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School To Plant Tree In Memory Of Lutz 1st-Grader

Tribune file photo by JAY NOLAN

Photographs of Tatum Christine Michelle Johnson were displayed during her funeral on Valentine's Day.

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By JOSH POLTILOVE | The Tampa Tribune

Published: May 5, 2008

TAMPA - An oak tree will be planted at Mort Elementary School on Friday morning to honor 7-year-old Tatum Johnson, who died in February after being hit by a car near her home in Lutz.

Johnson's family and classmates are expected to attend the ceremony, a Hillsborough County School District news release states.

Johnson, a Mort first-grader, was struck by a neighbor's car Feb. 8 while she played on a dirt road near her home off East 148th Avenue, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said.

She died at University Community Hospital.

The oak tree, to be planted at 9 a.m. Friday, was donated by Sunrise Landscaping of Tampa.

Reporter Josh Poltilove can be reached at jpoltilove@tampatrib.com or (813) 259-7691.

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