Zjequalin Cody

Zjequalin Keshon Cody, 10, of Poplar Bluff, passed away on Friday, April 27, 2018 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.

He was born on August 1, 2007 to Aaron Cody and Chaquana Townsend in Poplar Bluff, MO. He was a student at the Poplar Bluff Middle School.

He had a personality that you couldn't forget, and his teachers and friends always said he was funny. He was always full of energy and enjoyed hugging and telling people he loved them. Zjequalin was a great dancer and liked to sing his favorite song, Share My Love by R. Kelly. His favorite superhero was Spiderman and always had things with Spiderman on them. He loved school and this year had made better grades and for the first time was on the honor roll. He always tried to be responsible, especially helping around the house with his younger siblings.

Zjequalin is survived by his mother, Chaquana Townsend and her boyfriend, Terry Johns and his father, Aaron Cody; six siblings, Aaron Cody, Jr., Terry Johns, La’Niyah Johns, and Lyricka Dudley all of Poplar Bluff, MO, Kyngston Cody of Columbia, MO, and Khalil Allen of Malden, MO; grandparents, Marsha Wilderness of St. Louis, MO, Elisa and Odell Wright of Poplar Bluff, MO, and Charles Townsend of Sikeston, MO.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm at Mt. Calvary Powerhouse Church in Poplar Bluff.

Funeral services will immediately follow the visitation at12:00 pm in the Mt. Calvary Powerhouse Church Sanctuary with Bishop Ronnie Webb officiating.

Burial will take place in the Malden City Cemetery.