Jerry Overstreet

Published 4:26 pm Wednesday, May 5, 2021

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Jerry Overstreet, 75, passed away on April 19, 2021.

Services were held on April 23, 2021 at Memory Chapel Funeral Home. Burial followed in Memory Hill Gardens.

Mr. Overstreet was preceded in death by his parents, Rosie and Woodard Overstreet; sister, Susie Godwin; and brothers, Tommy and Joe Overstreet.

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He left behind his wife of 53 years, Virginia Overstreet; his daughters, Carmia Alexander, Donna McNatt, Lisa Turner (David), Mary Robles, Valinda Avery and Jennifer Duckworth (David); sisters, Louis Morris Presley, Mary Overstreet and Diane Board; brother, Jim Overstreet; and many grandchildren; great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Jerry was born in Atmore Dec. 15, 1945. He moved to Tuscaloosa and married the love of his life on Nov. 18, 1968. He dearly enjoyed his career working on, and driving, riverboat barges. After retirement he spent most of his time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, whom he thought the world of. He was a member at New Beginning Family Worship Center.

Pallbearers were Brandon Marcum, Jerry Marcum, Keithen Noland, Matthew Duckworth, John Turner, and David Turner.