Willie Joe Wilmore, Jr.

Willie Joe Wilmore, Jr.

Funeral Services for Mr. Willie Joe "Jay" Wilmore Jr., 39, of 396 Rebie Road, Cochran, will be held on Monday, April 8, 2013, at 1 PM at the Faulks Chapel Baptist Church, 3141 Georgia Highway 96 West, Jeffersonville. Reverend Joseph Rumph will officiate. Interment will follow in the Faulks Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mr. Wilmore was born on October 2, 1973, to Willie Joe Wilmore, Sr., and Opal White Wilmore in Dublin. As a child, he moved to Cochran where he was educated in the Bleckley County School System and he graduated from Bleckley County High School in 1992. At an early age, "Jay", as he was affectionately called, gave his life to the Lord and joined Faulks Chapel Baptist Church under the late Reverend R. L. White Sr.

Jay was a gentle giant, extremely kindhearted and rarely met any strangers. He loved everyone and everyone loved him. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends, playing video games, collecting comic books, and driving Ford Mustangs. he was employed at Geico Insurance Company, however, his most prized labor was being an active father to Kiana and Terrell. Those two filled his heart with endless days of love and adoration. He absolutely relished being a father.

Mr. Wilmore was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Bennie Wilmore, Sr., and Louisa Bryant Wilmore, and his maternal grandparents, Johnnie White, Sr., and Mildred Davis White. He leaves to cherish his memory his daughter, Kiana Jade Wilmore, son, Terrell William Wilmore, father Willie Joe Wilmore, Sr., mother, Opal White Wilmore, two sisters, Loretta Wilmore, and Stacy Wilmore Heath, a niece, Chantal Wilmore, a nephew Antonio Heath, Jr., and an abundance of aunts, uncles, extended family, friends, and other loved ones.

The family will be receiving friends at 396 Rebie Road, Cochran.

Services by Dudley Funeral Home of Dublin
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