Cedric James

Mayes, Jr.

Mr. Cedric James Mayes Jr. was born on April 6, 2004, to the parents of Mr. Cedric James Mayes Sr. and Ms. Africa Aquil Huston in Griffin, Georgia. He received his formal education in the Monroe County School System in Forsyth, Georgia and was currently a senior with a bright and promising future being that he was enrolled in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program and was also taking some college courses.

Mr. Cedric accepted Christ as his Savior at an early age. In his leisure time he enjoyed reading, football, cooking, and absolutely loved anything with wheels. Although Cedric became a father at a young age, his love and dedication to his son and for his family was unsurpassed.

On Sunday, January 2, 2022, Mr. Cedric James Mayes Jr. unexpectedly departed this life and rejoined his Heavenly family. Although we are saddened by the loss of our loved one, we are comforted with peace knowing that we will always have an angel watching over us.

He was preceded in death by his great-great grandmother, Mary Daniels; great grandmother, Ruth Mayes; and cousins, Zaire Blanton and Ares Mayes.

Mr. Cedric James Mayes Jr. leaves to cherish his memories his son, Kasen Jakari Mayes; father, Cedric Mayes Sr.; mother, Africa Huston; significant other, Davita Ponder; sisters, Tyshawna Tenile Whatley, Bryanna Amir Smith, Shakirra Mayes, and Cedrianna Mayes; brother, Deondre Pogue; grandmothers, Audrey Nadine Carter and Evelyn Huston; grandfathers, Arnold Huston and Wayne (Edith) Johnson; great grandmother, Virginia Daniel; aunts, Kamica Carter, Pam and Erica Johnson, Shasta (Alvin) Walker, Tisa (Erwin) Jester, and Jaguar McDowell; and uncles, Larry Alonzo Carter, Fernando Montgomery, and Franco Huston. Cedric also leaves a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends that will miss him dearly.