JERRY WILLS SR. Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Jerry Wills Sr., 61, of Kankakee, IL, died Thursday, December 20, 2012 at Manorcare Health Services. Visitation will be Thursday, December 27, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Lax Mortuary and again on Friday, December 28, 2012 from 10:00 a. m. until time of Funeral Services at 11:00 a.m. at Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. Pastor Howard L. Wills Sr. will officiate. Burial will be in Momence Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Greater New Hope Scholarship Foundation. Jerry Wills Sr. was born on August 29, 1951 in Chicago, IL to Joseph Wills Sr. and Eliza Mae Clark Wills. He was baptized at Christian Hope Missionary Baptist Church by Reverend Hezekiah Brady Jr. He later joined Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church where he served as Choir Director, Director of the Male Choir and activity coordinator for VBS. He was a volunteer for the Kankakee School District 111 Black History Program; Youth Explosion at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church and Midtown Towers. He graduated from St. Anne High School in 1969. He worked several jobs including a machine operator for Bunge Foods and as a correctional officer for Kankakee County. He leaves to cherish his memory, one son, Jerry Ã¢â‚¬Å"ChillzÃ¢â‚¬Â Wills Jr. of Kankakee, IL; three daughters, Joretha Hampton, Stacee Wills and Nivea Wills, all of Kankakee, IL; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Joseph Wills Jr. and Ann Wills of Kankakee, IL, Sylvester Wills of Manteno, IL and Pastor Howard L Wills Sr. and Carol Wills of Kankakee, IL; two sisters, Alice Stubblefield and Dorothy Wills-Crawford, both of Kankakee, IL; nine grandchildren, Terrence Hall, Adrien Wills, Jheri Wills, Jakir Wills, Erin Wills, Marshae Richardson, Genesis Hampton Kyron Smith and Makina Douglas; two uncles, Moses Wills of Phoenix, IL and Woodrow Wills of Chicago, IL, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Joretha Pickens.

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JERRY WILLS SR.

August 29, 1951 - December 20, 2012