Albert Gordon Jr.

Albert “Kem” “Gubb” Gordon Jr., 41, died Monday, July 7, 2014, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Born in Sumter, he was a son of Martha Dukes Gordon and the late Albert Gordon Sr.

Albert was educated in the public schools of Sumter County, a graduate of Mayewood High School class of 1991, and attended Vorhees College in Denmark. At an early age, he joined Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church in Sumter. He was formerly employed with J W Southwoods Co. in Manning and later with Greenview Recycling in Concord, North Carolina.

In addition to his father, Albert Gordon Sr., he was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Steady and Katie Gordon, and maternal grandfather, Wallace H. Dukes.

Surviving are his beloved mother, Martha Dukes Gordon; four sisters, Velvery (Charles) McCoy, Marcella (Terry) Woods, Sheena Shaw and Walisha Gordon, all of Sumter; three brothers, Jerome (Marie) White, Marvin Gordon of Charlotte and Reginald Gordon of Sumter; grandmother, Julia Dukes; 10 aunts; nine uncles; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at noon Saturday at Mayewood Middle School, 4300 E. Brewington Road, Sumter, with Pastor Nate Brock, officiating, and the Rev. William Dukes, presiding. Interment will follow in Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. A public viewing will be today from 3 to 8 p.m. at Palmer Memorial Chapel, 304 S. Main St., Sumter. Mr. Gordon will be placed in the school auditorium for final viewing at 11 a.m. until the hour of service. The family will receive friends at his mother’s home at 1430 Woods St., Sumter.

The family requests that memorials and condolences be made on its memorial tribute page at www.PalmerMemorialChapel.com.