Orenthal “O. J.” Jermar Poole

Visitation will be observed on Friday, July 10, 2020 at the Siracusaville Recreation Center (Family is requiring all visitors are asked to adhere to the CDC/local regulations by wearing masks and practicing social distancing) 1110 Grace Street Morgan City, LA from 11:00 AM until funeral services at 1:00 PM. Apostle Henry Johnson will officiate the services. Burial will follow services in the Morgan City Cemetery. Services will be accessible by viewing the Jones Funeral Home, Inc. Facebook Page at 1:00 P. M. on Friday July 10, 2020. 

Orenthal was born to Mattie Poole and David Perkins on August 17, 1979. He loved sports and was an all around sportsman. He graduated from Morgan City High School in 1998. He was a family man and loved  his family dearly. He was able to put a smile on anyone's face and his sense of humor was very contagious. To know him, was to love him. 

He leaves behind to cherish his memories: his mother, Mattie Poole of Morgan City, LA; his father , David Perkins of Tupelo, MS; his wife, Jennifer Causey Poole of Patterson, LA; one son, Akayah Poole and a close and dear person in O. J.'s life, Isaiah Escort both of Morgan City, LA; four daughters, Madelyn of Berwick, LA, Olivia Poole of Morgan City, LA, Bella Poole and Melody Poole both of Patterson, LA: two brothers, Benjamin Pittman, Sr. of Sunset, LA and Jonathan Charles of Berwick, LA; three sisters, Chasity Poole, Chalon Poole and Charell Poole-Benjamin all of Morgan City, LA; one uncle, Christopher Poole of Patterson, LA; an aunt, Yolanda Poole of Houston, TX;; a great uncle, Phillip "Nunk" Jones; five great-aunts Elmira Johnson of Morgan City, LA, Mater (Alvin) Singleton of Houma, LA, Elaine (Hilbert) Craft and Ann Poole all of Morgan City, LA and Mamie Johnson of Detriot, MI; teo god-children, Ka'Lynna Fontenot and Acean Edwards of Morgan City, LA; his father and mother-in-law, Jeffery and Gloria Causey; a special friends, Waletta Stansbury of Verdunville, LA; a life-long best friend, Peter Grogan and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.  

O. J. was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Annie Belle Poole; three great uncles, Raymond Poole, Wilbert Poole and Claudis Miller and our great aunts, Odessa Poole, Bernadine Granger, Maxine Miller and Mary Poole.