Jacob Andrew Minjarez

Mr. Jacob Andrew Minjarez, 22, of Tunnel Hill, departed this life Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, from injuries sustained in an automobile-pedestrian accident.  

Jacob was born June 1, 1992, in Dalton. He was a 2013 graduate of Morris North Star.

He is survived by his mother, Margarita Duarte Minjarez; father, Luis Manuel Minjarez; grandparents, Desiderio and Cristina Duarte and Manuel and Bertha Minjarez; sisters, Ana Lorena Minjarez, Rosalia Minjarez and Effie Minjarez; brothers, Luis Alberto Minjarez and Marco Miguel Minjarez; 10 aunts and four uncles and many cousins.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated today at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with Father Duvan Gonzalez officiating. He will be laid to rest at Whitfield Memorial Gardens with Jose Duarte, Andrew Duarte, Marcos Duarte, Luis Duarte, Garry Holmes and Alejandro Azua serving as pallbearers.

The family received friends at Ponders Melrose Chapel Thursday evening.

Arrangements are by Ponders Melrose Chapel, Dalton; (706) 226-4002.