We are sad to announce that on November 8, 2022 we had to say goodbye to Nathaniel Jefferson Jr. of Lansing, Michigan, born in Blytheville, Arkansas. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Nathaniel Jefferson Jr. to show support.

He was predeceased by : his parents, Gertrude Wilkerson-Smith and Nathaniel Jefferson, Sr.; his grandparents, Theodoria Wilkerson, Henry Wilkerson Sr., Fannie Jefferson and Dan Jefferson Sr.; his sister Sheila Smith; his aunts and uncles, Erma Jean Davis, Denise Wilkerson, Ethel Norris, Dan Jefferson Jr., Henry Wilkerson Jr., Leroy Sturghill and Jesse Tyes; his niece Tyshiea Hill; and his nephews, Earl Smith III and Octayveun Smith.

He is survived by : his siblings, Earl Smith Jr. (Fomici), Tyrone Smith of Lansing, Larry Smith (Tasha) of Elkhart, Indiana and Kameko Jefferson of Lansing, Michigan; his aunts and uncles, Clarence Frazier of Chicago, Anarion Frazier of Lansing, Johnny Wilkerson of Blytheville, James Wilkerson (Debra) of Malden, Missouri, Bertha Curtis of Benton Harbor, Essie James (Charles) of Lansing, Michigan, Willie Dawson of Lansing, Michigan and Mary Donald (Simon) of Lansing, Michigan; his godparents, Lynda Tate of Blytheville, Arkansas and Shannon "Duck" Sims of Blytheville, Arkansas; and his cousins, Tonja Sutton of Blytheville and Toni Jefferson-Collins of Lansing.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Paradise Funeral Chapel