Jeffery L. Wright Sr., age 43, 123 Still Quarters, Leslie, Georgia passed on Sunday, June 14, 2015 at Phoebe Sumter Hospital, Americus, Georgia.
The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, June 20, 2015, Zion Hill Baptist Church, 260 West Allen Street, Leslie, Georgia, where Reverend W. James Hill is pastor. The Reverend Anthony Walker will officiate. Interment will follow at Staley Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Corner of Mayo and Souther Field Road, Americus, Georgia.
Jeffery was born on January 12, 1972 to Ossie Jones Bishop and Earnest Mercer in Leslie, Georgia. He was a 1991 graduate of Sumter County Comprehensive High School. He received his degree in Automotive in 1993 from Southwest Technical College, Americus, Georgia. He matriculated at Georgia Southwestern University pursuing a degree in Psychology. He joined the Tabernacle Baptist Church at an early age under the leadership of Reverend Elijah Williams.
He is survived by five devoted children, Iesha Wright, UGA, Athens, Georgia, Jeffery Wright, Jr. (Keidra), Fort Stewart, Georgia, Angelica Kimbourgh, Cy’Isha Wright, Albany Technical College, Albany, Georgia, Jei’Querria Wright, Albany, Georgia; parents, Ossie J. Bishop, Leslie, Georgia, Earnest Mercer (Anna Clara), Desoto, Georgia; grandmother, Emma Mae Jones, Leslie, Georgia; siblings, Vivian Wilson, Leslie, Georgia, Gwendolyn (Rev. Tommy), Americus, Georgia; half brothers and half sisters, Deborah Walker Harper, Ernest Mercer, Jr., both of Desoto, Georgia, James Harper, Americus, Georgia, Lorenzo Walton, Americus, Georgia; aunts and uncles, Mary Lee Preston (Leroy), Stone Mountain, Georgia, Calvin Jones (Rosemary), Ira Jones (Mable), both of Leslie, Georgia, Eddie Jones (Loretta), Pembroke Pines, Florida, Jessie B Mercer (Theotis), Lonnie Mercer, both of Desoto, Georgia, Richard Mercer, Plains, Georgia, Nellie Ruth Dunning, Atlanta, Georgia, and Bobbie Jean Mercer, Minnesota; great aunts and great uncles, Beatrice Johnson, Addie B. Hightower, both of Leesburg, Georgia, Ossie Johnson, Cobb, Georgia, Hattie Jones, Desoto, Georgia; a host of nieces, nephews, loving cousins and friends, including his Bigma LaWanda Nelson and devoted friends who were like his own siblings, Stephen Pinnell (Debra), Americus, Georgia, Mario Tyner, Travis Jackson, Johnny Jackson, and Marilyn Dowdell.
The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, June 20, 2015, Zion Hill Baptist Church, 260 West Allen Street, Leslie, Georgia, where Reverend W. James Hill is pastor. The Reverend Anthony Walker will officiate. Interment will follow at Staley Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Corner of Mayo and Souther Field Road, Americus, Georgia.
Jeffery was born on January 12, 1972 to Ossie Jones Bishop and Earnest Mercer in Leslie, Georgia. He was a 1991 graduate of Sumter County Comprehensive High School. He received his degree in Automotive in 1993 from Southwest Technical College, Americus, Georgia. He matriculated at Georgia Southwestern University pursuing a degree in Psychology. He joined the Tabernacle Baptist Church at an early age under the leadership of Reverend Elijah Williams.
He is survived by five devoted children, Iesha Wright, UGA, Athens, Georgia, Jeffery Wright, Jr. (Keidra), Fort Stewart, Georgia, Angelica Kimbourgh, Cy’Isha Wright, Albany Technical College, Albany, Georgia, Jei’Querria Wright, Albany, Georgia; parents, Ossie J. Bishop, Leslie, Georgia, Earnest Mercer (Anna Clara), Desoto, Georgia; grandmother, Emma Mae Jones, Leslie, Georgia; siblings, Vivian Wilson, Leslie, Georgia, Gwendolyn (Rev. Tommy), Americus, Georgia; half brothers and half sisters, Deborah Walker Harper, Ernest Mercer, Jr., both of Desoto, Georgia, James Harper, Americus, Georgia, Lorenzo Walton, Americus, Georgia; aunts and uncles, Mary Lee Preston (Leroy), Stone Mountain, Georgia, Calvin Jones (Rosemary), Ira Jones (Mable), both of Leslie, Georgia, Eddie Jones (Loretta), Pembroke Pines, Florida, Jessie B Mercer (Theotis), Lonnie Mercer, both of Desoto, Georgia, Richard Mercer, Plains, Georgia, Nellie Ruth Dunning, Atlanta, Georgia, and Bobbie Jean Mercer, Minnesota; great aunts and great uncles, Beatrice Johnson, Addie B. Hightower, both of Leesburg, Georgia, Ossie Johnson, Cobb, Georgia, Hattie Jones, Desoto, Georgia; a host of nieces, nephews, loving cousins and friends, including his Bigma LaWanda Nelson and devoted friends who were like his own siblings, Stephen Pinnell (Debra), Americus, Georgia, Mario Tyner, Travis Jackson, Johnny Jackson, and Marilyn Dowdell.
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