She was educated in the Hillsborough county public schools , graduated from king senior high school .She worked in various call centers prior to her becoming ill; however, her passion was creating and installing wigs and enhancing the beauty of other by doing there hair. Family was extremely important to her She was a loving mother of 3 kids Mike, Stefon, and keda whom she absolutely adored.
Tequila leaves a legacy of love and cherished memories with her family:her loving and devoted mother, Deloris Cherry; her father Charles Thomas Sr.;sons , Mike and Stefon; daughter, My'Keyda Hicks; brothers Charles jr. , Shaquilla, and DayQuan Thomas ; sister, Arielle and Latavia Thomas ;Grandmother, Ruth Bryant; favorite auntie , Yolanda Smith ; aunts , Elizabeth "Liz" Cherry, kim, Gayle and Stephanie Russell; uncles, Willie Cherry (Lisa), Earnest Cherry, Sr., and Stevie Bryant (Katrina) Sims; great-uncles , Deacon Eugeine Allen, Sr. (Carol), and Willie Allen; godsister , Tina Johnson; cousins who she called sisters Teresa Williams , Latricia Anderson, Tia Allen , Ebony white Kesha Sims, Katrina Sims and tish Hankerson ; and host of other loving family member and friends
She preceded in death by her loving grandfather, Lewis "Daddy" Bryant; great-uncle and great-aunt Wesley Floyd, Sr., and Mamie Lee Floyd; cousins, Shelia Allen Bryant and Chandra Major; and godmother, Tricia Johnson.