Jaylen Lamier Williams passed away October 16, 2019

Jaylen Lamier Williams was born on October 11, 2001 at Akron General Hospital to Herbert and Vanessa Williams (Shepherd).  He was educated in the Copley Fairlawn School System and was a Senior at Copley High School at the beginning of the 2019 – 2020 school year.  A servant of the Lord, Jaylen gave his life over to the Lord on February 28, 2010 at Charity Missionary Baptist Church.  He was a college bound student, pursing a career as a cartoonist.  His hobbies included track and field, art, singing and dancing.  He was also a phenomenal photographer.

Jaylen is preceded in death by his grandparents.

He leaves to cherish his memory his parents, Herbert and Vanessa Williams (Shepherd); grandmother, Hailey Shepherd; brothers and sisters, Jared Williams, Marisa Williams, Cierra McMullen and Justin Williams; brother -in-law, Ray McMullen; aunts, Priscilla Williams, Dorothy Cheatham, Ella Williams, Bernadine Swain, Constance Guyton, Carla Bradford, Esilene Williams and Annette Slater; uncles, Nate Williams, Lamar Hardy, Floyd Swain, Luther Cheatham, Sydney Williams, Andre Bradford, Dwight Slater and Willie Tate ( Shepherd), as well as a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and much love to a special cousin Kaley Gibson.