Jesse Pearson Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

On September 15, 1949, God blessed Jesse and Ruth Pearson with a baby son named .........Jesse Pearson Jr. Jesse was best known as Pee-Wee or Skeeter. He attended Chicago Public School systems and graduated from Wendell Phillips High School. Quinn Chapel Church was his church home as a young man. He accepted Christ at an early age. He enjoyed dressing to impress. Jesse joined the army in 1969, and was deployed to Vietnam. He was honorably discharged in 1971. He was passionate about his family and friends. He met Cheryl Phillips and together they were blessed with two children Twanita Cheryl Pearson and Dashawn Hershey Pearson. He tried to impress on his children the importance of family. On Thursday, December 17, 2020, our angel’s work was completed and God called him back to his heavenly home. Jesse was preceded in death by his son Dashawn Pearson; mother Ruth Pearson; step father Willie J. Mansheck Sr.; sisters Beverly and Andrea Pearson; brothers-in-law Bennie L. Sheldon and Deonta Mansheck. Jesse leaves to cherish his loving memories, his daughters Twanita and Lynette; son Keith Phillips; grandchildren Tracey, Dalecia, JaMarcus, Le Khoury, and Jacquenee; great grandson Karson; father Jesse Pearsons Sr. (Debra); aunt Lucille Lloyd; sisters Diana, Linda, and Sheri; brothers Tony, Willie, Eric, and Jessie; significant other Beverly Henderson; and a host of uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends too numerous to mention.

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Jesse Pearson

September 15, 1949 - December 17, 2020