Jessica Alexander

Published 11:03 am Thursday, April 14, 2011

July 15, 1993 –

April 7, 2011

Funeral services for Jessica Monique Alexander, 17, of Bainbridge, Ga., were held Tuesday, April 12, at St. Paul M.B. Church with Elder Leonard Sheppard officiating.

Interment was at White’s Bridge Cemetery in Miller County with Reggie Burney, Melvin Bryant Jr., Leonard Sheppard IV, B.J. Calloway, Chris Hayes, Earl Miller, Adrian Tolbert, James Mincey, Willie C. Madge, Clyde Miller, Greg Harris and Sedrick Miller acting as pallbearers.

Miss Alexander was born July 15, 1993, and died April 7, 2011, at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.

Survivors include her father, Johnnie C. Alexander Sr.; her mother, Shelia B. Sheppard; her step-father, Elder Leonard Sheppard; her siblings, Kierra S. Burney, Johnnie C. Alexander Jr., Dequavius Grant, Jamichael Grant, Dontrail Grant, Adrienne Brown, Amanda Sheppard, Nicole Sheppard, Tyrone Sheppard and Leonard Sheppard IV; her grandmother Hazel Burney and her grandfather Johnnie B. Alexander. One sibling, Jocelyn Taylor Alexander is deceased.

Bruton Mortuary was in charge of the arrangements.