William E. McGee Jr. Obituary

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of William E. McGee Jr. (Jackson, Mississippi), leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

William Earl McGee Jr. was the 1st born of his 19-year-old parents - born August 29, (28) 1965 in Jackson, Mississippi to the late William Earl McGee and Melvin Nichols (both Jackson natives). He departed this life at 1:51 a.m. June 2, 2021 at age 55 while hospitalized for 12 hours at UMMC Hospital.

William was affectionately called ‘Lil Will’ distinguished from his late father ‘Big Will.’ He was raised in the church by his late grandparents Leeandrew and Christine Easterling McGee on Newport Street in the Shady Oaks Community. He started his educational journey in a neighborhood daycare. He attended Dawson Elementary School and Brinkley Middle School; he was a 1983 graduate of Calloway High School. After High School, he briefly pursued Hotel Management. He sold high end furniture and other items for 11 years at the Fire Sale in Meadowbrook Shopping Center during and after high school. He became a journeyman plumbing apprentice in 1998 at South Central Heating & Plumbing. Mississippi Construction Education Foundation funded his plumbing training at Hinds Community College, Pearl Campus. He was formerly a plumber at Jackson State University, worked briefly for the City of Jackson, and was the sole proprietor of Maintenance Masters. He closed his business for health reasons.

William was joined in holy matrimony in 1992 to Angie Denise Washington. One child, William Earl McGee, III, was born to that union. He was reintroduced to Meredith Coleman on February 8, 1998. They fell in love, moved into their present home that summer, and married the following year on September 25, 1999.

William’s memories will be cherished by many loved ones including but not limited to his Uncles Curtis (Butch) McGee, Michael Lindsey, his Aunts Dorothy McGee, Sharon Lindsey Miller, Daphne Richardson all of Jackson, MS; Shelia (Eugene) Warren, Hazelhurst, MS; his siblings: Michelle (Kevin) Swinney; of Jackson, MS; Debra McGee, Las Vegas, NV; Karen (Russell) Smith, Douglasville, GA; Kenneth Earl McGee, Mischa Scott Cage; Rashad Scott, Kelsey Dior Reed, Sabrina Nicole Nichols, Jacqueline (Keith) Marie Nichols Currie, Michael D’Aundrae Buckley, Cleo, et al of Jackson, MS; his supportive friends/relatives Cleotha McGee, Henry Hendrix, Sabastian Short, Carlos Newsome, Sam Ames, Susan Ames, Umekia Scott, Sam Haynes, and Karon Kelly; special mothers: Betty Little McGee, Ola Mae Macklin, Charlette Scott; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, great-nieces, great-nephews, former clients, childhood friends, and neighbors.