With the exception of four years of US Naval service, he lived in Decatur, Alabama from early childhood until the 1960. In July of 1958 he married Littia Mc Dougal from Spring Valley, Alabama. After a short stay in Birmingham, Jerry and Littia relocated to Chicago, where they worked for 33 years as church planters. During that time Jerry supported the family ministry as a machinist at the gum manufacturer, Wm. Wrigley Junior & Company. After retiring to Florida, where he and Littia lived for 12 years, they returned to his hometown of Decatur, where they’ve resided for the past three years.
Jerry is preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Earline Wolfe and his only sibling, Cyrus Wolfe.
He is survived by his wife, Littia, sons, Timothy of Chicago, Illinois and Steven, wife Renee Ridings Wolfe, their two sons, Zachary and Alex, of Tampa, Florida.
A Celebration of Life will be Monday, November 2, 2015 at 2:00pm at Roselawn Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. John Chesser, Rev. Jess White and Rev. George Sawyer officiating. A time of visitation will be from 12:00pm until 2:00pm at the funeral Home. Burial will be at Roselawn Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Arthritis Research Foundation www.curearthritis.org.
Families and friends will be the pallbearers.
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