Jerry "Pepper"

Shumpert, Jr

Jerry Joe Shumpert, Jr., was born on the 26th day of January 1976,
to the late Jerry Joe Shumpert and Vickie Sue Buchanan. On
Saturday, January 15, 2022, our Heavenly Father called him to be
at rest with Him.
Jerry gave his life to Christ at an early age and joined Springhill
Missionary Baptist Church in Nettleton, Mississippi.
He attended Nettleton High School.
He worked at Lane Furniture in Nettleton, Mississippi.
Jerry was a loving, caring, compassionate, and definitely a people
person and didn't mind helping anyone. He had a heart pure as
gold. He loved being around family and friends.
Jerry leaves to mourn his passing: four loving sons, Logan
Shumpert, Lajerius Shumpert of Atlanta, Georgia, Jerry Joe
Shumpert III of Darden, Mississippi, and Xavier Hughes; fiancée,
Mary Locus; two stepdaughters, Tiffany Locus and Quay (Chris)
Yeldell; one stepson, Charles Locus; two step-grandchildren,
Khamiyah Locus and AJ Yeldell of Tupelo, Mississippi; two
sisters, Shanika Shumpert and Courtney Shumpert of Nettleton,
Mississippi; 16 aunts, Brenda (Roger) of New Albany, Mississippi,
Costella Brandon, Phyllis Buchanan, Tense (Joe) Harris, and
Kay (Howard) Mabry, all of Nettleton, Mississippi, Burney Jean
(Ralph) Cord of New York, Thelma Gibson, Fayenetter Shumpert,
Jeanetta (David) Jones, and Louise (Jimmy Wayne) Blair, all of
Dorsey, Mississippi, Navajo (Leon) Thomas of Verona, Mississippi,
Ivonna Woodson, Geraldine Walker, and Barbara Jean Tate, all of
St. Louis, Missouri, Elizabeth Heard, Jimmy Ann Shumpert, and
Eloise Pannell, all of Pleasant Grove, Mississippi; two uncles, James
(Amber) Shumpert and Joseph A. Shumpert of Fulton, Mississippi;
along with a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Jerry Joe Shumpert and
Vickie Sue Buchanan, and grandparents, Rosie Lee (Buchanan)
Gamble and Eugene Buchanan, JD Shumpert, and May Lee
(Shumpert) Davis.