Jacob Lee Berryhill

Jacob Lee “Jake” Berryhill passed away unexpectedly at his home in Brookhaven, Georgia on Friday, the 9th of October, 2020.

His parents Jim and Elise Berryhill and sister Jennifer Berryhill Goebel welcomed Jake into their lives on January 2, 1987 in Atlanta, Georgia. Jake graduated from The Wesleyan School in Atlanta and attended Auburn University. Ever the sports fan, Jake played baseball and basketball in his youth, captained the Wesleyan Cross Country team for two years and always cheered the Auburn Tigers and Florida Gators.

Jake came to faith in Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior at an early age. Jake endured difficulties in life, he fought back from scoliosis surgery as a teen and later from a car accident that required months of rehabilitation. Through hard work and gritty determination, Jake was able to enjoy demanding athletic hobbies and became an excellent marksman and golfer.

In 2011, Jake helped is father found DecisionLink Corporation and became an integral part of the business. He was the company’s first “Million Dollar Salesman”. His co-workers admired his drive, engaging manner, and attention to the needs of his clients and colleagues.

Jake’s family and friends remember his kindness, generous nature, sense of humor, and warm smile. He formed deep relationships throughout his life and stood up with several friends as their groomsman. Jake cherished the close relationship his family shared with each other and prized his role as “Uncle CaCa”.

Jake is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Louise and James Berryhill, Sr. of Tampa, Florida.

Jake is survived by his parents Elise and Jim Berryhill of Brookhaven, Georgia; maternal grandparents Ann and Al Stringfellow of Tampa, Florida; sister and brother-in-law, Jenni and Paul Goebel, and nieces Ann Elise, Margaret, and Georgia Goebel of Dallas, Texas.

A socially responsible service for family and close friends will be held at 3 o’clock on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Trinity Anglican Church, 2260 Defoor Hills Road, NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30318. The service will be live-streamed at https://value.decisionlink.com/Jake-Berryhill-Memorial. Following the service at 4:00pm, the public is invited to visit with the Berryhill family at Trinity Anglican Church’s “Backyard,” located directly behind Trinity Anglican Church. We ask all guests to wear masks and observe social distancing while attending the service and time of visiting.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made In Memory of Jake Berryhill to:

Desire Street Ministries, www.desirestreet.org

or

Good Samaritan Health Center, https://goodsamatlanta.org

An In Memoriam page has been created in celebration of Jake’s accomplishments at DecisionLink. For more details, please visit, https://value.decisionlink.com/Jake.

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18