Jerry Michael Guillory Jr., 35, a Black man from the New Orleans area, died on March 22, 2012. Word of his passing spread through family and friends in the days that followed, and the details that surfaced publicly painted a portrait of someone deeply woven into a wide circle of relatives, church community, and loved ones who were stunned by how suddenly his life had been called to an end.
Those closest to him remembered him first by the roles he held at home.
He was the beloved son of Brenda Barnes Guillory and Jerry Michael Guillory Sr., the husband of Eronda Gusman Guillory, and the father of Jordan, Sumer, Jerry III, Sabria, Jeremiah, and Jerren. He was also survived by his brother, Brandon Micheal Guillory, and by an extended family that stretched across generations—grand aunts and uncles, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends—many of whom gathered their grief into messages of love, prayer, and longing as they tried to make sense of the loss.
A homegoing celebration was held on Saturday, March 31, 2012, at Hosanna Fellowship Church on Weidman Street in Gretna, Louisiana, with visitation beforehand. After the service, he was laid to rest at Providence Memorial Park Cemetery in Metairie. The public notices and memorial postings focused on remembrance and faith, and they did not include an official cause of death or investigative details. In the available public reporting tied directly to his name, there is no confirmed information describing arrests, identified suspects, filed charges, court proceedings, or convictions connected to his death.
