Jerry "Shumpie" Rhodes

Jerry Laron Rhodes was born September 04, 1982 to Carl Sr. and Thelma Ferrell. He departed this untimely life on August 12, 2018 in Hamburg, AR.

Jerry attended Wilmar School and was a graduate of Drew Central High School. He was employed with Riley Paving in Hamburg. He loved basketball, baseball and he loved dancing even more. But his deepest love of all was his children and family.

He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Audrey D. Sr. and Bennie Rhodes, uncles, Alfred James Rhodes Sr., and Gaylord Perry Rhodes, and aunt, Bessie Cross.

He leaves to cherish his memories; parents, Carl and Thelma Ferrell of Wilmar, AR; sister, Kiki Daniels (Ted) of New Hope, AR; brother, Carl Ferrell Jr. of Wilmar, AR; children, Ja’Quayvius Rhodes, Ja’Kaylah Rhodes, Jayden Rhodes (mother, Shameka Fielder) of Monticello, AR; uncles, Sherman Ingram (Debra) of Warren, AR, Audrey D. Rhodes Jr. (Diane) of New Hope, AR, Terrence Rhodes (Wanda), Warren Rhodes, James Curtis Rhodes of Wilmar, AR; aunts, Wanda Bell (Michael Sr.), Brenda Rhodes of Wilmar, AR, Frances McKinley of Little Rock, AR, Roseanne Cross of Fordyce, AR and a niece, great-niece, 3 nephews, 1 great-nephew and a host of cousins, loved ones and friends. 

Funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M at the Mount Tabor Missionary Baptist Church in Wilmar, AR.

Burial will follow in the Wilmar Cemetery under the direction of Mitchell Memorial Funeral Service of Crossett, AR.

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