Clarence James Roach

After graduating from Lincoln’s Challenge Military Academy in 2002, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He excelled as a Quartermaster, achieving the rank of First-Class Petty Officer and recently returned from a seven-month deployment to the 5th and 6th Fleets in the Middle East. He loved music, and enjoyed singing and writing lyrics. He was a skilled barber and most of all a devoted husband and father.

He was preceded in death by his father James Roach, mother Eloise Roach, sister Robbie Garrett, nephew Erwin Hemphill and father-in-law William Porter. Clarence is survived by his wife Takima P. Roach, children Cailynn and Caiden, father Thomas, mother Hancy, sisters Tamara, Shonita, Tarmeria, Brittany, Allison, brother JoA visitation on 2 September at 5-8pm will be held at Hardage-Giddens Chapel Hills Funeral Home, 850 St. Johns Bluff Rd., Jacksonville, FL, 32225 www.hardage-giddenschapelhills.com. A memorial service will be held on 3 September at 11am Coastal Baptist Church, 750 Girvin Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32225.hn, stepbrothers Rodney and Larry, father-in-law Tony and mother-in-law Jacqueline.