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Shelden "Sam" Lakeith Jefferson

Shelden "Sam" Lakeith Jefferson, 46, died March 20, 2020, at Methodist Olive Branch Hospital. He sang with The Salem Harmonizers and The Kingdom Heirs.

Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. on March 27, at Mt. Newell Cemetery in Red Banks. Serenity-Autry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

He leaves seven children, Spencer L. Newsome of Southaven, James (Shontila) Echols, Shelven Jefferson, Alexus Jefferson, all of Holly Springs, Courtney (Tia) Jones of Memphis, Tenn., Jasmen K. Thompson of Chicago, Ill., Lakeia S. Cole of Ashland; his mother, Louis E. Jefferson of Red Banks; four brothers, Sesley (Lois) and Vince E. Jefferson, both of Red Banks, Wayne R. Jefferson of Byhalia, Willie L. Jefferson of Holly Springs; three sisters, Gail Scales of Red Banks, Carolyn (Roosevelt) Hardaway of Holly Springs, Stephanie Blake of Olive Branch; and 11 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father, Lee Willie Jefferson.

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