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Jerome Baxter

UPCOMING SERVICE

Lying In State

Mar. 21, 2026

10:00 a.m.

Shady Grove Baptist Church

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Jerome Baxter Obituary

A Beautiful Life ended on March 7th , 2026, when the Lord Jesus Christ called Master Jerome Leedell Baxter. He was called from Earth to Heaven's reward from his residence at 7103 Tarquin Ave Camp Springs, Maryland to join the Savior in that home that is free from sickness, sorrow, and pain.

A native of Gaffney, South Carolina, he was son of the late Mr. Jason L. Roberts

(Enda), and Mrs. Mary Ann Baxter-Nelson (Phillip), he was born on March 14th, 1971, at Cherokee Memorial Hospital in Gaffney, South Carolina. He was converted at an early age and joined Shady Grove Baptist Church in Gaffney, South Carolina.

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, March 21st at 11AM at Shady Grove Baptist Church.

He will lie in state from 10am until the hour of service.

Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Book of memories available at www.gordonmortuary.com

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Gaffney Ledger on Mar. 20, 2026.

Memorial Events
for Jerome Baxter

Mar

21

Lying in State

10:00 a.m.

Shady Grove Baptist Church

MD

Mar

21

Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

Shady Grove Baptist Church

MD

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