Devonte Ray Mumphrey

Alto – Funeral services for Devonte Ray Mumphrey, 15, of Alto, will be Saturday, February 12, at the Rusk High School Gymnasium with Rev. Lionel Whitaker officiating. Burial will follow at the New Hope Cemetery in Alto.

There will be a come and go visitation Friday from 1-6 PM at the O. T. Allen & Son Funeral Home in Alto.

Devonte passed away Tuesday, February 8 in Alto. He was born August 8, 2006 in Jacksonville to Javonettie R. Mumphrey and Shameka D. Hackney Mumphrey.

Devonte lived all his life in Alto and was a member of the Hilltop Baptist Church. He was a sophomore at Alto High School and excelled in Football, Basketball and Track. Devonte loved to rap and had his own “homemade” studio in his bedroom closet. He was an outstanding young man, highly thought of by all who knew him.

Devonte was preceded in death by grandfathers Jimmy Smith and Johnny Skinner; aunt Keisha Green and cousin A’Nyia Tyra.

He is survived by his parents Javonettie and Shameka Mumphrey; brothers Javonettie Mumphrey Jr. and Alexander Jackson; sisters Destiny Mumphrey and Jasmin Mumphrey and many aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives and friends