, who co-founded the organization with Dorothy Benson, Alison Law, Dr. Nancy Hardt and others, was instrumental in developing a plan to help neighborhoods along Southwest 20th and 24th avenues where residents live with disparities in education, health, income and opportunity.