Vernon Studdard
Posted: September 24, 2019
AMORY — Vernon Aaron Studdard Jr., 71, died Sept. 20, 2019, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church, with Shawn Parker officiating. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. prior to the service at the church. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home and Crematory, Second Avenue location, is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Studdard was born April 30, 1948, in Columbus, to the late Vernon Aaron and Scottie Speights Studdard Jr. He was a graduate of S.D. Lee High School and attended Ole Miss. He was a NFL football player for the New York Jets. He was a member of First Baptist church of Columbus. He is survived by his son, Vernon Aaron “Trey” Studdard III of Atlanta, Georgia; daughters, Summer Studdard of Amory and Tasha Turner of Amory; son, Chris Turner of Atlanta, Georgia; brothers, Larry Studdard of Roswell, Georgia, and Tommy Studdard of Georgia; sisters, Dee Davis of Columbus, Evelyn Levine and Sherrill Webber, both of Birmingham, Alabama; and four grandchildren.